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EU calls on mobile operators to continue to improve child safety policies

Half of 10 year-old, 87% of 13 year-old and 95% of 16 year-old children in the EU have a mobile phone, but half of European parents worry mobile phone use might expose their children to sexually and violently explicit images (51%) or bullying by other children (49%), according to a survey. The European Commission has now called on mobile operators to do more to keep children safe while using mobile phones by putting in place all the measures in the voluntary code of conduct, signed by 26 mobile operators in 2007. more

Telecom New Zealand International Completes GSMA IPX Trial

Telecom New Zealand International (TNZI) says that it has successfully completed the GSM Association (GSMA) Phase 2 IPX trials for telephony services interworking and IP performance testing within a global multi-operator test community. more

UPDATE: EU Calls For 70% Cut in Mobile Call Handling Fees

BRUSSELS -(Dow Jones)- European mobile operators face a 70% cut in the fees they charge each other for passing on calls from competing networks under draft guidelines published by the European Commission Thursday that led to sharp criticism from the industry. more

Global Mobile Phone Subscribers to Reach 4.5 Billion by 2012

According to MIC (Market Intelligence Center), an ICT industry research institute based in Taipei, global mobile phone subscribers hit 3.1 billion in 2007, thanks mainly to the continuing increase of prepaid subscribers with double SIM cards and corporate clients in the US and European markets. With the global mobile phone penetration rate reaching approximately half of the global population, growth momentum of global subscribers is expected to slow down after 2008. more

UK Operators to Define a Common Standard for Mobile Advertising Reports

The GSM Association (GSMA) announced that the UK's five network operators, Vodafone Group, Telefonica O2 Europe, T-Mobile, FT-Orange Group and hutchison 3G, have formed a working group to define common metrics and measurement processes for mobile advertising as part of the GSMA's Mobile Advertising Programme. more

Related Tags: orange, o2, telefonica, mobile-advertising, gsma, telefonica-o2, UK

GSMA Launches Mobile Alliance Against Child Sexual Abuse

The GSM Association, the global trade association for mobile operators, has launched the Mobile Alliance against Child Sexual Abuse Content to obstruct the use of the mobile environment by individuals or organisations wishing to consume or profit from child sexual abuse content. While the vast majority of child sexual abuse content is today accessed through conventional connections to the Internet, there is a danger that the broadband networks now being rolled out by mobile operators could be misused in the same way. more

Low-Cost 3G Handset Sales Commence

The GSM Association says that the winning handset in the GSMA's "3G for All programme", the LG-KU250, is now on sale across the globe. The 3G handset from LG Electronics was selected by 12 leading operators to spearhead the GSMA's campaign to make multimedia mobile services accessible to a much wider user base. more

EU Aims To Boost 3G Usage By Opening Up Mobile Frequencies

BRUSSELS -(Dow Jones)- In a bid to mollify angry mobile phone companies, the European Commission plans to make it easier for operators to roll out third-generation broadband services, a Commission official said Tuesday. more

Related Tags: european-commission, eu, parliament, european-parliament

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