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Disaster Risk Reduction: Is Europe different?
Brussels, Nov 25-26 – Third Civil Protection Forum organized by the European Commission. It rains heavily, but fortunately no floods as in Ireland. Ideal environment to discuss disaster risks. I speak at Seminar F titled ‘Innovative Technology for Disaster Management’. I am one of the two speakers from Asia in the entire conference; the other [...]
Terminating the (telecoms) Terminator
First the EU said: Network interconnection by means of the Internet Protocol (IP) has been a vital enabler of the Internet’s ubiquity and success. IP-based interconnection has usually been achieved without explicit regulatory obligations, and has for the most part been highly effective.
Given the rapid evolution of the economic, technological and social environment this study of [...]
Europe in the lead of anti-trust law
Microsoft Gets Record Fine and a Rebuke From Europe – New York Times
The European antitrust regulator imposed a record $1.35 billion fine against Microsoft on Wednesday in a ruling intended to send a clear message to the world’s largest software maker — and to any other company — of the dangers of flouting [...]
EU sets out new strategy for a single European telecom market
A single European Union-wide telecoms market could be in place from 2010 after the European Commission set out plans to increase competition. Under the new plans, a regional watchdog would be created and former monopolies could be forced to split up their network and services operations.
The planned changes are designed to offer consumers cheaper broadband [...]
Pressure to reduce roaming charges
BBC NEWS | Business | EU plans crackdown on mobile fees
“A plan to regulate mobile phone charges for calls made abroad will shortly be published by the European Commission, despite intense opposition.
The industry is concerned that the proposals go too far, and even within the commission itself there are doubts.
At present, most users pay far [...]
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