Archive for January, 2010

European Commission takes action against France over ‘telecoms tax’

January 29, 10 by David Goldstein

[news release] The Commission today opened an infringement procedure against France relating to the ‘telecoms tax’ on telecommunications operators. To offset the ending of advertising on public TV channels, France has introduced a specific tax on the turnover of telecommunications ...

New EU Telecoms Regulator gets to work

January 29, 10 by David Goldstein

[news release] Today marks the start of a new era for telecoms in the EU. The telecoms regulators of the 27 EU countries will meet for the first time in Brussels as members of the new Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications (BEREC).

The new European telecoms regulator ...

Telecom XT users face wait for compo news

January 29, 10 by newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz
Thousands of Telecom XT mobile customers who have had their service cut off since Wednesday morning will have to wait until next week to hear news of compensation, the company's chief executive said today.The problem had affected...

Telecom subsidiary boss fronts customers over XT outages

January 28, 10 by newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz
Telecom subsidiary Gen-I has fronted up to business clients in an online discussion this afternoon.Chief executive Chris Quin addressed about 200 customers online who asked about reliability and when the XT network would be fully...

Comcast, NBC say deal would not hurt competition

January 28, 10 by PHYSorg.com: Telecom News
(AP) -- Comcast Corp. and NBC Universal said the cable TV operator's plan to take control of the NBC media empire shouldn't raise significant antitrust concerns because the companies operate in separate and highly competitive markets.