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The European Commission and deputies of the European Parliament have been discussing amendments to the Telecom Package recently and one of the amendments to the original text is Amendment 138 on the right of end users charged with content piracy to a full and fair judicial review: “No restriction may be imposed on the fundamental rights and freedoms of end users without a prior ruling of the judicial authorities, notably in accordance with Article 11 of the Charter of Fundamental…

Last week, in a series of votes, the European Parliament adopted an amended legislative proposal called the Telecom Package. Originally prepared by Viviane Reding, head of the European Commission for Information Society, the initial text consisted of a set of propositions designed to revise the existing Regulatory Framework for Telecommunications (originally enacted in 2002).

The initial propositions tailored by the Commission have been actively debated and a final report was steered through the European Parliament by Malcom Harbour, an English deputy.…

Viviane Reding, EU telecom commissioner, is launching a public consultation on Next Generation Access (NGA) networks. The public consultation will be open for comment until 14 November 2008. Its goal is to provide guidance to the national regulatory authorities on how to facilitate the rapid emergence of fiber to the home networks (FTTH) in Europe with the EU Regulatory Framework.

A review of the European Regulatory Framework for telecommunications has been taking place since the beginning of the year and its…

The EU is promoting the adoption of DVB-H as the single standard for mobile TV. DVB-H is considered to be an open standard unlike Qualcomm’s MediaFLO. The EU hopes that by endorsing one standard, as they did with GSM, the rollout of mobile TV will accelerate. The European Commission has endorsed the adoption of DVB-H as the single European standard for mobile TV. DVB-H, has been developed by industry via the DVB group and is recognized as an open standard…

Incumbent telecom operators in Europe are afraid of structural separation and the consolidation of regulatory power in the hands of the European Commission, as opposed to national regulatory bodies. What does this really mean?EU incumbent operators are afraid of structural separation, according to the Wall Street Journal, and the consolidation of regulatory power in the hands of the European Commission, according to the Wall Street Journal.

It’s no secret that EU telecoms commissioner Viviane Reding is fed up with the funny…