EU

Birmingham Gets EC Funding For Superfast Broadband

The European Commission is set to grant €6m in government funding for new urban network

13 years ago

European ISPs Lobby ITU Against Net Neutrality

Service providers say they should have the right to charge for better service

13 years ago

Google Must Appease EU Antitrust Concerns By Early July

EC will start formal proceedings if google doesn't give satisfaction

13 years ago

Google Apps To Ease Compliance With EU Privacy Regulations

Google will offer model contract clauses to help businesses stay on the good side of the law

13 years ago

EU Takes Five Countries To Court Over Cookie Law

Massive fines are threatening Belgium, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal and Slovenia

13 years ago

EU Confirms Major Roaming Price Cuts

Travelling abroad will be a whole lot cheaper from this summer

13 years ago

EU Set To Probe Alleged Chinese State Subsidies

EU has 'solid evidence' that Huawei and ZTE receive illegal Chinese government support

13 years ago

ACTA: “The Devil Is In The Lack Of Detail”

MEP David Martin expects the vote to go 2:1 against ACTA, and explains why

13 years ago

EU Competition Watchdog Sniffs At Windows RT

It is unclear whether Microsoft is going to break the 2009 EU “browser choice” agreement

13 years ago

EC Refers ACTA to European Court Of Justice

ECJ to see if controversial agreement is compatible with European treaties

13 years ago

O2 Offers Roaming Deal As Operators Accept EU Vote

O2 says it was already working within the EU guidelines set to come in this July, as it announces a…

13 years ago

New EU Regulation Makes Roaming Cheaper

A vote in Brussels will drastically bring down roaming charges

13 years ago

Neelie Kroes Accepts ACTA Is Doomed

Controversial agreement is unlikely to pass the vote

13 years ago

Microsoft: Patents Aren’t Perfect, But They’re The Best We’ve Got

Patents may be the best man-made invention ever - but they need perfecting, says Microsoft's Ron Zink

13 years ago

Kroes Warns Of Skills Shortage At CIO Awards Event

Future IT skills will be in short supply, warned the EU digital champion Neelie Kroes, while presenting awards for CIO…

13 years ago

Webpages Contain 14 Cookies Each

A month before the cookie laws come into force, research shows there are plenty of trackers running on businesses' websites

13 years ago

EC Opens Motorola Patent Antitrust Investigation

Commission to see if Motorola abused its position through patent litigation

13 years ago

Expedia Says Google Violates EU Competition Rules

The company claims it has proof that Google search is not fair

13 years ago

Don’t Let The Right To Be Forgotten Be Forgotten

We should look at ways to forge opportunities from the right to be forgotten, says Tom Brewster.

13 years ago

ACTA ‘Could Be Buried Before The Summer’

The decision on the controversial agreement will not be delayed by referral to the European Court of Justice

13 years ago

Draft EU Law Proposes 2 Year Minimum Sentence for Hackers

The changes could see tougher laws introduced in the UK and across the EU

13 years ago

EC Warns Youth Are Not ‘Digitally Competent’

European Commissions launches European e-Skills Week 2012

13 years ago

Orange To Launch 4G Networks Across EU By 2015

Orange makes commitment to roll out 4G, NFC and reduce carbon emissions to the EU in Brussels

13 years ago

French Watchdog’s 69 Probes Latch Onto Google’s Privates

French regulator CNIL reveals the 69 questions it asked on Google's privacy policy

13 years ago

EU Researchers Propose Cheap Fibre Rings For 10Gbps FTTH

The EU Sardana project proposes a cheap route10Gbps broadband - if you have fibre

13 years ago

CeBIT 2012: Neelie Kroes Promises 9m Euros For Digital Single Market

The digital single market needs cross boarder services, says EU commissioner Kroes

13 years ago

ICO Warns European Data Protection Framework Needs More Work

The proposed framework for privacy is unworkable as it stands, a London forum was told

13 years ago

CeBIT 2012: Merkel Warns Google’s Schmidt Over Privacy

Google Chairman Eric Schmidt's techno-utopian ideals were brought down to earth by the German Chancellor at the CeBIT fair says…

13 years ago

Reding: Google Privacy Policy Is Illegal

Google should not have pushed through its privacy policy changes in the face of conflicts with European data protection laws,…

13 years ago

EIROforum Launches Helix Nebula European Science Cloud

The public-private partnership hopes to solve the greatest scientific challenges of our time

13 years ago