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Tag: European Commission

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»Instant solutions appealing to users being sought«

Aphaia’s Chief Consultant Boštjan Makarovič commented on the European Commission’s plans to harmonize European telecoms prices for the Slovene newspaper Delo. Such harmonisation could have as a consequence a lack of investment and the downfall of small operators, agrees Makarovič.

Study: Europeans flocking to Wi-Fi, spectrum needed to meet rising demand

A new EU study on the impact of traffic off-loading and related technological trends on the demand for wireless broadband spectrum has shown that people are flocking to use Wi-Fi internet. With the trend set to continue, the study recommends that extra spectrum be made available for Wi-Fi across Europe to support the momentum.

Improved EU rules for stolen personal data online

EU common rules enable a high standard of protection for your personal information everywhere in Europe, and their scope has just been expanded by new specific rules for consumers when telecoms personal data is lost or stolen.

In Europe the broadband we are paying for is not the broadband we get

Europeans are not receiving the broadband speeds they are paying for, reveals a new EU study on fixed broadband performance, for the first time confirming the difference between advertised and actual broadband speeds.

More and more Europeans going mobile, but many still without computer skills

The Internet is now present almost everywhere in Europe, with more and more Europeans accessing it on mobile devices, shows the latest overview of digital progress in the EU. This fact lies in stark contrast with another finding, namely that almost half of the same population has little or no computer skills.

Monthly Round Up: May 2013

The possible end for EU roaming charges and a guarantee of net neutrality, the questionable independence of the Estonian telecoms regulator, the wide gap between US and EU mobile networks and more than 400ppm of CO2 in Earth’s atmosphere, all in the news this May.

European eGovernment improving, but citizens ask for more

The latest results on the use of online public services in the EU have shown positive trends in the development of eGoverment, however more work still remains in making eGoverment more user friendly. Find out more in Aphaia's infographic.

Protecting and improving Europe’s natural capital via green infrastructure

The EU has recently adopted a new strategy for encouraging green infrastructure and for ensuring that the enhancement of natural processes becomes a systematic part of European spatial planning. But why exactly is green infrastructure and why is it important?

Monthly Round Up: April 2013

This month we celebrated Earth Day 2013, found out how the end of the DVD will benefit the environment and how to delete your online life, and can now tell the difference between US and EU data protection.

Aphaia at FTTx Summit 2013: resolving the rural FTTx investment gridlock

Aphaia’s Chief Consultant Boštjan Makarovič spoke today at the IQPC FTTx Summit Europe 2013 conference in Berlin about the policy and regulatory options of resolving the European rural FTTx investment gridlock.