Articles tagged with: Europe

European Lobby Calls for Lower Mobile Data Roaming Rates

­A consumer lobbying group, europeans for Fair Roaming, has called on Members of the european Parliament to take decisive action against what it calls "excessive data roaming charges."  more

Related Tags: roaming, mobile-broadband


WTO rules in favour of EU against China's export restraints on raw materials

­The Appellate Body of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) today confirmed the findings made by a Panel in July 2011 that China's export restrictions on several industrial raw materials are in breach of WTO rules.  more

Related Tags: world-trade-organisation, rare-earth


Mobile internet increasingly available, but Europe missing out on high speed broadband

­Neelie Kroes, Vice-President of the european Commission responsible for the Digital Agenda, welcomed figures released today which show a solid increase in the availability of both mobile internet and basic quality fixed broadband lines. At the same time the Commissioner warned that europe risked missing out on badly needed economic growth if it does not step up a gear and increase the capacity of its broadband networks.  more

Related Tags: mobile-broadband


BEREC presents analysis on Roaming Regulation to European Parliament

­BEREC, the Body of european Regulators for Electronic Communications, presented its analysis on the proposals of the european Commission for a revised roaming regulation to the european Parliament.  more

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LTE Networks Rolling out at 2.6Ghz Pending Lower Spectrum Availability

­According to a new survey, almost half of mobile operators planning to launch LTE networks will do so initially in the 2.6GHz band, although many of these launches are dependent on the licensing of new spectrum over the next two to four years.  more

Related Tags: lte, 2.6ghz, 800mhz, planning


EU Committee Wants Ban on Mobile Phones in Schools

­A study by an influential european committee is recommending that mobile phones be restricted in schools and their use limited by children, to avert a potential health crisis as serious as asbestos, leaded petrol or tobacco.  more

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More frequencies for Europe's mobile internet by 2013

Plans to speed up t­he spread of mobile internet were strongly endorsed by european politicians in Strasbourg. They also urged europe to be bolder and take a global lead in this technology.  more

Related Tags: mobile-broadband, european-commission, parliament, television


LG to Offer 3D Augmented Reality on Optimus 3D Smartphone

­LG Electronics, in collaboration with augmented reality (AR) developer, Wikitude, has announced the adoption of the world's first three dimensional AR browser on its upcoming LG Optimus 3D smartphone.  more

Related Tags: lg-electronics, optimus-3d, wikitude, augmented-reality, 3d, lg-mobile, lg-optimus-3d, lg-optimus, oxford


NVIDIA Buys Icera to Boost Handset Processor Market Share

­NVIDIA announced today that it has agreed to acquire Icera - a developer of baseband processors for mobile devices - for US$367 million in cash.  more

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Samsung Overtakes Nokia in Western Europe to Be Top in the Mobile Phone Market

The Western european mobile phone market grew 5% year-on-year to 45 million units in the first quarter of 2011 (1Q11), according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) european Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker.  more

Related Tags: apple, nokia, samsung, motorola, rim, blackberry, feature-phones, feature-phones


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