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EC Calls For 3G Over 2G Spectrum
News So we're positive about [the EC's announcement]. The GSMA reckons that the EC's move could bring 3G services to as many as 300 million EU citizens, compared with the 65 million that currently use such services.
[July 26, 2007, 13:26]
EC Divided Over Software Patents
News According to the source, who spoke on condition of anonymity, the EC Directorate responsible for Internal Markets is in favour of extending software patenting to cover basic business processes, arguing that this would be good for business, while...
[March 9, 2001, 17:10]
EC Caps Mobile Roaming Rates
News Arguing that "competition alone has not brought the developments needed", EC President Jose Manuel Barroso said that the Commission had "no alternative but to intervene to protect the interests of consumers".
[July 12, 2006, 13:25]
EC Expands Microsoft Probe
News The EC's latest allegations against Microsoft focus largely on Windows 2000. In particular, the EC accuses Microsoft of withholding key information from competing server software vendors that would enable them to make their products interoperate...
[August 30, 2001, 14:14]
EC Hits Microsoft With €280m Fine
News The European Commission has fined Microsoft €280.5m for failing to comply with the 2004 antitrust ruling against it.In an announcement on Wednesday morning, the EC said it would fine Microsoft €1.5m a day, backdated to 16 December, 2005.
[July 12, 2006, 11:25]
EC Freezes Microsoft's Punishment
Talkback But on the other hand, the EC don't tell car manufacturers to sell their cars without the radio, do they? You can change the radio if you don't like it, but you'd find it hard to buy a car without one.
[June 28, 2004, 12:39]
EC Unveils Open-source Guide
News The European Community (EC) yesterday launched a new set of guidelines designed to help government IT managers decide whether to make the switch from proprietary to open-source software and how to migrate their systems.
[October 23, 2003, 9:30]
EC Outlines Super-university Plans
News The EC is hoping that the EIT will encourage companies to finance research into new technologies in return for a cut of the revenues they generate. The EIT will be bankrolled by the EC but individual member states will also contribute funding.
[February 22, 2006, 15:55]
EC Says Microsoft Probe Goes On
News The European Commission's antitrust case against Microsoft will continue, unaffected by the software giant's settlement with the US Department of Justice last week, according to EC officials. This investigation will continue," said Amelia Torres...
[November 5, 2001, 12:32]
EC Slipping Software Patents 'through Backdoor'
News The introduction of a Community Patent would allow inventors to obtain a single patent that is legally valid throughout the European Union, which would reduce the costs of filing and litigating a patent, according to the EC.
[October 6, 2005, 17:40]
EC Launches Public Consultation On RFID
News Keen to prevent the fragmented implementation of RFID technologies across Europe, the EC wants to create policy quickly in this area. In October the conclusions of the workshops and consultation will be revealed, before the EC presents its official...
[July 4, 2006, 15:25]
EC Hits Out At Oftel - Again
News Oftel has fallen foul of European law for a second time as the EC this week takes action on the watchdog's regulation of the fixed line market. Oftel already faces the wrath of the EC for taking too long to respond to complaints about anti...
[June 15, 2000, 15:11]
EC Telecoms Overhaul Sparks Alarm
News Viviane Reding, information society commissioner for the EC, announced in a speech yesterday that the Commission would like to see aggressive changes to the market, aimed at boosting competition and investment in the sector.
[June 29, 2006, 15:50]
EC Rule Sends RAM Prices Up 30 Per Cent
News Unless you can prove the RAM was manufactured outside Korea or Japan, or prove the goods were sold above the EC's reference price, there is a tariff. "We're seeing price rises of between 25 per cent and 30 per cent," said Ian Boyle, group director...
[March 26, 1997, 17:02]
EC Freezes Microsoft's Punishment
Talkback typical of the bunch of airy fairy wet between the ears twat the EC M$ Corp has paid someone a backhander and they get let out for nowt just what the hell do we have to do to get M$ Corp dealt with the way they SHOULD be ie Clobbered good and...
[June 28, 2004, 13:14]
EC Refuses To Relax 3G Rules
News In a consultation paper published on Wednesday morning, the EC recommended that 3G licence conditions should not be altered, even though many experts are concerned about the massive sums of many paid by mobile operators for the licences.
[June 12, 2002, 15:38]
EC Launches European Cybercrime Forum
News European commissioner Antonio Vittorino announced the launch of a European cybercrime forum on Tuesday, following a recommendation contained in the EC draft convention on cybercrime. The EC white paper says, "the Commission will establish and chair...
[April 11, 2001, 9:03]
EC Rejects Mobile Broadcasting Fears
News The European Commission (EC) has denied that proposed amendments to broadcasting legislation will adversely affect mobile advertising, after a conglomerate of IT industry players raised concerns that regulations could "stifle the growth" of the...
[July 28, 2006, 12:15]
EC May Extend MS Antitrust Probe
Blog The EC is to extend its antitrust investigation into Microsoft's behaviour during "a struggle last year to ratify its Office software file format as an international standard," the Wall Street Journal reports.
[February 8, 2008, 15:59]
EC Slams Roaming Scams
News The EC has hit back at mobile operators charging rip-off rates for international roaming. The EC is also investigating mobile firms in Germany and the UK following claims that their roaming fees are too high.
[October 5, 2005, 14:15]
