|
|
Articles tagged with: European Union and Eu
European Parliament Votes to Approve Cuts on Roaming Charges
The European Parliament, in its plenary session in Strasbourg, has voted to approve new rules on SMS and mobile data charges when roaming. The Parliament also voted for further cuts in the price of mobile phone calls while roaming in another EU country. The present cap for a mobile phone call made abroad will progressively drop from EUR0.46 to EUR0.35 per minute by July 2011, and from EUR0.22 today to EUR0.11 for mobile calls received while roaming abroad. more
Related Tags: european-commission, viviane-reding, roaming, mobile-data, sms, , iden, text-message
Qualcomm Supports 3GPP's Modem Specification to Enhance Road Safety
Qualcomm has offered its endorsement for the Third Generation Partnership Project's (3GPP's) recent approval of the eCall in-band modem specification, which supports the European Union's eCall road safety initiative. more
Related Tags: 3g, intel, qualcomm, ovi, iden, modem, andrew, mediaflo
EU Moves Closer to Approving 3G at 900Mhz
The decision by the European Parliament to accept the amendment of the GSM Directive to allow UMTS (WCDMA-HSPA) technology to be deployed in the 900 MHz band has been welcomed by the Global mobile Suppliers Association (GSA). more
Related Tags: asia-pacific, 3g, wcdma, rural, mts, cdma, hspa, iden, mobile-broadband, gsm, gsa, umts
Study into mobile phone health risks for adolescents
Professor Malcolm Sim, a researcher at Australia's Monash University has joined a major new international study into mobile phone use and brain cancer risk in young people. Professor Sim, based at the Alfred Hospital in Melbourne, said the study would assess any potential brain cancer risks associated with the use of mobile phones by children and teenagers. more
Related Tags: sim, cancer, Australia
Telekom Austria Slips into the Red on Restructuring Costs
Telekom Austria Group has reported full year revenues up 5.1% to 5.17 billion (US$6.6 billion), although EBITDA decreased by 30.2% to 1.3 billion (US$1.66 billion) due to restructuring costs in its landline division which cost it 632 million (US$806 million). Excluding the restructuring program EBITDA increased by 3.9% to 1.93 billion (US$2.46 billion). more
Related Tags: roaming, itu, wind, telekom-austria, velcom, landline, telekom-austria-group, telekom, Austria
Czech Republic Tries to Stop Media Talking about Phone Tapping
Journalist lobbying organisation, Reporters Without Borders has condemned a proposed criminal law amendment before the Czech republic parliament that would ban the news media from publishing any information about the tapping of phones by the police. The proposed amendment provides for sentences of one to five years in prison and fines up to 5 million crowns (182,000) for violators. more
Related Tags: ict, itu, prison, Czech Republic
Innovative Business Model is the Key to Telecommunication Survival
The economic crisis is inevitably affecting the telecommunications sector. Continuous strain in the credit market has a big effect on investments. The reduction in consumption is changing the adoption and acceptance of new services. During these difficult times the key to staying afloat is to implement an open and shared innovation model focusing on enhancing the effectiveness of processes and innovative business. more
Related Tags: ict, vodafone, rcom, telecom-italia, bt, virgin-media, network-management, mobile-content
EU Investigating Mobile Operators Over Blocking of VoIP Services
The European Union is looking at whether blocks on VoIP service by Europe's mobile phone operators might breach competition laws. The European Commission, the EU antitrust authority has sent letters to each of the mobile phone operators asking them what actions, if any, they take to affect internet based voice calls. more
Related Tags: wi-fi, european-commission, skype, voip, vodafone, hutchison-3g, kpn, hutchison, antitrust
EU Warns Member States Over Independence of Telecoms Regulator
The European Union has started infringement proceedings against Latvia, Lithuania and Sweden for breaching its rules on the independence of their national telecoms regulators. more
Related Tags: viviane-reding, rsa, Latvia
EU Voice Call Roaming Price Caps Come into Effect Next Week
At the end of this month, it will become cheaper to make or receive calls while travelling in the European Union (EU) as new regulatory price caps come into effect. These price reductions are the result of the EU Roaming Regulation, proposed by the European Commission in 2006 to curb the roaming charges consumers had to pay for roaming calls (on average รขโฌ1.15 per minute at the time). more
Related Tags: sms, european-commission, viviane-reding, roaming, text-messages