The European Union (EU) Parliament passed the net neutrality regulation today without any of the amendments that would fix the four main loopholes criticized by NGOs, tech companies and the Web creator’s Tim Berners-Lee recently. Despite calling it a “net neutrality” regulation, it seems the main benefit that the EU Commission is touting from this […]
The European Union has blessed Facebook’s proposed acquisition of WhatsApp. The deal, announced in February, is worth about $19 billion and is Facebook’s largest. The EU was the last regulatory body standing in the way, as the deal was approved by U.S. regulators in April. WhatsApp is an over-the-top messaging service that allows people to […]
The European Union has given the green light to Apple’s proposed acquisition of Beats Audio. Apple announced its plan to buy the music-focused company earlier this year in a deal valued at about $3 billion. The deal includes Beats’ headphones business and music streaming service. U.S. regulators are still researching the deal. Beats was recently […]
Intel must pay a 1.06 billion euro ($1.44 billion) fine handed to it by the European Union five years ago, the second-highest court in Europe has ordered. Judges based at the General Court in Luxembourg stood by the fine, issued by the European Commission in 2009 over anti-competitive behavior designed to squeeze AMD out of […]
European Union regulators have reportedly found Samsung’s settlement offer to be insufficient, forcing the company to expand its proposal to avoid a fine for its patent lawsuits against Apple. Samsung last year dropped its injunction request, which was deemed improper, however the European Commission continued to pursue antitrust actions that could result in a fine […]
French wireless provider Orange revealed on Tuesday that it plans to launch 4G LTE networks in all 10 of the European Union member countries the carrier operates in by 2015. At the same time, three million NFC-capable handsets will be made for Europe in 2012, while 10 million are vowed for next year. Part of […]
The European Union continues its battle against high operators and their high roaming rates. The new measures, headed up by German politician Angelika Niebler, are calling for even steeper reductions, Reuters found. Compared to the reductions outlined last year by European Commissioner Neelie Kroes, who called for a one-minute call costing 24 cents when abroad […]
The European Union moved forward on two key policy changes to potentially improve technology adoption. European Commission VP Vivane Reding in a speech at the DLD conference on Sunday said the EU would have tougher rules on data collection as of January 25, according to Reuters. Companies would be required to tell officials as soon […]
The Council of the European Union has voted to extend copyright protection terms for sound recordings by 20 years. The move was widely supported by the recording industry, pushed through as a way to “help aging sessions musicians” by ensuring that royalties would not be cut off as the copyright holders were ready to retire. […]
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