EC Roaming Report: Rates Down, But Not Quite Enough

2 July, 2010

Just two days before the roaming rates in the EU were lowered, the EC published an interim report on roaming charges in the European Union. Not surprisingly, retail prices tend to cluster around the regulated maximum price caps.

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EC Launches Consultation on Net Neutrality

1 July, 2010

Yesterday the European Commission launched a public consultation on key questions concerning net neutrality. The consultation will feed into a report on the subject, to be presented by the end of this year.

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European Commissioner Kroes Delighted with INTUG Collaboration

29 June, 2010

Last week an INTUG delegation met with the EC Commissioner for the Digital Agenda Neelie Kroes for the first time, during which she requested immediate input and regular updates on specific issues relevant to business users of communications services.

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Mobile Operators Lose Case against EU Roaming Regulation

9 June, 2010

Four British mobile operators lost their bid to overturn a cap imposed by the European Commission on the roaming fees they can charge customers when traveling abroad.

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European Telecoms Market too Fragmented, EC Report

31 May, 2010

Telecoms users and the EU economy as a whole are denied the full economic benefits of a truly single and competitive EU-wide telecoms market because of inconsistent application of EU telecoms rules, according to an annual report on the Single European Electronic Communications Market.

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FCC to Reclassify Broadband Services

7 May, 2010

The American Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has decided to take a “third approach” to regulating broadband carriers, partially classifying them as “common carriers” under Title 2 of the Communications Act. This would allow the FCC to control the transmission component of broadband Internet, but not rates or content.

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EU Ministers Agree on 2020 Strategy

21 April, 2010

On 19 April the EU ministers responsible for the Information Society policy of the European Union member states and the European Economic Area agreed on the new digital agenda for the next ten years.

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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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