With the EU Parliament soundly voting against ACTA secrecy and current proposals, lots of folks have been wondering how the US was going to respond. So far, it's not looking good. The USTR gave a giant no comment, and President Obama (who had been pretty quiet on ACTA himself) addressed ACTA in a speech, where he expressed strong support for continuing to move forward with ACTA. What was tell...

It appears that the EU Commission has now given the go ahead for Deutsche Telekom’ T-Mobile UK, and France Telecom’ Orange UK to merge as a single UK operation, and that the integration can commence immediately and the closure of the transaction expected in spring reports intomobile. The new T-Mobile UK and Orange UK join venture

Found under: EU Commission, UK, T-MObile, Orange , Its not the first timewe discuss the merger between two UK important carriers T-Mobile UK and Orange UK but this time around we can confirm that the merger will finally be able to take place. The EU Commission has cleared it and Deutsche Telekom and France Telecom can close the deal. In fact its expected that the merger will take place by Spring s...

The European Commission has informed Deutsche Telekom (NYSE: DT) and France Telecom that it has granted clearance for the proposed merger of their UK-business operations otherwise known as T-Mobile (NYSE: DT) UK, and Orange UK, respectively. The implementation of the integration measures can start immediately, with the closing of the transaction expected in Spring. Deutsche

Vodafone has announced that it will be launching a Huawei phone in several European countries. With this launch, it is the first time Brew sets foot in many of these markets. Vodafone plans to launch...

27.4% Roaming in revenues at Telefonicas Spanish mobile unit were nearly a quarter lower in Q4 2009 compared to Q4 2008, highlighting the impact of the new EU-imposed price caps on wholesale roaming prices. They totalled EUR 153m for 2009, down 22.8% on 2008. (PDF Link) Source: Telefonica

Wasn't expecting such a lopsided result, but EU Parliament voted 663 to 13 against ACTA, saying that "it flouts agreed EU laws on counterfeiting and piracy online." Beyond that, apparently the Parliament is ready to go to court to stop EU negotiators from continuing down the path its on: MEPs will go to the Court of Justice if the EU does not reject ACTA rules, including cutting off users fro...

A new initiative named Beyond Next-Generation Mobile Broadband (BuNGee) aimed at a tenfold increase of mobile broadband infrastructure capacity density has been launched Click here for more.

Last week, there were reports that the EU trade policy folks had decided to stand up for ACTA transparency, and now it looks like they're really doing it. As various reports are noting, a joint resolution was put forth by nearly all party groups in the EU Parliament demanding that ACTA negotiations be opened up. It also goes further, demanding that there be a ban on imposing "three strikes" l...

As of the first of this month, mobile operators must now cap the usage of mobile data for roaming customers. This is thanks to new EU regulations that are intended to protect customers from bill shock and unseen charges. But just cutting people off isn't enough, according to mobile service provider Redknee - operators needs to start providing more transparency and control to roamers.