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Fitch: European High-Grade Telecoms Maintain Good Liquidity

Fitch Ratings says, in report published today, that European high-grade telecom issuers have continued to maintain good liquidity and that their access to capital markets remained relatively healthy during the course of Q109.  more

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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

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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

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