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Articles tagged with: GSM Association and European Union
European Mobile Broadband Services Jeopardised By Regulation
Europe's mobile industry is cutting back spending on new networks and services as a growing regulatory burden from the European Union puts profitability under pressure - claims the GSM Association. To justify the imposition of retail price caps, the European Commission has claimed that mobile operators are making excessive profits, but the European mobile industry's return on capital employed (ROCE) was just 9% in 2006 compared with more than 20% in software, pharmaceuticals and several other sectors, according to management consultancy A.T. Kearney. more
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EU Mobile Data Market Growing Rapidly Driven By Spread of Mobile Broadband
Usage of mobile data services, which enable people to access the Internet, email and other multimedia on the move, is growing rapidly in the European Union as mobile broadband networks proliferate and prices fall. more
Related Tags: wi-fi, intel, mobile-email, mobile-data, roaming, text-messaging, eu, blackberry, landline, 112, gsma, union, email
EU Telecom Mins OK Price Caps For EU Mobile Phone Calls
BRUSSELS -(Dow Jones)- The European Union Thursday cleared the final hurdle and set a ceiling on the price of cross-border mobile phone calls made within the 27-nation bloc. more
Related Tags: viviane-reding, eu, borders, union, parliament, european-parliament
EU Mobile Phone Operators Step Up Fight On Roaming Charges
BRUSSELS -(Dow Jones)- With signs emerging that the European Union may weaken its bold proposal to cap roaming charges this summer, mobile phone operators argued Monday that the plan as it stands could in fact hurt consumers. more
Related Tags: european-commission, viviane-reding, eu, union, parliament, european-parliament
EU Telecom Cos Anxious Ahead Of Key Vote On Roaming Fees Cuts
BRUSSELS -(Dow Jones)- Telecom operators in the European Union are on tenterhooks over the outcome of the European Parliament's industry committee's vote Thursday on a proposal to cap wholesale and retail mobile phone roaming fees by the summer. more
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Vodafone: Roaming Regulation Could Stifle Innovation
LONDON -(Dow Jones)- Vodafone Group's Director of Public Policy Richard Feasey Tuesday said that the European Union's proposals to force down the price of using a mobile phone abroad could stifle innovation within the European mobile phone sector. more
Related Tags: european-commission, eu, union
EU: Mobile Operators Not Getting Message Over Roaming
BRUSSELS -(Dow Jones)- European Union telecommunications commissioner Viviane Reding Tuesday accused mobile phone operators of not getting her "message" that roaming charges are too high. more
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