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Tag: European Commission

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Monthly Roundup, December 2014: climate talks in Peru and recycling electronics

A new climate agreement is reached in Lima, the EU Digital Agenda highlights its past year, and people are recycling their old electronics.

Generation Awake: An EU campaign to promote resource efficiency, including electronics

Generation Awake is an EU campaign promoting a resource-efficient Europe, turning waste into a resource.

Internet of Things addressed by key EU data protection body

The latest report by EU data protection authorities provides guidelines related to the Internet of Things and privacy.

Monthly roundup, September 2014: A smartphone-only sidewalk and Net Neutrality by Jimmy Kimmel

This past September: enforcing the right to be forgotten and Net Neutrality explained with a VHS tape and two guys in shorts.

Monthly roundup, August 2014: We never unplug, net neutrality in the US, Team Australia and EU telecoms in 2013

Revisit the US net neutrality debate, see Team Australia, and see if you are in the 43% that never unplug from technology.

(Un) Safe Harbor under Court of Justice of the European Union scrutiny

Does a national data protection authority have to blindly follow personal data transfers to the USA known as Safe Harbor?

Is your company ready for the EU non-financial reporting (CSR) Directive?

According to the Proposal for the EU that just passed through the European Parliament, large EU companies will now have to disclose non-financial information pertaining to their CSR measures. Companies may see such sustainability reporting as a burden, but CSR can be profitable as well – why not get the best of both worlds, sustainability

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.

Latest Aphaia e-book: Review of the new EU Electronic Communications Regulatory Framework proposal

In Aphaia we are always happy to bring you something new: as promised, we have begun to transform all of our white papers into Aphaia e-books, beginning with a select few. We are happy to announce that our white paper on the review of the new EU Electronic Communications Regulatory Framework proposal has been published

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