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Article | 5/03/2013 Report: EU will announce Microsoft antitrust fine Wednesday
The European Commission is expected to announce an antitrust fine on Microsoft on Wednesday.
Article | 4/03/2013 White House: Unlocking mobile phones should be legal
U.S. President Barack Obama's administration has sided with more than 100,000 petition signers who asked the government to legalize the unlocking of s...
Article | 4/03/2013 FCC begins trial of Google white spaces database
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission has begun a test run of a Google database of unused spectrum in the television bands that's available for w...
Article | 28/02/2013 EU privacy taskforce plans to take action against Google before the summer
European privacy authorities approved a plan to come up with measures to curb Google's collection, combination and storage of its users' personal info...
Article | 27/02/2013 China Mobile unveils 4G LTE TDD phones
China Mobile has unveiled four smartphones built to run on its upcoming 4G LTE TDD network, with the handsets coming from foreign brands including HTC...
Article | 26/02/2013 EU offers funding for 5G, even though most of Europe still has no 4G service
The European Union is “shooting itself in the foot” when it comes to the mobile industry, Europe's Digital Agenda Commissioner tells CEOs in Barcelona...
Article | 25/02/2013 Privacy group: Google sharing too much personal info with developers
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission and the California Office of the Attorney General should investigate Google's Wallet service for sharing app buyers'...
Article | 25/02/2013 North, South America also hope for LTE roaming
As the world's carriers call for agreement on enough LTE frequencies to make roaming a reality, the technology's backers in North and South America ar...
Article | 22/02/2013 HTC settles with FTC over security issues in tablets, smartphones
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has reached a settlement with HTC America over security holes in the company's smartphone and tablet software that l...
Article | 22/02/2013 German copyright law protecting news sites from search engines delayed by constitutional concerns
New concerns about whether a controversial German online copyright bill is constitutional are likely to delay voting on the measure that would have al...
Article | 20/02/2013 FCC eyes Wi-Fi expansion, approves mobile signal boosting rules
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission has taken the first step toward an expansion of the spectrum available for Wi-Fi, with the agency launching...
Article | 19/02/2013 Amsterdam Airbnb listings set to decline sharply in illegal rental crack down
The number of Amsterdam home and room rentals available on Airbnb is set to decline sharply as the local government aims to remove illegal hotel listi...
Article | 18/02/2013 EU privacy regulators promise action on Google privacy policy changes
European privacy authorities have threatened action before the Summer to curb Google's collection, combination and storage of its users' personal info...
Article | 15/02/2013 Consumer-friendly telecom rules come into force across EU
From next Wednesday, all 500 million European Union citizens will be able to switch telecoms operators in one day without changing their phone number ...
Article | 15/02/2013 Egypt's telecom regulator says YouTube ban not viable
Egypt's telecom regulator says it is not viable for it to follow a court order to block YouTube in the country, and is appealing the ruling.