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MEPs and member states are at odds with the information society commissioner. Information Society Commissioner Viviane Reding may have to downscale her ambitions for...

MEPs are moving to combat the illegal sharing of files via the internet. MEPs on the European Parliament's culture committee have proposed extending the scope of the ongoing...

MEPs take issue with Viviane Reding's plan to streamline regulation and increase the Commission's powers. When Information Society Commissioner Viviane Reding unveiled plans...

Plans to promote energy efficiency through the use of information and communication technologies (ICT) have sparked an internal dispute at the European Commission....

French Socialist MEP Catherine Trautmann is aiming to bring major changes to the telecoms reforms proposed by Information Society Commissioner Viviane Reding. A paper...

Enthusiasts for the European Union are unlikely to have their pulse quickened by the annual policy strategy for 2009 which the European Commission published last week. Most...

The European Commission is pondering an EU-wide crack-down on illegal file-sharing of music and films, modelled on France's ‘three strikes' plan. The model, yet to be...

MEPs are concerned that Information Society Commissioner Viviane Reding's moves to reduce the fees charged for sending text messages from abroad will inflame the debate on...

Voting for the Europeans of the Year showed concern for human rights, climate change – and cheaper telephone calls. Simon Taylor reports from an awards ceremony that...

Information Society Commissioner Viviane Reding will on 15 March put forward suggestions for how to tackle controversial technology that allows organisations to track...

Many of the French who voted ‘No' to the EU constitution in May 2005 did so to protest against a Europe where there was “trop de marché”. But recent analyses,...

EU telecoms regulators will next week set out what they see as the best way to ensure better pan-European supervision of the sector. The European Regulators Group for...

Germany has made getting a deal on cutting mobile phone roaming charges a key priority during its six-month presidency of the EU, which starts next January. Berlin is...

The worst fears of national telecoms watchdogs were confirmed in June when the European Commission mooted the prospect of an EU super regulator in its review of sectoral...

Until recently, mobile operators did not consider web technology to be a major threat. But, with broadband networks becoming ever more efficient and blanket wi-fi coverage in...

Tag technology is set to become a major issue later this year, when Information Society Commissioner Viviane Reding announces plans on how to tackle privacy concerns...

Next week (13 November), the Finnish government, holder of the EU presidency, will attempt to secure agreement from member states on the future direction of EU legislation...

UK broadcast minister Shaun Woodward is set to deliver a stern warning on the dangers of excessive regulation of new media services at a meeting of EU culture ministers next...

The President of the European Commission, José Manuel Barroso, has said that a “presidential style” of leading the Commission is the only way to avoid paralysis in...

National telecoms regulators are today (12 October) announcing a revamp of their collective organisation in a bid to ward off a threat from the European Commission to create...