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EU to slash data roaming charges

EU to slash data roaming charges

Expected to cap rates at 90 Euro cents a megabyte – and 50 cents by 2014.

Tim Green
by Tim Green
on Jul 5th 2011 at 2:17PM in News
EC to curb mobile internet bills

EC to curb mobile internet bills

Consumers will be cut off when they exceed their surfing limit.

Tim Green
by Tim Green
on Mar 1st 2010 at 3:44PM in News
EU hammers ringtone scammers

EU hammers ringtone scammers

Forces closure or changes on more than 200 dodgy websites.

Tim Green
by Tim Green
on Nov 17th 2009 at 5:50PM in News
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European mobile market 'on road to recovery'

European mobile market 'on road to recovery'

So says Frost & Sullivan, which pinpoints apps, LBS and EU funding as new growth drivers.

Stuart O'Brien
by Stuart O'Brien
on Sep 29th 2009 at 2:38PM in News
EU data roaming caps now in force

EU data roaming caps now in force

Wholesale price of data is now pegged at €1 per MB.

Stuart O'Brien
by Stuart O'Brien
on Jul 1st 2009 at 11:16AM in News
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EU telecom reform deal nears

EU telecom reform deal nears

Are we there yet? Last stumbling blocks removed, according to sources close to negotiations.

Stuart O'Brien
by Stuart O'Brien
on Mar 31st 2009 at 1:04PM in News
EU mobile reform looms

EU mobile reform looms

European Parliament "95 per cent agreed" on telecoms shake-up plans.

Stuart O'Brien
by Stuart O'Brien
on Mar 25th 2009 at 5:41PM in News
EU approves mobile data price caps

EU approves mobile data price caps

From July mobile web browsing and email will be a lot cheaper when roaming. In theory.

Stuart O'Brien
by Stuart O'Brien
on Mar 11th 2009 at 11:42AM in News
Mobile operators set for EU showdown

Mobile operators set for EU showdown

Last ditch meetings due today in an effort to avoid routing charge reductions.

Stuart O'Brien
by Stuart O'Brien
on Feb 5th 2009 at 10:54AM in News
EU proposes smartphone tax

EU proposes smartphone tax

Vendors up in arms over plans to re-classify some phones as 'multi-functional devices'.

Stuart O'Brien
by Stuart O'Brien
on Dec 19th 2008 at 10:42AM in News
MEF reacts to EU mobile data caps

MEF reacts to EU mobile data caps

Industry body urges more progress towards sender pays model and flat-rate tariffs.

Stuart O'Brien
by Stuart O'Brien
on Dec 1st 2008 at 2:37PM in News
COMMENT: Wherever I may roam

COMMENT: Wherever I may roam

ME online editor Stuart O'Brien on what the EU data roaming caps could mean for us...

Stuart O'Brien
by Stuart O'Brien
on Dec 1st 2008 at 9:36AM in News
EU agrees data roaming caps

EU agrees data roaming caps

New framework limits wholesale charges to one euro per megabyte, with built-in safety nets.

Stuart O'Brien
by Stuart O'Brien
on Nov 28th 2008 at 1:08PM in News
Solaris states European ambitions

Solaris states European ambitions

Hopes to provide pan-European mobile satellite services

by Matt Grainger
on Oct 7th 2008 at 4:03PM in News
EU commissioner rails against data roaming

EU commissioner rails against data roaming

First it was the DVB-H mandate, now Viviane reading has data roaming charges in her sights.

Stuart O'Brien
by Stuart O'Brien
on Jun 16th 2008 at 11:14AM in News
Updated: EC backs DVB-H, again

Updated: EC backs DVB-H, again

The European Commission has formally endorsed the DVB-H broadcast mobile TV standard.

Tim Green
by Tim Green
on Mar 17th 2008 at 6:36PM in News
MEF Europe publishes AMS Directive for dummies

MEF Europe publishes AMS Directive for dummies

'Practical guide' to the EU's Audiovisual Media Services (AMS) Directive available for download.

by Ben Parfitt
on Dec 6th 2007 at 4:54PM in News