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Italy considers WhatsApp regulation, fair payment - report

2016-06-28 12:39:00| Telecompaper Headlines

(Telecompaper) Italian communications regulator Agcom could impose new regulatory obligations on "consumer communication services" such as WhatsApp, Telegram and Viber, and require them to pay operators for using their networks, reports La Repubblica. The watchdog is set to propose an "obligation to negotiate" with telecommunications companies as well as a requirement to respect Italian privacy laws, said the report. The proposed payment to operators should be "equitable, proportionate and non-discriminatory", and serve as compensation for the amounts the companies have invested in building up their networks as well as the telephone numbers used by the messaging apps for their services. In turn, the app providers will be allowed to charge for value-added services via consumer phone bills, said the report.

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Chapter 14B.120 Time, Place and Manner Regulation of Establishments that Sell and Serve Alcoholic Beverages

2016-06-17 20:31:34| PortlandOnline

In adopting this Chapter, the intent is to provide reasonable time, place and manner regulations of the nuisance aspects of those establishments that serve alcoholic beverages where adverse effects occur with regard to the surrounding community.

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Regulation, regulation, regulation: analysts disagree on best approach

2016-06-17 02:00:00| Total Telecom industry news

Capex is a more important tool than competitive intensity for bringing down prices and benefitting consumers, HSBC analyst claims.

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Supreme Court rejects case challenging key White House air pollution regulation

2016-06-14 15:06:44| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Washington Post: The Supreme Court on Monday left intact a key Obama administration environmental regulation, refusing to take up an appeal from 20 states to block rules that limit the emissions of mercury and other harmful pollutants that are byproducts of burning coal. The high courts decision leaves in place a lower-court ruling that found that the regulations, put in place several years ago by the Environmental Protection Agency, could remain in effect while the agency revised the way it had calculated the...

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