The European Commission (EC) has launched a public consultation on cyber security that will run until 12 October 2012. The EC is seeking the views of governments, businesses and citizens about their experiences and possible EU responses ...
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The steering board of the new European Cloud Partnership(ECP)has met in Brussels,kicking off the process to build an EU Digital Single Market for cloud computing. The board,which aims to make the most of the public sector's buying power ...
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A text message delivered to O2 subscribers in the UK this week has revealed an intention by the telecoms giant to raise the cost of making and receiving calls and using data outside Europe dramatically. From 28 November ...
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The European Union is to forge ahead with a change to copyright law that will enable organisations to digitise and publish"orphaned"works.The aim of the directive is to overcome the bar to use of copyrighted works in which the copyright ...
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The European Commission(EC)has said it will work with the US and Japan to prevent data protection regulation from curbing the uptake of cloud computing across the region. According to the EC,up to€45bn could be spent on cloud ...
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The European Commission(EC)has outlined a cloud computing strategy that aims to boost European business and government productivity. The strategy,dubbed Unleashing the potential of cloud computing in Europe,aims to deliver a net gain of ...
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The European Commission today called for providers to share spectrum with one another in order to boost wireless connectivity across the region. In a report entitled Promoting the shared use of radio spectrum resources in the internal ...
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The government's lack of a vision,mission or plan in its implementation of broadband is hampering the UK's economy,according to the former CTO of BT,Peter Cochrane(pictured). Further reading House of Lords select committee slams UK ...
Virgin Media, Vodafone and Everything Everywhere are refusing to sign up to a new code of conduct for internet service providers (ISPs) aimed at guaranteeing full and open access to the internet. Ten ISPs, including BT, O2 and Talk Talk, ...
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The European Commission(EC)plans to have its broadband policy formally adopted by member states by the end of 2012. EC vice-president and leader of the digital agenda,Neelie Kroes,outlined key aspects of the policy during a speech in ...
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LED lighting: call for a coherent European vision 10 Jul 2012 Public consultation on adoption of solid-state lighting calls for more co-ordination at European level. Philips Lumiblade A public consultation on the European ...
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A plenary session of the European Parliament is scheduled to vote today to decide the fate of the controversial Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement(Acta)in the European Union(EU). The US-backed treaty is designed to crack down on ...
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For Europe to take full advantage of the spectrum on its shores,broadcasters must share their allocations with mobile broadband providers. This was the conclusion of Neelie Kroes,a vice-president of the European Commission and the lead ...
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Google and Amazon pay for faster connections Lack of transparency over traffic management EC could force net neutrality issue Consumers need to know about net management The questions of how to handle the growing amount of traffic on ...
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LEDs illuminate summer Euro contests 08 May 2012 Solid-state lighting technology from Osram has been installed for the Euro 2012 football tournament and the Eurovision song contest. Baku towers Stadia in eastern Europe have been ...
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