U.S.: FCC Investigates on Early Mobile Termination Fees

27 January, 2010

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) asked the four major mobile operators and Google to explain how they advise their customers about early termination fees (”ETFs”) due when they cancel service contracts early.

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EU: Voice and Text Roaming Costs Halved Since 2007, Data Still Costly

21 January, 2010

Voice and text roaming rates in Europe are down by 50 per cent from 2007, with very few prices applied below the roaming price cap that was set by the European Commission, according to a report from Tariff Consultancy Ltd. (TCL). However, the average retail price for mobile data roaming within the European Union is five times the wholesale price.

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EU Plans to Extend “Universal Service” to Broadband

7 January, 2010

The new Spanish EU Presidency wants to extend universal service requirements to broadband Internet, making it mandatory for member states to make the service available in every corner of their territory.

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EU: New Telecoms Rules Become Law

22 December, 2009

New EU telecoms rules officially became law last week. They are composed of the Better Regulation Directive and the Citizens’ Rights Directive and will need to be transposed into national laws of the 27 EU Member States by June 2011. The new regulation also means that the new European telecoms regulator BEREC will be operational in a few weeks.

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International Insights – December 2009

22 December, 2009
Issue 4 of 4 in the series International Insights

An Update on Global Communications Issues from INTUG

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‘Foreign’ Company Allowed to Offer Wireless in Canada

14 December, 2009

The Canadian government overruled its regulator CRTC Friday and declared start-up wireless carrier Globalive, financed largely by an Egyptian company, to be Canadian. The company can now start offering service in Canada.

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Deutsche Telekom Forced to Open Network to Competitors

6 December, 2009

The European Court of Justice on Thursday overruled an attempt by the Bundesnetzagentur, the German NRA, to allow incumbent operator Deutsche Telekom to ban competitors from having access to its high-speed broadband network.

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