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Roaming caps legal, advises EU advocate general
News A legal challenge to roaming caps imposed on operators by the European Commission is likely to fail, the European Court of Justice's advocate general has advised, citing inexplicable profit margins before the caps were introduced.
[October 2, 2009, 15:02]
Roaming at low cost with WiFi
Talkback The solution to low cost roaming is already available, just buy a dual SIP WiFi / GSM Handset. Use WiFi hotspots to make and receive calls and only use GSM when you are out of range of a hotspot. Also you can easily download your emails and Video...
[July 19, 2007, 17:58]
Roaming Honeypots for Mitigating Service-Level Denial-of-Service Attacks
White Papers The paper proposes roaming honeypots, a mechanism that allows the locations of honeypots to be unpredictable, continuously changing, and disguised within a server pool. The paper utilizes the roaming honeypots scheme to mitigate the effects of...
[October 14, 2008, 1:01]
Roaming - all or nothing?
Blog Now, before Our Viv managed to get the operators to drop their voice roaming rates, that would have been the reason. The operators have now cut their voice roaming rates, which should encourage people to use their phones abroad.
[June 9, 2008, 17:54]
Wi-Fi Week: Roaming in the dark
News Roaming outside the UK is even more problematic, and just as in the early days of mobile phones you shouldn't rely on it unless you have an explicit promise from a service provider. It's a safe prediction that universal roaming will eventually...
[January 29, 2004, 10:40]
Roaming Range: Understanding Wireless Headset Performance in the Real World
White Papers The distance that the headset and base station can connect with acceptable voice quality is called the roaming range. Major manufacturers of wireless headsets build their products around industry standards, making the performance relatively similar...
[March 12, 2008, 0:01]
Roaming cuts may lead to coverage black spots
News The GSM Association, the trade body representing the mobile industry, believes impending cuts in roaming rates will see some customers plunged into coverage black spots. According to the association, 25 percent of roaming traffic will become...
[April 24, 2007, 15:47]
Roaming legislation inches closer
Blog Viv Reding's proposed legislation to put a serious cap on roaming charges passed another stage today, as it was OK'd by the Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE) Committee of the European Parliament. We're not doing a story proper on this one, as it...
[April 12, 2007, 17:03]
Vodafone, roaming and the €60 beer
Blog The world of European mobile communications was not rocked to its very foundations this week, as 3 announced a £1.25/MB data roaming deal followed by Vodafone offering up £5 per diem/25MB max. Moble data roaming charges are fantastic.
[June 30, 2009, 16:38]
Roaming rip-offs set to continue
News Businesses can look forward to high and confusing roaming rates when employees access mobile voice and data services abroad for some time to come, experts said on Tuesday. The costs for international roaming are difficult to predict because of...
[January 25, 2006, 12:10]
Roaming charges to be cut at last
News Mobile roaming charges in Europe will drop, starting on 30 June when the new EU Roaming Regulation comes into force. EU telecom commissioner Viviane Reding said in a statement: "At last Europeans can breathe a sigh of relief as the EU Roaming...
[June 27, 2007, 8:32]
Roaming data stirs up controversy
News A Web site has voluntarily removed information it posted about the roaming plans of Verizon Wireless customers, which some believe showed the carrier's coverage area is shrinking. According to messages on the chat board some participants noted that...
[August 16, 2002, 15:43]
Roaming rip-off puts travellers off phoning home
News The high cost of roaming is putting Europeans off using their mobiles abroad, according to research from the European Commission, which found that eight out of 10 European travellers have been deterred from phoning home due to price.
[November 8, 2006, 10:19]
EU cap on text and data roaming clears hurdle
News A proposal for a European Union cap on roaming charges for text messages and data use on mobile phones has inched closer to reality after passing a key committee vote. The Commission wants to see consumers pay no more than 11 cents (10p), excluding...
[March 11, 2009, 15:12]
EU calls for 60 percent roaming charges cut
News On Tuesday, the European commissioner responsible for telecoms revealed her long awaited shake-up in the structure of mobile roaming charges. I therefore propose that an EU regulation be used to eliminate all unjustified roaming charges".
[March 28, 2006, 18:10]
Data roaming hell - what can we do ?
Blog This is just a friday snippit about what can we do with data roaming charges on smart phones. A recent Euro business trip ended with a heft roaming data charge of over £65 for Vodafone, just for checking email and not downloading any attachments.
[October 10, 2008, 14:09]
Mobile operators accused of international roaming rip-off
News The regulator published details of its investigation into international roaming charges today (Wednesday). UK prices for pre-pay international roaming are much higher than for customers in France, Germany, Sweden and Italy," said the watchdog.
[November 7, 2001, 10:04]
Mobile operators 'at odds' over roaming fees
News Europe's mobile operators are reportedly at odds over their approach to a clamp down on excessive roaming charges that are levied on subscribers who use their phone abroad. According to the Financial Times, the meeting had to be scrapped because...
[March 20, 2006, 16:55]
Orange user awaits judgement over roaming bill
Talkback I feel sorry for the guy, and I do think that Orange's rates are way too high, but when roaming, I would never use the service before checking the prices on the web site or checking with customer services.
[December 20, 2005, 15:31]
Mobile industry vows to fight roaming cuts
News The mobile industry has hit back at the European Commission's move to slash roaming charges, as the details of the finalised proposals start to sink in. After Information Society and Media Commissioner Viviane Reding and EC President José Manuel...
[July 13, 2006, 12:15]
