The European Commission has adopted new rules to make it easier for passengers and crew on ships in the EU's territorial waters to make mobile phone calls or send and receive text messages when they are out of range of land-based mobile phone networks. Click here for more.

A new consortium funded by the European Commission has been formed to work toward increasing mobile broadband infrastructure capacity density.

The European Commission has decided to send a formal request for information to Slovenia over the independence of its national telecoms regulator, APEK after the Slovenian Government dismissed its director last November. Click here for more.

The European Commission has decided to send a formal request for information to Spain over a new charge imposed on telecoms operators to offset the ending of paid advertising by the Spanish public broadcaster RTVE. Click here for more.

Mobile phones can be very expensive Internet access devices. A new European Commission rule is aimed at limited these often shocking and unexpected expenses.

Alvarion is leading a new initiative aimed at significantly increasing mobile broadband infrastructure capacity density. Called Beyond Next-Generation Mobile Broadband (BuNGee), the initiative is looking to increase mobile broadband capacity tenfold. The $6.4-million project is funded in large part by the European Commission and will see European service providers, technology equipment vendors, un...

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

Alvarion will lead a group of European Countries with lofty objectives. Beyond Next-Generation Mobile Broadband will increase the mobile broadband infrastructure capacity density. The 4.7 million Euro initiative will be funded almost exclusively by the European Commission. The BuNGee will...

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The European Commission will consent the union connecting Orange UK and T-Mobile UK. Tom Alexander, CEO of Orange UK will lead the team and T-Mobile UKs CEO Richard Moat will sit as the chief operating officer. The two brands, T-Mobile and Orange UK, will remain in place for at least 18 months. The carriers also