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  Ursa

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.
August 12, 2013 Comments (0) Share
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Monthly Round Up: July 2013

July saw CCTV cameras wear party hats, announcements being made that Babel Fish is to come into reality, and questions being raised about the possible connection between ADHD and the use of mobile devices.
August 1, 2013 Comments (0) Share
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Britain to set up default ‘family friendly’ filters for all broadband users

The United Kingdom will see most of its households have pornography blocked by their internet service provider, it has been announced. The filters will be set up automatically for both existing and new customers.
July 31, 2013 Comments (0) Share
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Monthly Round Up: June 2013

June saw the Think.Eat.Save anti-food waste campaign, the rise of the PRISM spying scandal, the implementation of e-Call, the automated emergency call in cars, and has reminded us that roaming charges in the EU will once again be lowered come July. All this and more in our latest monthly round-up.
June 28, 2013 Comments (0) Share
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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.
June 28, 2013 Comments (0) Share
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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.
June 27, 2013 Comments (0) Share
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France to Google: comply with the law or pay

As promised in the beginning of this year, the French data protection authority has ordered Google to change its privacy policy in three months or else pay a fine of up to 300,000 €. Launching their own national investigations are several other EU Member States.
June 20, 2013 Comments (0) Share
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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.
June 14, 2013 Comments (0) Share
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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.
May 31, 2013 Comments (0) Share
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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.
May 29, 2013 Comments (0) Share