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Monthly Round Up: April 2014

This April: the Data Retention Directive gets shut down, roaming is on the way out and we've published a guide on key community-engagement strategies of doing business in Latin America.
April 30, 2014 Comments (0) Share
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The 3 true reasons behind the European ‘broadband lottery’

Appalling broadband price differences have long been the reality for anyone moving home across Europe, even between places as close as the UK and Belgium. So have been the differences in broadband quality, speed and coverage. This ‘geographic lottery’ for broadband has been confirmed by the European Commission in their latest study.
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Monthly Round Up: March 2014

Aphaia has been busy this month: our Chief Consultant Boštjan chaired the SEE Telecoms Conference, we mingled with The Cube, and held a BrightTALK webinar exploring key community-engagement strategies in ‪Latin America‬.
March 28, 2014 Comments (0) Share
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Another review of the European Commission Relevant Markets Recommendation – from economic regulation to dogma?

In 2003, European Commission believed there were 18 relevant telecoms product markets susceptible for ex ante regulation across Europe. In 2007, the number went down to 7. We are now to be left with only 4 relevant markets. Is this a true reflection of a gradual shift to a fully competitive market for electronic communications
March 3, 2014 Comments (0) Share
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Monthly Round Up: February 2014

This past January in the news: the EU wants to take the helm when it comes to internet governance and safeguard open Internet, while Turkey passes legislation allowing authorities to block access to web pages for violations of privacy. Oh, and 94% of Europeans limit their use of social media abroad because of roaming charges.
February 28, 2014 Comments (0) Share
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Monthly Round Up: January 2014

This past January in the news: Enisa publishes its report on ‪power supply‬ dependencies in Europe, 2030 EU climate and energy goals are published, and we host a webinar on big data and privacy. Oh, and our white papers are now available as e-books!
February 3, 2014 Comments (0) Share
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Is big data coupled with mobile location undermining the fundamentals of the EU data protection regime?

There have been many voices saying that privacy is dead, as it is so easy to breach: content-rich transactions and social media data trail combined with our mobile location makes us an easy target for profiling and other types of privacy intrusion. The question is therefore automatically raised: how does data protection regulation apply to
January 14, 2014 Comment (1) Share
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Monthly Round Up: December 2013

In the news at the end of 2013: Europe to reduce air pollution, BEREC adopts its work programme for next year, we found out what we googled in 2013 and the percentage of European enterprises that use social media, and the world's leading technology companies unite to demand changes to US surveillance laws.
January 3, 2014 Comments (0) Share
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Monthly Round Up: November 2013

This month in the news: the amount of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere reached a new record high in 2012, net neutrality plans breach privacy rights, and the EU audiovisual sector attempts easier cross-border copyright.
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Monthly Round Up: October 2013

Happened this October: ACER publishes its work programme 2014, The Economist says that Europe’s electricity providers are in trouble, the European Commission claims that there should be fewer telecoms markets in Europe, and we see how the world would look like if each country were as big as its amount of citizens with internet access.
October 29, 2013 Comments (0) Share