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European e-identity plan to be unveiled this month

...to be unveiled at the end of this month. Digital agenda commissioner Neelie Kroes has outlined a proposal to bring in an electronic identity system... Read more

3 May, 2012 by David Meyer

Europe agrees on changes for cheaper roaming

...up with being ripped off by high roaming charges," digital agenda commissioner Neelie Kroes said in a statement. "The new roaming deal gives us a... Read more

28 March, 2012 by David Meyer
How Orange defends data-roaming charges

How Orange defends data-roaming charges

...as the Commission wants? Honestly, no. We explained to [digital agenda commissioner] Neelie Kroes that, if you do that, you open up huge discrepancies and... Read more

29 March, 2011 by David Meyer

Telefonica balks at new EU roaming proposals

...this month, drastically lowering the wholesale and retail price caps that commissioner Neelie Kroes had put forward. Niebler suggested halving the retail price caps.This... Read more

22 December, 2011 by David Meyer

EU moves to stop surveillance tech sales to despots

...Wikileaks 'Spy Files' revelations last week, ZDNet UK understands digital agenda commissioner Neelie Kroes will urge technology firms to come up with a way to... Read more

8 December, 2011 by David Meyer

Kroes: Data-roaming caps must not hamper competition

...fair data-roaming deals for customers, the EU's digital agenda commissioner Neelie Kroes has said. European commissioner Neelie Kroes has called for capped pricing... Read more

23 November, 2011 by Ben Woods

Kroes pushes for 'more muscular' EU digital security

...and online child protection in a more connected world. Digital agenda commissioner Neelie Kroes has outlined proposals to boost Enisa, the EU's information security... Read more

23 November, 2011 by Jack Clark

Kroes calls for joined-up e-government

...interoperable European public-sector digital services, according to European digital agenda commissioner Neelie Kroes. European commissioner Neelie Kroes has called for a joined-up approach... Read more

17 November, 2011 by Tom Espiner

EU warns web firms over 'do-not-track' timescale

...Commission will force them to ensure citizens' right to privacy. European commissioner Neelie Kroes has warned web companies that they need to agree on a... Read more

22 June, 2011 by David Meyer

Europe cracks whip over 'exorbitant' data-roaming fees

...abroad and the actual costs of supplying that service, digital agenda commissioner Neelie Kroes has warned mobile operators. Kroes was speaking on Thursday at the... Read more

24 September, 2010 by David Meyer

EU regulators turn spotlight on mobile gang of five

...October 2010, apparently resulted in a joint letter to digital agenda commissioner Neelie Kroes, complaining about the bandwidth requirements of US web companies' services. Europe... Read more

15 March, 2012 by David Meyer

EU to double supercomputing funding to ?1.2bn

...for European industry and for more jobs in Europe," Digital Agenda commissioner Neelie Kroes said in the statement. "We've got to invest smartly in... Read more

16 February, 2012 by Jack Clark

Mobile broadband business use shoots up

...available at good prices," Ryan Heath, a spokesman for digital agenda commissioner Neelie Kroes, told ZDNet UK. "Businesses clearly see the internet as a way... Read more

14 December, 2011 by David Meyer

Reuse of public data to get easier under new EU rules

...Open Data Strategy proposed by the European Commission on Monday. European commissioner Neelie Kroes has introduced moves to open up data from public bodies for... Read more

12 December, 2011 by David Meyer

Kroes attacks Dutch net-neutrality rules

...lawmakers to take sides on the issue. Europe's digital agenda chief Neelie Kroes has criticised the Netherlands for passing legislation on net neutrality, saying... Read more

3 October, 2011 by David Meyer

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