Europe allows mobile phone usage on planes
European regulators have now give permission for airline companies to allow mobile phones on their planes.
European Commission spokesman Martin Selmayr said in a statement: “From today onwards Europe’s sky is open for business by mobile phone operators.”
This new development would disappoint travelers who preferred to stay disconnected from the [...]

EU wants broadband penetration of 30% in the region by 2010
The European Commission has said that they are setting themselves a target to achieve 30 percent broadband internet penetration in the region in the next 2 years. It is around 20% at the moment.
EU said that this is essential to drive economic growth in the [...]

European Commission now wants cheaper SMS, data services
European Commission has said that they now want the mobile networks to remove obscene charges for sending text messages and other data services.
They have already helped the customers a lot by setting a limit on roaming charges applied when the user is traveling within the EU countries.
EU Telecommunications [...]

European Commission: Eurotariff has reduced mobile bills massively
European Commission has said in a statement that the reduced roaming charge has enabled them to help mobile customers by lowering the phone bills by as much as 60%.
The EU forced the mobile companies to charge low roaming charges while the customer were traveling within the region.
They had [...]