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France Telecom Threatens EC Over Roaming Clampdown
News France Telecom has warned that it might stop buying equipment from European manufacturers unless the EC's proposals on mobile roaming regulation are toned down. Martin Selmayr, spokesman for Commissioner Reding, responded to Lombard's claims on...
[December 19, 2006, 16:01]
NCC Vs NBC In The Emerging Convergence Regulation In Nigeria
Blog Convergence regulation, encompassing telecom, IT and broadcasting while Multi-sector regulation, where telecom is joined together with other infrastructural While Competition regulation is a broad range of different industries, where telecom is...
[May 7, 2008, 10:53]
Telcos: Forget 'original Sin'
News It is imposing obligations on the incumbents and excluding new entrants from such obligations," he said, accusing the Commission of imposing regulation of individual member states and "increasing the burden on operators and consumers.
[May 10, 2000, 14:25]
EU Telecoms Gets Regulatory Shake-up
News At the heart of the proposals, which represent the biggest change in telecoms regulation for five years, is the Commission's desire to see the European telecoms market made into a more level playing field.
[November 14, 2007, 13:24]
Ofcom Urged To Make BT More Transparent
News It has urged Ofcom to reduce regulation of the retail sector, and to concentrate its efforts on breaking down the barriers encountered by new entrants to the market, rather than regulating on the basis of market share.
[June 22, 2004, 16:35]
The Day Ahead: AsiaInfo And UTStarcom Cash In On China's Growth
News Other issues for UTStarcom include a likely $500,000 (£310,000) penalty for tariffs owed from components ordered in 1997; exchange rates between the US dollar and Renminbi and government currency controls; and regulation of the Chinese...
[March 3, 2000, 11:44]
Telecommunications Regulation: An Introduction
White Papers This paper examines the justifications, history, and practice of regulation in the US telecommunications sector. This paper also examines the impact of the 1996 Telecommunications Act on market structure and strategy in conjunction with the history...
[January 24, 2006, 23:00]
Mobile-roaming Cuts Hailed Success
News The EU Roaming Regulation came into force in the summer, requiring mobile operators to introduce a cheaper "Eurotariff" for roaming customers. Viviane Reding, the EU telecoms commissioner, said the Eurotariff is now the standard rate for roaming...
[October 8, 2007, 12:14]
Oftel Unveils Controversial ADSL Plans
News However, an EC draft regulation issued just two weeks ago appears to require a more rapid timetable for bringing unbundled products to consumers. The excitingly-titled "Access Network Facilities" is the first time the telecoms watchdog has issued...
[August 1, 2000, 12:25]
European Parliament Accepts Telecoms Competition Laws
News The European Union hopes that the telecom package will remove the need for sector-specific telcoms regulation. The European Parliament has accepted a compromise telecom package to open up the telecommunications market to internal competition.
[December 13, 2001, 16:20]
UK Mobile Phone Fee Cuts Will Hurt Operators
News Telecom 'Bill of Rights' for Consumers Will Challenge Carriers" -- Telecom providers should mitigate the threat of renewed regulation by offering their own consumer protections. On 1 June, 2004, Ofcom, the telecom regulator in the United Kingdom...
[June 8, 2004, 12:10]
EC Repeats Call For Telco Super-regulator
News Viviane Reding said on Thursday that the current system — whereby countries take care of their own telecoms regulation — had frequently resulted in a game of "ping pong" between national regulators and the European Commission.
[November 20, 2006, 12:25]
Survey: Tech Execs Retrenching
News According to the survey, the fourth in a series that began in 1999, executives perceive government regulation and growing competition as the greatest threats to their businesses. Survey participants included executives at Bell Canada, Cisco Systems...
[December 5, 2002, 13:43]
Skype's 0207 Snafu - More Analysis
Blog He made an interesting point - not only is Skype's approach to VoIP very light on regulation, but its avoidance of infrastructural investment means it will always be over-dependent on those who do own the infrastructure.
[November 27, 2007, 11:35]
Oftel To Take On New Role, Industry Reacts
News Under new plans, Oftel will relax regulation in some areas, although it will continue to review BT's pricings. The spokesman adds: "It is about relaxing regulation. I think that whilst BT remains the vastly dominant telecom provider, it is...
[January 17, 2000, 15:48]
A Year Ago: Oftel To Take On New Role, Industry Reacts
News The spokesman adds: "It is about relaxing regulation. Under new plans, Oftel will relax regulation in some areas, although it will continue to review BT's pricings. I think that whilst BT remains the vastly dominant telecom provider, it is...
[January 17, 2001, 6:02]
FTC Head Sceptical About Net Neutrality Laws
News Majoras also took a swipe at Google and other Internet companies that support extensive FCC regulation, saying she was surprised "at how quickly so many of our nation's successful firms have jumped in to urge the Government to regulate".
[August 22, 2006, 9:40]
Scandinavia Shames UK In Broadband League
News In response, BT told ZDNet that it was already cutting prices, and that regulation meant it couldn't offer ADSL as cheaply as the cable companies. The figures show that, while telecom companies claim that broadband is available to a large...
[October 1, 2001, 17:19]
Net Neutrality: Meet The Winner
News We have never tried to visit the worst aspects of regulation on other industries. But now that net neutrality is so amorphous and covers so many things, we get nervous about sloppy language, unintended consequences and regulation down the road.
[June 13, 2006, 10:45]
Broadband Guru: Momentum Must Be Maintained
News One area in which Todd said government intervetion is particularly unwelcome is in extending the scope of TV regulation to embrace broadband. Speaking in his keynote address at the Networks Telecom show at the NEC Birmingham on Tuesday, Keith Todd...
[June 25, 2002, 14:00]
