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European Union Took Another Step Towards Mandatory Introduction of a Mobile Phone Charger
Mar 14, 2014The European Union took another step on Thursday towards the mandatory introduction of a common mobile phone charger, which could power-up all makes of handsets. The European Parliament in Strasbourg voted in favour of draft legislation ...
Tags: mobile phone charger, connector
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The Future Fifth Generation, or 5G, Network Is Not Really Being Designed for You
Feb 23, 2014When the next super-fast mobile network launches in 2020 you will be able to download a high-definition movie in one second flat. But the future fifth generation, or 5G, network is not really being designed for you. In fact, it will be ...
Tags: Consumer Electronics, Electronics
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Neelie Kroes Has Announced The Need for New Measures in ICT Education Across Europe
Sep 24, 2013European Commissioner for Digital Agenda, Neelie Kroes, has announced the need for new measures in ICT education across Europe, in the hope that better education will enable young people to fill more jobs in the industry. In a speech at ...
Tags: IT, Computer Products
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Mobile Network Three Has Introduced a New Policy for Its Customers
Sep 2, 2013Mobile network Three has introduced a new policy for its customers in which they can use their UK price plan while abroad. The new plan means that Three is initially eliminating roaming charges in seven countries: Republic of Ireland, ...
Tags: Computer Products, software
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GEANT Network Is Able to Access Capacity of up to 2 Terabits Per Second
Aug 5, 2013European Union researchers using the GEANT network will, from Wednesday, be able to access capacity of up to 2 terabits per second. GEANT is the superfast pan-European research network that helped discover the Higgs Boson particle at the ...
Tags: Network Upgrade
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A Call to End Roaming Fees by 2015 Was Unanimously Approved
Jul 11, 2013The prospect of downloading data, sending text messages and making calls without incurring huge roaming charges while travelling in Europe came a step closer on Tuesday when politicians voted in favor of new legislation. A call to end ...
Tags: Abolishing Roaming
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The European Commission Has Introduced New Caps on Mobile Data Roaming Charges
Jul 3, 2013The European Commission has introduced new caps on mobile data roaming charges, making it cheaper to use maps, watch videos, check emails and update social networks while travelling in the EU. From today, it will cost a maximum of 0.45 + ...
Tags: Mobile Data, Electronics
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EU to Impose Levy on Printers and Printer Ink
Jun 28, 2013The European Union is set to impose a levy printers and printer consumerables after a ruling by the European Court of Justice (ECJ). The judgement follows a case in the German Court of Justice in which publisher VG Wort took action ...
Tags: Printers, Printer Ink
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a New European Guide Aimed at Avoiding IT Vendor Lock-in
Jun 27, 2013A new European guide aimed at avoiding IT vendor lock-in could save the public sector more than$1.3 billion a year. The policy,announced by the European Commission Tuesday,involves using open standards rather than vendor-specific ...
Tags: Vendor, public sector, open standards, tendering procedures
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Neelie Kroes Called on The European Parliament to Support Her Longstanding Plans
Jun 3, 2013With an eye on next year's European elections, Digital Agenda Commissioner Neelie Kroes on Thursday called on the European Parliament to support her longstanding plans to end roaming charges and guarantee net neutrality. Though contrary ...
Tags: Computer Products
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The E.U. Plans to Produce More Micro- and Nano-Chips Than The U.S.
May 28, 2013Europe's Digital Agenda Commissioner on Thursday set out plans for the E.U. to produce more micro- and nano-chips than the U.S. in the next seven years. "I want to double our chip production to around 20 percent of global production. I ...
Tags: EU, US, Race, Computer Products
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Samsung's Transceiver Technology Can Deliver 5G Speeds in The 28GHz Frequency at 1.06 Gbps
May 15, 2013Existing 4G networks for mobile devices still have limited global reach, but that's not going to keep 5G technology waiting in the wings. Samsung announced Monday that?it has developed some transceiver technology that can deliver 5G ...
Tags: Samsung Tech, Computer Products
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Samsung Plans to Use Advanced Antennas to Boost The Bandwidth in Mobile Networks
May 15, 2013Samsung Electronics plans to use advanced antennas to boost the bandwidth in mobile networks by what it said was "several tens of Gbps per base station," but the improved bandwidth won't be commercially available until 2020. The company ...
Tags: Samsung, Advanced Antenna
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Bandwidth-Hungry Services and 3DTV Should Be Distributed Via Cable or Satellite
May 9, 2013Europe's telecom network operators on Tuesday said that bandwidth-hungry services like UHDTV (ultra high definition television) and 3DTV should be distributed via cable or satellite instead of competing with other services for spectrum. ...
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Experiences Is No Justification for Using Consumer Information in Big Data Projects
Apr 12, 2013Improving users' experiences is no justification for using consumer information in big data projects, according to Europe's top data protection officials. The Article 29 Working Group, which includes the data protection supervisors from ...
Tags: Data, software, Computer Products