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NewsVoice roaming needs greater competition, claims Euro regulatory body
Pointing at the lack of price competition, the European Regulators Group (ERG), an independent body which groups all the European Union member states' telecoms regulators, has stated that there is an Read more...
EU says handsets 'ideal' for Europe-wide ID cards
The EU has entered the politically sensitive issue of ID cards with the suggestion that cell phones would be the ideal platform. The EU has given the go-ahead to test cross-border electronic ID Read more...
Roamers outside Europe hit by price hike
The enforced cut in roaming fees imposed on European operators by the EU has seen roaming calls into Europe increased by a massive 163 per cent. Operators are said to have lifted call tariffs in an Read more...
EU defines coverage parameters for mobile satellite services
Operators wanting to offer mobile services using satellites need to read the fine print of the latest EU decision regarding the coverage requirements for each European country. This move follows Read more...
Cell phone players call for more spectrum
The European economy would receive a financial boost of at least €95 billion over the next 20 years if one quarter of the UHF band were instead allocated for mobile broadband services, Read more...
High-price operators to be shamed by EU regulator
Never one to avoid a fight, the combative EU Telecoms Commissioner, Viviane Reding, has Read more...
Political opposition to EU super-regulator plans
A Spanish conservative MEP has dealt a blow to the plans by EU telecom commissioner Read more...
Reding urges national regulators to reform
Never one to hold back, Europe's telecoms commissioner, Viviane Reding, has challenged individual telecoms regulators within Europe to adopt her ambitious spectrum reform plans. Focusing on what Read more...
T-Mobile works with rivals to divert EU threat
Fearing that the EU will again force mobile operators in Europe to cut prices has seen Read more...
Call for EU to slash European data roaming costs
The U.K.'s telecoms regulator, Ed Richards, has told a meeting of European regulators Read more...
| Press ReleasesGSMA Responds To European Commission Proposals To Regulate Roaming Costs For Text MessagingThe GSMA, the global trade group for the mobile industry, responded to the European Commission's announcement of proposed regulation to cap the cost of sending text, or SMS, messages across European Read more... 3 Group, KPN Group and Play Move to Bring Down Data Roaming Prices Five mobile operators with networks covering 10 European markets and a population of more than 295 million – 60 per cent of the European Union’s total 495 million – have today accepted the Read more... Press Release: European Commission Extends its Review of Proposed Acquisition of BSG by Syniverse TechnologiesEuropean Commission Extends its Review of Proposed Acquisition of BSG by Syniverse Technologies TAMPA, Fla., July 10 -- Syniverse Technologies, a leading provider of technology and business solutions Read more... |