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Roaming charges to be scrapped as early as 1st July 2014 The European Commission has unveiled plans to scrap roaming charges across the EU, with the changes due to come in to force from as early as 1st July 2014. From then,... All similar articles: 201 »

Keeping pace with broadband and 4G LTE developments will be a near impossibility if Europe maintains a system of fragmented telecoms markets and providers, according to the Vice President of the European Commission and Digital...

by Jennifer Baker On 12th June the European Commission published its annual Digital Access Scoreboard -a study that examines progress at European Union and national level in achieving broadband roll-out. Many of the findings...

by Kassandra The solidarity of public broadcasters throughout Europe to the Greek public television ERT, is amazing. ERT was shut down last week by a unilateral decision of the Greek Prime Minister, leader of a tri-partite... All similar articles: 3707 »

Author(s): New Europe team The first victim of the NSA eavesdropping scandal was the credibility of the European Union. As the scandal broke, European leaders were nowhere to be found. Commissioner Neelie Kroes, whose digital... All similar articles: 493 »

The European Commission is probing the removal of the Malta Communications Authority chairman to determine whether it infringed EU rules. The investigation was announced yesterday by European Digital Agenda Commissioner Nellie...

On Thursday, the European Parliament approved new rules, introduced by the European Commission , for re-using public sector information. These changes will require that administrative data is published according to open data...

Author(s): Nerea Rial The Irish startup Trustev, which offers real time, online verification using social fingerprinting technology, won the EU's top startup competition Tech All Stars Awards 2013 . read more All similar articles: 50 »

Neelie Kroes, the European commissioner for the digital agenda, is pressing for further liberalisation of the European Union's telecoms market and is preparing to put forward legislative proposals before the ...

Commission welcomes Parliament adoption of new EU Open Data rules Today the European Parliament formally adopted the updated EU rules on the re-use of public sector information, thereby completing the formal EU approval... All similar articles: 53 »

The EU will ban Internet service providers from manipulating and blocking access to certain websites, according to a Commission official. Related Stories EU countries back pro-business data bill Germany most snooped EU country...

The EU has made good progress on its basic broadband goals in the Digital Agenda, but needs to do more to ensure wider access to faster broadband speeds, the European Commission said. The latest score card for the Digital...

15 years ago, Europe was a pioneer in mobile phone technology. However, the popularity of high-speed mobile networks now, and it h... All similar articles: 50 »

The European Commission's top telecoms regulator suffered a further setback to her efforts to shape a single European market on Wednesday after national regulators said they did not need her guidance on what prices operators...

Last Friday, Unconvention 2013 ended with a photo of all the attendees on the majestic marble staircase of the Egmont palace. The palace is owned and operated by the Belgian ministry of Foreign Affairs, and usually welcomes...

A week after Commissioner for Digital Agenda Neelie Kroes requested that the European Parliament help save European citizens’ “right to access the open internet by guaranteeing net neutrality” in a speech on May 30 in Brussels,...

Finnish communications minister Pia Viitanen has stated bluntly that the NSA may be breaking the laws of Finland . According to the Finnish Constitution, capturing and reading emails or text messages without privileges is...

– Authorization and submission to the Beast system will be required for all transactions in the future envisioned by our would-be enslavers. We saw this creepy scrawl on the sidewalk recently, warning that “Obamacare has a...

In a distressing failure to maintain my conspiracist credibility I have to admit that I am not one of those who believe that the Bilderberg Group is in the business of establishing some sort of secret world government, but this...

Here's an overview of some of last week's most interesting news, reviews, articles and interviews: Kaspersky Lab experts published a new research report about NetTraveler, which is a family of malicious programs used by APT...

Author(s): Jennifer Baker “Big data” is the newest buzz-phrase that dominates technology discussions. But its meaning is often difficult to pin down and even more so whether it is a force for good or ill. read more

Aaron Dykes Activist Post Authorization and submission to the Beast system will be required for all transactions in the future envisioned by our would-be enslavers. We saw this creepy scrawl on the sidewalk recently, warning... All similar articles: 64 »

What is the NSA going to do with data on this kind of scale anyway? The fact that it’s going to need processing is probably why so many of these companies are happy to hand it over—they can smell a big analytics tender in the...

Author(s): Kassandra It is said that the secret of politics is timing. On the morning that the news broke about the US National Security Agency (NSA) had been given "direct access" to personal data by the world's leading tech... All similar articles: 5612 »

Neelie Kroes on E RADAR | Number of views :139My speech yesterday where I set out how the EU plans to safeguard the open internet for all.Watch below, orcomment on the text here. The post Net Neutrality – Ensuring An Open...

Awards presented at the conclusion of Internet Society’s INET Istanbul Conference featuring noted European and Turkish policymakers [Washington, D.C. and Geneva, Switzerland] – The 2013 Internet Hall of Fame inductees will be...

While some telcos insist there is still money to be made in wholesale voice, others see emerging market opportunities or 4G as their golden goose. Beanstalks were unusually high on the agenda for one carrier at Breakfast With...

Hannes Ametsreiter says simplifying regulatory landscape will help Europe move in a similar direction to the U.S. Telekom Austria chief executive Hannes Ametsreiter on Thursday lent his voice to those calling for consistent...