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EU Parliament committee approves roaming, neutrality deal
2015-07-15 14:48:00| Telecompaper Headlines
(Telecompaper) The EU compromise on net neutrality and an end to roaming charges has passed another key hurdle on the way to becoming law, with approval from the Parliament's Industry committee. The deal must still be approved by the full Parliament and Council before it takes effect; these votes are expected to take place in the autumn. The MEPs on the Industry committee added some small amendments to the text, notably on the proposed cost recovery for operators due to the planned end of roaming from June 2017. EU member states had included a stipulation that if operators can prove that they cannot recover their costs and that this affects domestic prices, national regulators may authorize them to impose minimal surcharges on roaming in exceptional circumstances to recover these costs. The MEPs added that national regulators authorities would have the means to amend or reject the surcharges if they are unfounded. The MEPs also inserted wording to "safeguard equal and non-discriminatory treatment of traffic" on the internet. At the Parliament's request, the deal includes a provision to give consumers a right to better information about their contracts.
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EU publishes text of roaming, net neutrality compromise
2015-07-08 16:47:00| Telecompaper Headlines
(Telecompaper) The EU Council of permanent representatives of the member states has given final approval to the compromise reached last week with the European Parliament on changes to roaming regulations and the introduction of net neutrality rules. The text of the agreement was published by the Council, and after the technical details of the law's text are confirmed, it will go to a final vote by Parliament and the Council in the autumn. Under the agreement, roaming surcharges in the European Union will be abolished from 15 June 2017, although operators will still be allowed to apply a 'fair use policy' to prevent abusive use. This is thought to be using roaming services for purposes other than periodic travel. It will be up to the European Commission to define the amount of fair use, with a deadline on the decision of 15 December 2016. For roaming that goes beyond fair use, a small fee may be charged, and this fee cannot be higher than the maximum wholesale rate that operators pay. The wholesale rates are also planned to come down from current levels. The European Commission and Berec will review the wholesale roaming market and propose a new law by 15 June 2016. According to a statement from the Council, this will also include "safeguards" aimed at helping operators recover their costs for providing roaming. All of the new rules, as well as the agreed net neutrality regulation, are expected to take effect 30 April 2016.
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Biogen Achieves Carbon Neutrality
2015-06-29 03:48:11| pollutiononline Home Page
Biogen announced recently that it has achieved carbon neutrality, a milestone reached through a multi-year initiative to reduce its own emissions and by investing in environmental projects to offset the remaining carbon associated with its business, including emissions from suppliers and employee commuting and business travel
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Net Neutrality Warnings Unfounded
2015-06-27 22:33:53| Telecom - Topix.net
Open-Internet-opposing "big dogs" -- ISPs threatening to starve their investments in broadband networks -- are more bark than bite, according to comments made Friday by Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler . Since the FCC issued its ground-breaking Open Internet Order in March, such opponents' predictions about eroding incentives to invest have failed to materialize, he said.
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Welcome to net neutrality, whatever that means
2015-06-14 01:02:22| Telecom - Topix.net
A year and half after previous regulations were struck down - and in the midst of a new legal battle - the Federal Communications Commission's strongest Internet rules ever went live Friday. What that means depends on who you ask.
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