Tag: Roaming
News highlights for 31 August 2017 US House to vote on speeding up self driving car deployment (Reuters) – The U.S. House of Representatives will vote Wednesday on a sweeping proposal to speed the deployment of self-driving cars without human controls and bar states from blocking autonomous vehicles, congressional aides said. Read more… Fujitsu using […]
The new EU roaming regulations (the Eurotariff) has created plenty of work for our marketing and PR folk. But, as the commentator industry competes to stamp their mark on the issue, interpreting and reinterpreting it to push their own agenda, many myths are being promoted. One of these is that roaming billshock has finally been […]
Let us acknowledge that the EU is in the midst of an historic crisis and an increasing number of Europeans are skeptical about European integration and EU leadership in Brussels. Over recent years, panic has spread among politicians, especially among the most ardent EU supporters, who cannot relate to criticism of what is happening in […]
Someone once said that ‘it all comes back to billing’. That someone was the CEO of a new entrant into the North American wireless market. While billing has now broadened in scope, it still holds true. Now you might say ‘it all comes back to Smart Charging and Payments’. The ETIS Smart Charging and Payments […]
Europeans have been dissatisfied with the EU government for years. Political parties skeptical of Brussels have had a resurgence. To combat its image problem with the voters, pro-European politicians have pursued the policy of free mobile roaming as a means to make the EU popular again. While the impact to consumer prices in the short run […]
The head of Bharti Airtel and the GSMA kicked off MWC17 by declaring a war on mobile roaming charges that are hurting not only the industry’s revenues, but also its reputation. Sunil Bharti Mittal – founder and chairman of Bharti Enterprises, and the recently elected chairman of the GSMA – said the mobile industry’s reputation with consumers is […]
The long, rocky and sometimes amusing road towards the abolition of roaming charges across Europe is nearing its end. Or so it seems. It has been nearing its end for some time. We reported, back when Neelie Kroes was in charge, the comings and goings, the skirmishes between her, her department and Vodafone. It was […]
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union’s digital chief has said that failure to solve the last remaining barrier to abolishing mobile roaming charges across the bloc in June would lead people to question its ability to deliver on promises. EU lawmakers and member states hold a third and probably final round of talks on Tuesday […]
News highlights for 11 September California nears adoption of energy-saving rules for computers LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – California regulators moved a step closer on Friday to the first mandatory U.S. energy efficiency standards for computers and monitors, gadgets that account for 3 percent of home electric bills and 7 percent of commercial power costs in […]
We seem to have become addicted to the notion that innovation in the digital world, particularly when it comes to operators, is about being creative with pricing. We focus on partnerships with digital service providers, content producers, gaming companies and music channels. Yet innovation can come from thinking outside the box and trying new things […]
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