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Government attacks EC's 'dangerous' online media plans
News Woodward said that the exact scope of the legislation the European Commission is proposing is "unclear", as it could cover a range of Internet services and mobile content providers. The British Government has launched a fierce attack on the...
[June 29, 2006, 16:05]
Europe unites to keep online video unregulated
News The European Commission wanted to extend them to cover online audio-visual content, including new media broadcasting and emerging platforms. The European Commission welcomes the fact that the three European Union institutions — the Parliament, the...
[November 15, 2006, 17:21]
Euro telco super-regulator plan savaged
News Humphreys argued that the option of a single EU regulator, independent of the European Commission, was "not politically saleable", and claimed that the alternative — extending the Commission's power of veto to cover remedies imposed by national...
[October 20, 2006, 17:00]
Roaming cuts may lead to coverage black spots
News The European Commission, however, believes operators have been charging their customers "excessively high prices" to use roaming services. According to the association, 25 percent of roaming traffic will become unprofitable if the legislation...
[April 24, 2007, 15:47]
MEP: Media industry must not infiltrate data retention laws
News December, it is unclear what the European Commission's overall position now is with regard to the CMBA's request. The Commission, the body which introduces new proposed European legislation, had not responded to repeated requests for comment at the...
[November 29, 2005, 13:25]
HP and Orange to build secure EU network
News The €210m (£142m) deal is for the creation and management of sTESTA (secured Trans European Services for Telematics between Administrations), a network that will cover not only communications between the European Commission, Europol and the...
[October 6, 2006, 12:30]
EC funds counter-terrorism tech research
News The European Commission is to plough €156m (£107m) of funding into research on counter-terrorism technologies. Funding will also be allocated for the development of a European ballistic database, which will analyse and store firearms information...
[September 12, 2007, 15:11]
Europe defends online broadcasting plans
News The European Commission (EC) has defended its proposal to revise the Television Without Frontiers (TVWF) Directive, saying that Internet businesses would benefit from the legislation. The existing TVWF regulations, which cover traditional...
[June 15, 2006, 14:45]
Patents directive wins European Parliament OK
News He said if the "unacceptable" amendments were passed, the Commission could withdraw the Directive entirely and seek to achieve patent harmonisation through a renegotiation of the European Patent Convention.
[September 24, 2003, 18:05]
Whois database 'contributes to identity theft'
News A June 2003 report from a European Commission working group said data protection rules -- outlined in the European Data Protection Directive -- cover the Whois directory. Whois, an online database that contains personal information about Internet...
[November 6, 2003, 12:00]
EC readies European satellite wireless spectrum
News Companies that offer satellite-based services including mobile data, mobile TV, disaster relief and remote medical services will soon be able to do so across the whole of Europe, after the European Commission announced it was harmonising radio...
[August 8, 2008, 17:06]
European Parliament to get new powers over Oftel
News If the new regulatory framework becomes law, the European Commission would gain new powers over regulatory bodies such as Oftel. The commission would be able to stop Oftel acting in a way that would be detrimental to the single market.
[March 5, 2001, 6:39]
Microsoft, Adobe squabble over PDF
News Adobe has threatened to file an antitrust complaint against Microsoft with the European Commission if the software giant includes the PDF "save as" feature in its Office 2007, Heiner added. One reason Microsoft is taking these steps is to avoid...
[June 5, 2006, 15:40]
EU rejects US opposition to privacy directive
News Last month, the US Treasury and Commerce Departments asked the European Commission to delay approval of a "model contract" that financial institutions would be asked to sign before transferring personal data to non-EU countries.
[May 8, 2001, 16:05]
Roaming charges to be cut at last
News The national regulatory authorities and the European Commission will monitor the transition to the new rules to make sure they aren't abused. Europe has more than 147 million roaming users, 110 million of which are business users, according to the...
[June 27, 2007, 8:32]
Microsoft licensing switch pleases Becta
News It lodged a complaint about Microsoft with the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) over anti-competitive practices in October 2007, and in May took that complaint to the European Commission. He asked: "If not for the stance of Neelie Kroes and the...
[September 16, 2008, 18:08]
Bush attacks European privacy regulations
News In a March 23 letter addressed to John Mogg, director general of the European Commission, the departments of Treasury and Commerce struck a note of worry about standard contract clauses proposed by the group for business agreements between U.S.and...
[March 28, 2001, 8:48]
Infineon admits to DRAM price fixing
News The European Commission, the antitrust regulatory body for the European Union, is conducting a similar investigation. Infineon, during its fiscal second and third quarters, set aside nearly $300m to cover liabilities that may arise from the Justice...
[September 16, 2004, 9:20]
UK defies US on software patents
News The topic is undergoing public consultation and the European Commission has said it will issue a directive in March. She said that business methods should remain unpatentable and called for "urgent" clarification by the European commission on its...
[March 12, 2001, 11:47]
Amazon loses one-click patent injunction
News This landmark decision will be watched closely by the European Commission where politicians are set to decide whether to expand European patent regulations to cover such business processes, a move that is fiercely opposed by independent...
[March 9, 2001, 14:17]
