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Roaming caps can stick, says key European legal advisor

Roaming caps can stick, says key European legal advisor

Europe’s mobile operators saw their arguments against the implementation of roaming price caps subjugated on Thursday, after a key legal advisor to the European Court of Justice green lighted the proposals.

Viviane Reding, European Commissioner for the Information Society and Media

Viviane Reding, European Commissioner for the Information Society and Media

Probably the most influential woman in the mobile industry, Commissioner Reding has not won a great deal of friends among mobile operators. Whether you see her as a slick, populist politician interfering in a market that is best left to set its own levels, or as a consumer champion who has broken the back of cosy operator pricing cartels, there is no denying her impact.

Voda Fountain

Voda Fountain

It looks like the news-bots in the Vodafone comms team have had their bonus structures adjusted to incentivise them on a per-press release basis, because the stories have been coming thick and fast from the company’s Newbury HQ this week.

Europe gets satellite services off the ground

Europe gets satellite services off the ground

The European Commission this week designated two providers to offer satellite-based media and communications services, allocating Inmarsat and Solaris Mobile spectrum in the 2GHz S-band.

Europe to slash mobile costs by €2bn

Europe to slash mobile costs by €2bn

The European Commission is seeking to cut the cost of mobile phone calls yet further by imposing new caps on termination rates - the wholesale fees operators charge each other to connect a call from another network.

EC puts boot into UK over invasive ad platform

EC puts boot into UK over invasive ad platform

The European Commission is taking the UK to task over its usage of controversial behavioural advertising platform, Phorm.