EU cap on text and data roaming clears hurdle
News The European Parliament announced on Tuesday that its Industry Committee had approved the recommendations of the European Commission. The Industry Committee decided that 50 cents per megabyte would be better for the consumer.
[March 11, 2009, 15:12]
European data-roaming caps agreed
News Announced on Tuesday, the new cap is an informal compromise that was agreed between the Industry Committee of the European Parliament and the Czech Presidency of the European Council. The European Commission originally proposed the €1-per-megabyte...
[March 25, 2009, 15:23]
War against spam moves to mobile phones
News However, mobile phone regulator ICSTIS [Independent Committee for the Supervision of Standards of Telephone Information Services] continues to receive a growing number of consumer complaints as some mobile gateway companies consistently ignore...
[June 11, 2003, 11:45]
EU approves cap on text and data roaming
News The levels of the caps were agreed in late March, following negotiations between the Industry Committee of the European Parliament and the Czech Presidency of the European Council. According to the Commission, the SMS and data-roaming caps were...
[April 22, 2009, 16:49]
UK advertising authority introduces anti-spam rules
News The new rules come from the Committee of Advertising Practice (CAP) and are to be enforced by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA), a self-regulatory body for the UK's marketing industry. Junk text messages are a more recent phenomenon, with...
[March 5, 2003, 14:27]
Mosquito Trojan bites smartphones
News A spokesman for the Independent Committee for the Supervision of Standards of Telephone Information Services (Icstis) which handles complaints about illegal dialler activity and premium rate scams said the organisation has received no complaints...
[August 10, 2004, 17:25]
Telcos bar children from adult content
News The code of conduct does not cover premium rate voice or SMS services, which will continue to be regulated under the Independent Committee for the Supervision of Telephone Information Services (ICSTIS) Code of Practice.
[January 19, 2004, 14:20]
Sainsbury's sexy SMS job ad causes complaints
News They can contact ICSTIS (Independent Committee for the Supervision of Standards of Telephone Information Services), which regulates the content and promotion of premium rate telephone services. Finally they could contact Oftel, the UK regulator for...
[March 14, 2002, 16:16]
