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Viviane Reding Nominated For Internet Villain Award
News Despite her pioneering work, Viviane Reding, the commissioner for information society and media who has led the European charge to reduce extortionate mobile roaming charges, has been landed with a nomination for Internet Villain of the year.
[January 4, 2007, 15:59]
EC Lowers Cap On Voice-roaming Prices
News Information society commissioner Viviane Reding announced on Friday that from 30 August the price cap for roaming calls on mobile phones would be reduced from €0.49 (39 pence) to €0.46 per minute (excluding VAT) for making a call, and from €0.24...
[August 29, 2008, 17:17]
EC Will Cap Mobile-roaming Charges
News Commissioner for information society and media, Viviane Reding, has confirmed that telecoms ministers agreed on Thursday at a meeting in Brussels that there must be a cap both on wholesale and retail roaming charges, and more transparency on pricing.
[March 16, 2007, 16:42]
ZDNet.co.uk - The Tabloid You Can Trust
Blog Browsing through Viviane Reding's recent speech to the European Regulators Group (as you do), I came across this little nugget: Mind you, I'm trying to think of any actual tabloid newspaper that would give a monkey's about Reding's plans for the...
[October 15, 2007, 12:39]
Finding A Funder For Fibre To The Home
News Speaking exclusively to ZDNet.co.uk, Harrington explained why providing a fibre-optic connection to every UK home and business is essential; how Ofcom is finally coming round to supporting the idea, having suffered a "lack of thought leadership...
[May 6, 2008, 16:23]
TV Without Frontiers, Lawmakers In Tears
News Viviane Reding has got it wrong. Viviane Reding, Commissioner for Information Society and Media, insists that the new rules will be light, and would encourage economic growth rather than stymying it. The Audiovisual Media Services Directive, as the...
[July 11, 2006, 15:35]
Europe Defends Online Broadcasting Plans
News But speaking on Wednesday, Viviane Reding, EU Commissioner for Information Society and Media, pledged not to intervene in business. I'm not going to intervene in business — I am technology neutral," Reding added.
[June 15, 2006, 14:45]
EC Pares Down Plans For Telecoms Super-regulator
News Telecoms commissioner Viviane Reding had wanted a large body that could manage and potentially overrule national regulatory bodies such as the UK's Ofcom. The Commission's move follows the European Parliament's rejection of some of Reding's initial...
[November 11, 2008, 11:38]
EC Launches IT Taskforce
News Information society commissioner Viviane Reding said in a statement: "With the ICT Task Force, we want to ensure that Europe's ICT industry keeps its leading role in the world. The European Commission has set up a taskforce designed to make Europe...
[June 8, 2006, 15:20]
EC 'not Against' Charges For Receiving Calls
News In an interview with the Financial Times, Viviane Reding of the European Commission said such business models were "for the operators to decide", adding: "Why not [charge for receiving calls]? Reding reinterated her plan to propose caps on the...
[June 17, 2008, 12:44]
EC: Web 2.0 Means Power And Responsibility
News Viviane Reding, European Commissioner for Information Society and Media, was addressing the first meeting of the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) on Monday. While acknowledging that the internet had its roots in the developed world, particularly in...
[October 31, 2006, 13:14]
EC: Cut Data-roaming Costs Or Face Regulation
News European commissioner for information society and media Viviane Reding, speaking today at the Mobile World Congress trade show in Barcelona, said: "What I want to achieve is very simple — that sending a text message or downloading other data via a...
[February 11, 2008, 13:46]
EC To Develop Guidelines On RFID
News Speaking at the CeBIT trade event in Hanover, Germany, on Thursday, information society commissioner Viviane Reding said the Commission would draft rules later this year to amend EU e-privacy legislation to take account of RFID.
[March 16, 2007, 14:40]
European IT Chief Backs Net Neutrality
News Viviane Reding was speaking to delegates on Tuesday at an Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) ministerial meeting in South Korea, on the subject of the "future of the internet economy".
[June 18, 2008, 17:23]
Mobile Industry Awaits Roaming Verdict
News The proposals are expected to be issued in a finalised form by EU Information Society and Media commissioner Viviane Reding on Wednesday. Reports in the Financial Times and the Wall Street Journal suggested that Reding's opponents — specifically...
[July 11, 2006, 12:35]
EU Commissioners Clash Over Mobile Roaming
News Commissioners will meet next week to discuss the proposals, which were made by the commissioner for Information Society and Media, Viviane Reding. Reports on Wednesday suggested that Reding will find herself up against trade commissioner Peter...
[July 6, 2006, 11:00]
Europe Has RFID In Its Sights
News Viviane Reding, Europe's information society and media commissioner, told a press conference at the CeBIT trade show in Hanover on Thursday that there are several important issues surrounding RFID that need to be addressed.
[March 9, 2006, 16:45]
Red Tape Blamed For Impeding Tech Progress
News European telecoms commissioner, Viviane Reding, has blamed red tape for hampering Europe's efforts to capitalise on its high-tech research. Reding warned that Europe faces serious challenges in terms of energy, health and its ageing population, and...
[September 8, 2008, 12:44]
GSMA Warns Against Text-roaming Price Caps
News Mobile-operator industry body, the GSMA, has poured cold water on plans by European Commission telecoms commissioner, Viviane Reding, to create a single market for mobile text services in Europe and cap the cost of sending an SMS for EU citizens...
[July 17, 2008, 9:16]
EC Aims To Convince Women IT Isn't 'boring'
News The European Commission's commissioner for information society and media, Viviane Reding, has set her sights on debunking geeky IT stereotypes which she believes are putting women off working in technology.
[March 10, 2008, 7:21]
