
Your search for "Neelie Kroes" produced 295 items.
| 1. Across the digital divide | January 26, 2012 |
The EU is struggling to realise the potential of the internet to boost the European economy. The European Council will next week be looking for ways to deliver jobs and... |
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| 2. The benefits of opening up the internet | December 15, 2011 |
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An open internet can ensure the basis for media pluralism, freedom of expression and information.
Following on from your article “Ministers want an ‘open internet'”... | |
| 3. Ministers want an ‘open internet' | December 8, 2011 |
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Deal expected next week. Ministers from the European Union's 27 member states are expected to reach a common view on the “open character of the internet” when they meet... | |
| 4. Commission seeks to update EU VAT rules | December 1, 2011 |
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Semeta says system needs modernising. Algirdas Semeta, the European commissioner for taxation, is to initiate a wide-ranging review of the European Union's value-added tax... | |
| 5. Kroes tries to calm fears over broadband charges | December 1, 2011 |
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European commissioner softens plans for charging telecoms firms. Neelie Kroes, the European commissioner for the digital agenda, is seeking to reassure ... | |
| 6. Executive decisions | November 17, 2011 |
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Angela Mills Wade on her career dealing with the major players in the media. Two decades ago, Angela Mills Wade was introduced to influential newspaper executive Frank Rogers... | |
| 7. Dutch at odds with EU telecoms law | October 20, 2011 |
Criticism of Dutch telecoms plans is justified. In early October, Neelie Kroes, the European commissioner for the digital agenda, decried the Dutch parliament's decision to... |
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| 8. Lack of consensus on how to divide up the airwaves | October 13, 2011 |
Poland pushing for deal on radion spectrum. Member states and the European Parliament continue to differ on how to free up radio spectrum for mobile broadband services,... |
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| 9. Leading telecoms firms upset at network plans | October 6, 2011 |
Commissioner warns: ‘Invest or face price-cuts'. The battle over what to do with Europe's ageing copper telephone lines has stepped up a gear, with Neelie Kroes, the... |
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| 10. The digital way to health | September 22, 2011 |
The EU wants to make sure e-health schemes play their full part in today's tight financial conditions. The EU's engagement with e-health is not new. Programmes have been... |
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| 11. Regulator concerned over mobile-phone roaming plan | September 1, 2011 |
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Commission seeks to cut roaming charges. The EU's telecoms regulator has said that one of the main proposals in the European Commission's plan to overhaul regulation of... | |
| 12. Wireless plans must protect innovative firms | July 28, 2011 |
Net neutrality must protect content and competition. Net neutrality is back in the European headlines with The Netherlands becoming the first European country to enshrine it... |
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| 13. Concern over big firms' plans for digital agenda | July 14, 2011 |
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Smaller firms have competition concerns. New entrants to the telecoms market have warned Neelie Kroes, the European commissioner for the digital agenda, that recommendations... | |
| 14. Kroes seeks further cuts to mobile roaming charges | June 23, 2011 |
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Revision to legislation to be presented in July. Neelie Kroes, the European Commissioner for the digital agenda, is planning to force further reductions in mobile- phone... | |
| 15. Copyright threat to single digital market | June 23, 2011 |
Telecoms warn about fragmentation of market. Telecommunications and internet companies have warned that a fragmented approach to copyright issues will prevent the ‘digital... |
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| 16. Vodafone boss calls for tough online data rules | June 9, 2011 |
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Chief executive takes a different line on data privacy. A split has opened up among technology companies, which have traditionally united against increased regulation of the... | |
| 17. Which way for the digital highway? | May 5, 2011 |
Neelie Kroes, the European commissioner for the digital agenda, will have to work harder to convince telecoms firms to invest more if her vision for a high-speed Europe is to... |
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| 18. The virtues of internet neutrality | April 28, 2011 |
Policymakers should focus on preserving the open, user-centric internet model that has been so successful. The Internet Society is encouraged by the European Commission's... |
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| 19. Kroes pledges to get tough if internet firms break rules | April 20, 2011 |
Firms told to provide fair and open access to the internet. Neelie Kroes, the European commissioner for the digital agenda, has warned companies that she will take legal... |
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| 20. A bill of rights for the EU's institutions | March 31, 2011 |
The European Charter of Fundamental Rights is a compass, not a stick. The European Charter of Fundamental Rights sets out rights – such as freedom of expression and... |
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