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EC will force BT to unbundle by year end
News The EC has long preferred a December deadline for unbundling. The latest move on the EC's part puts the weight of law behind its argument. While the EC regards its tough line on unbundling as a victory over regulators and incumbents, Oftel is...
[July 12, 2000, 12:02]
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]
EC joins growing debate on future of 3G
News In response, the EC has adopted a policy document entitled "The Introduction of Third Generation Mobile Communication in the European Union: State of Play and the Way Forward". The EC's primary concern is to ensure there isn't a crisis in the...
[March 21, 2001, 6:12]
EC repeats call for telco super-regulator
News Reding cited a recent incident where the EC was forced to convince a national regulator that its leased-line policy required more attention as the Europen body had better information than the local organisation.
[November 20, 2006, 12:25]
EC reluctant to recommend OpenDocument
Talkback The EC couldn't be wiser. With this in mind, the EC should immediately endorse the ODF format and tell Microsoft to get with the program. Given that ODF has been developed by a consortium of industry players (OASIS) working together to create a...
[May 28, 2006, 11:23]
EC reviews Vista complaints
News The European Commission is keeping a close eye on Vista, to ensure that the new version of the Microsoft operating system complies with the principles established by its original antitrust ruling, the EC said on Wednesday.
[February 15, 2006, 15:25]
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 cracks down on local-loop unbundling
News Enterprise and Information Society Commissioner Erkki Liikanen said the EC would not tolerate further delays in the creation of competitive local telecoms access markets across Europe. The five EC member states are accused of failing to make their...
[March 21, 2002, 14:31]
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]
Five years ago: 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. First published 26 March, 1997 We're seeing price rises of between 25 per cent and 30 per cent...
[March 26, 2002, 6:01]
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 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 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 reluctant to recommend OpenDocument
Talkback The EC is clueless. Or does the EC think that standards are frozen in time to be used in all eternity? The EC shouldn't concern itself with the WHAT but with the HOW. Ofcourse the EC could make a RECOMMENDATION based on HOW things should be.
[May 9, 2006, 23:15]
EC reluctant to recommend OpenDocument
Talkback Apparently the EC is willing to spout about open standards, but lack the spine to actually "walk the talk". I'll applaud the move by the state govt in Massachusetts in the US to mandate ODF, and even testing a plugin to MS-Office that allows it to...
[May 9, 2006, 14:12]
EC may oppose Time Warner-AOL-EMI link
News In the documents, EC regulators criticised the companies' potential to dominate emerging online delivery systems for information and entertainment programming, and noted that the EMI-Time Warner venture would reduce the number of major music...
[September 1, 2000, 9:50]
EC to investigate broadband rollouts
News Local loop unbundling -- as the process is called -- has long been feted by the EC as a way out of the stranglehold that incumbent telcos like BT and Deutsche Telekom have on telephone lines and by extension, Internet services across Europe.
[March 6, 2001, 9:09]
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 reluctant to recommend OpenDocument
Talkback The EC can't be decisive, people might just get the idea that they are a useful body. What do you expect. No they best wait and see if Microsoft catch up and then ratify their format (I can't imagine that they are an organisation that knows what...
[May 9, 2006, 12:13]
EC pushes on with Europe-wide patents
News The EC launched a public consultation on Monday that invites individuals and companies to comment on the Community Patent and related changes to the current patent system, such as the launch of a European Patent Court.
[January 16, 2006, 16:10]
