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Europe speeds up electronic ID plans
News The original proposals for improving passport security were submitted in September 2001 and adopted by the European Parliament in regulation 334/2002, five months later. However, the latest proposal set out by the European Commission not only...
[October 23, 2003, 15:40]
EU commissioners clash over mobile roaming
News That said, the last few months have seen operators racing to pre-empt any regulation by making limited cuts to their roaming charges. Furthermore, Reding's desire to abolish charges for receiving calls while abroad depends on regulation at the...
[July 6, 2006, 11:00]
Thus fails in paedophile pledge
News The important thing is to catch perpetrators and while we will never be able to remove all paedophilic content from the Web, at least we are making a start," said Keith Monserrat, director of legal and regulation at Thus.
[March 1, 2001, 8:18]
UK's first e-envoy appointed
News Rising to the challenge of his post, Allen reassured industry that government had learnt a valuable lesson on regulation. It will be light-touch regulation, it is important not to put regulatory burdens on the industry," he said.
[September 13, 1999, 15:32]
Correction: Make IT Simple's DeMailer
News The Commission says that if a retraction product retrieved emails from any point "after the server", then there could be issues under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act, but accepts that DeMailer does not fall into this category.
[November 23, 2001, 14:27]
Tech industry cheers Bush pick for DoJ
News He understands that turning to government regulation as a first way of dealing with a problem is not the way to go," Miller said. But inside tech circles, many are praising Ashcroft for his laissez-faire approach to regulation and his position on...
[January 5, 2001, 8:46]
How to kill wireless, Russian style
Blog The report suggests that the bloke in charge of Ofcomski is out of his depth and thoroughly unqualified to make this sort of regulatory decision -- not hard to believe, given the complex political, economic and technological factors that go with...
[April 16, 2008, 16:04]
Mobile operators respond to EC ticking off
Blog The GSMA has just responded with a statement in which they claim "regulation is not the answer". We don’t believe that regulation, particularly of retail prices, is an appropriate move in a competitive and fast evolving market.
[February 11, 2008, 13:44]
European telecoms reform clears final hurdle
News Thanks to the strong support of the European Parliament today, Europe has put citizens in the centre stage in telecoms regulation. The package also sets out regulation of fibre-based next-generation broadband network deployments, and allows radio...
[November 24, 2009, 15:02]
Election 2001: Political parties show their IT stripes
News It also promised reduced industry regulation and tax breaks for technology entrepreneurs. The Regulation of Investigatory Powers (RIP) Act - which stipulates the conditions under which firms must give government agencies access to their online...
[May 25, 2001, 10:57]
Ofcom won't act over data roaming rates
News The regulator now insists that it does not see a place for regulation in the issue of data roaming. It is Ofcom's belief that it is not good to place regulation on a new market," the Ofcom spokesman said.
[January 12, 2006, 10:55]
Jane Wakefield - ISPs of the world unite!
News It goes by the name of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers (RIP) Bill and it wants to watch you. So Part III of the e-communications bill, far from being dead and buried, is transformed and ready to rise phoenix-like from the ashes to live in...
[November 19, 1999, 17:07]
European telco watchdogs plan greater unity
News Oftel has found itself in a difficult position in recent years with some operators calling for less intervention and regulation and others demanding more. The mobile market is generally regarded as a successful example of competition and mobile...
[June 8, 2001, 15:14]
Ofcom orders BT to play fair, or else
News However, its foundations are unstable in parts, overly dependent on intrusive regulation and with limited sustainable competition," said Ofcom chief executive Stephen Carter. It has concluded that the market is flawed in two ways -- its structure...
[November 18, 2004, 7:40]
European Commission: Data roaming is next
News These price drops followed Reding's warning, expressed at the start of this year, that the European Commission would roll data and SMS into its roaming regulation if operators did not cut prices voluntarily.
[July 19, 2007, 17:06]
EC to develop guidelines on RFID
News Reding also said that the Commission would not tie users of RFID into regulation. When I come to CeBIT people ask, 'What regulation are you proposing today'? I have no regulation, we must not over-regulate RFID.
[March 16, 2007, 14:40]
Photos: World Wide Web 2006 conference
News He called for clear separation between Internet access and Internet content, but admitted that some regulation of the Internet is beneficial. The fact is that the openness of the Internet, which is such a wonderful thing, does depend on a certain...
[May 23, 2006, 16:25]
Talk as long as you like, but carry a big stick
Leader It should now be extended to mobile operators who, like T-Mobile, claim that slashing mobile charges a hairsbreadth ahead of European regulation on the issue, proves that no regulation is necessary. Press Release: 19th October 2006:
[October 19, 2006, 15:00]
Aussie censors zap 27 sites
News Yet in what's turning out to be one of the more curious chapters in the saga of Net regulation, the takedowns are not causing a storm of protest. What Coroneos means by empowerment is that, rather than blocking offending sites -- as the Singaporean...
[March 20, 2000, 9:13]
Ofcom announces telecoms review
News The aim of the exercise, according to the regulator, is to provide the groundwork for taking a fresh look at how regulation is working in the sector, with a view to withdrawing regulation in some sectors and applying or amending it in other areas.
[December 15, 2003, 9:30]
