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Articles tagged with: Viviane Reding
Poland Offering Mobile Location Data for Emergency Phone Calls
The European Commission has closed an infringement case against Poland for the lack of availability of caller location after the Polish authorities confirmed that it has been available for calls to the European emergency number 112 (the pan-Europe version of 911 / 999) since 30th June. more
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European Commission Proposes New Cuts on Roaming SMS and Data Costs
European mobile phone users can expect the cost of sending text messages from abroad in the EU to be much cheaper next summer. The European Commission has proposed to reduce the price of roaming text messages by 60% as of 1 July 2009. more
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Romanian Telecoms Regulator Disbanded
The Romanian Government has shut-down the national telecoms regulator, Anrcti and created a new body to oversee telecoms regulations as a legal dispute between the former head of the regulator and the Prime Minister became more acrimonious. more
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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
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EU Source: Plan Would Cap Cross-Border Phone Texts at 11 Cents
BRUSSELS (AFP)--The E.U.'s telecommunications commissioner has drafted plans to regulate the price of sending cross-border text messages by mobile phones in the bloc with a cap of 11 euro cents, an official said Wednesday. more
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Regulatory Changes Could Drive 40 Million Europeans to Ditch their Mobile Phone
A report commissioned by Vodafone claims that some 40 million Europeans would ditch their mobile phone if US-style billing comes to the EU where a mobile phone user has to pay to receive phone calls. The submission to the European Commission, seen by the Financial Times is in response to proposals from the European Commissioner for Telecoms, Viviane Reding. more
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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 €1.15 per minute at the time). more
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INTERVIEW: EU Reding: Telcos Must Cut Data Roaming Fees More
LONDON -(Dow Jones)- European mobile phone operators must continue to cut data roaming charges and ensure customers are properly informed of them, European Union Communications Commissioner Viviane Reding said in an interview with Dow Jones Newswires this week. more
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UPDATE: EU Plans Law to Cut Cost of Text Messaging Abroad
(Adds reaction from mobile operators.) more
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Telefonica Against EU's Rate Cut Proposals
PARIS -(Dow Jones)- Telefonica said Wednesday it isn't in favor of calls by the European Commission to cut wholesale termination rates, or the fees phone companies charge each other to connect calls, across the continent. more
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