#thevortex: ‘The EP is 100% committed for a more integrated, efficient and...
by Andrea Boscaro, founder of The Vortex We are living a delicate moment in the Eurozone and, in particular, it will be so in the run-up to the British referendum that will take place in June. How do...
View ArticleF.C.C. Proposes Privacy Rules for Internet Providers
Federal regulators on Thursday proposed a set of privacy rules for Internet service providers that would significantly curb the ability of companies like Comcast and Verizon to share data about their...
View ArticleWhy streaming content without using up data could violate net neutrality
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) made net neutrality the law of the land and pledged to enforce it when it issued its “open Internet order” 13 months ago. That ruling barred Internet service...
View ArticleU.S. Adds China’s Internet Controls to List of Trade Barriers
China’s notorious online controls have long been criticized as censorship by human rights groups, businesses, Chinese Internet users and others. Now they have earned a new label from the American...
View ArticleMES: A way to build future EU-China bilateral relations
by Luigi Gambardella, President of ChinaEU Today, what is needed with China is more dialogue not less. We need to find win-win solutions rather than to start a new fight about its Market Economy Status...
View ArticleTwo dozen German associations ask Commissioners to stop new broadband rules
Twenty-five business associations are heaping pressure on the European Commission by protesting a recent decision from the German telecoms regulator on the country’s internet networks. The group sent a...
View ArticleDigital Regolation Forum 2016. Giovanni Pitruzzella’ s speech on the impact...
*Giovanni Pitruzzella is the President of the Italian Antitrust Authority Thank you very much for this invitation. The digital revolution is transforming the economy. And it is fair to ask whether it...
View Article#DRF16. Pilar Del Castillo Vera (EP) ‘The revision of Regulatory framework...
We interviewed Pilar Del Castillo Vera – Committee on Industry, Research and Energy, European Parliament – at the Digital Regulation Forum, held in London (20-21 April 2016) hosted by Luigi Gambardella...
View ArticleData protection watchdog: Privacy Shield is ‘not robust enough
The EU’s top privacy monitor blasted the still pending Privacy Shield agreement yesterday (30 May), dealing a blow to the European Commission-brokered data transfer agreement with the United States. EU...
View ArticleEurope should abandon its expensive internet cookies law
The European Commission should repeal its ‘cookies law’ – it’s expensive for online businesses and a burden for internet users, writes Alan McQuinn and Daniel Castro. Alan McQuinn is a research analyst...
View ArticleEuropean Commission Seeks Solutions for YouTube Value Gap
Plans for user-generated platforms like YouTube and DailyMotion to require licenses or sign-up to revenue sharing deals with rights holders are reportedly being considered by the European Commission...
View ArticleEU reform plans to boost telcos, publishers due on Wednesday
BRUSSELS, Sept 13 The European Commission will unveil plans on Wednesday that could boost revenues for telecoms operators such as Deutsche Telekom and Orange and give publishers more power to demand...
View ArticleJuncker to announce €200 billion extra funds in ‘State of the Union’ speech
Energy and digital infrastructure projects are expected to receive a further €200 billion funding boost under plans to be announced today (14 September) by the President of the European Commission in...
View ArticleWhy big phone companies are excited for the Trump presidency
There’s a growing sense of almost euphoria in the telecommunications industry as the incoming Donald Trump administration appears likely to be considerably more friendly to mergers and acquisitions....
View ArticleEU floats personal data restrictions for WhatsApp and Skype
New regulations would also apply to other free messaging platforms The EU is trying to push forward restrictions that would change the way messaging apps such as Facebook-owned WhatsApp and Microsoft’s...
View ArticleDigital regulation Forum 2017: 28-29 March in London
Digital regulation Forum 2017: Winners and losers Will the future EU electronic communications code deliver the Gigabit Society? The Digital Regulation Forum is one of the world’s most influential...
View ArticleOne day ahead of Davos: President Xi Jinping and the Global Governance
The World Economic Forum is preparing to host President Xi Jinping at its annual meeting in Davos on 17–20 January, marking the first such appearance of a Chinese President. What does Xi’s...
View ArticleDigital Regulation Forum: 28-29 March at Hyatt Regency London – The Churchill
How will the future EU electronic communications Code help deliver the Gigabit Society? Are wholesale-only and co-investment the models of the future? The European Parliament has now entered a...
View ArticleChinaEU at the Digital Regulation Forum 2017
On 28-29 April 2017, ChinaEU will take part in the 11th edition of one of the most exciting and influential conferences in Europe for the telecommunications sector: the Digital Regulation Forum, that...
View ArticleFranco Bassanini’s speech at Digital Regulation Forum 2017
The President of OpenFiber, Franco Bassanini, partecipated at Digital Regulation Forum, in London. Boosting growth and competiveness through digitalisation: the model and the role of the wholesale...
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