Legal / Regulatory

The European Commission has proposed to reduce the price of roaming text messages by 60% as of 1 July 2009. This would put the cost per SMS at no more...

In 2007, people in the UK spent an average of 7 hours and 9 minutes a day using an array of communications services (TV, Internet, mobiles, landlines or radio) --...

The European Commission will reserve a single radio spectrum band across Europe for use by smart vehicle communications systems. The decision provides a single EU-wide frequency band that can be...

The WiMAX Forum congratulated the European Commission on the completion of new regulation relating to the 2.6 GHz (2500-2690MHz) frequency band, which are key bands for Mobile WiMAX. The 2.6...

ADC filed a patent lawsuit against AFL Telecommunication asserting infringement of U.S. Patent Nos. 7,233,731, 7,277,620 and 7,200,317, which relate to fiber distribution hubs used in ADC's Fiber-to-the-premises (FTTP) product...

Ofcom , the official regulator and competition authority for the UK communications sector, announced the removal of regulations for wholesale broadband access in areas of the UK which are served...

The European Commission has launched a public consultation on the functioning and the effects of the EU Roaming Regulation. Feedback is being sought from industry, consumers and other interested stakeholders...

The European Commission endorsed Digital Video Broadcasting Handheld (DVB-H) as the standard for mobile TV in Europe. The action is intended to spur the development of a single market for...

The European Commission approved a proposal from Ofcom, the UK's official telecom regulator, to de-regulate the wholesale broadband market in some parts of the UK, covering around 65% of all...

The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit unanimously ruled in favor of TiVo in the patent infringement case against EchoStar. The full award of damages, which was...

Fujitsu Limited and Fujitsu Network Communications announced a patent infringement lawsuit asserting that Tellabs' products infringe four of Fujitsu's U.S. patents covering optical communication technologies. The accused products include the...

Sprint filed four patent infringement actions in the United States District Court against NuVox Communications, Broadvox Holdings, Big River Telephone Company, and Paetec Communications. Sprint alleges that each of these...

ARRIS is now offering Video on Demand Privacy Mode Encryption for its D5 Universal Edge QAM (UEQ), enabling cable operators to encrypt their VoD programming, ensuring this content can only...