Regulation

European Union member states gave their final approval to the new roaming rules on Monday, a move to lead to further reductions of up to 60 percent on consumers' mobile roaming bills as of 1 July, notes Chinese news agency, Xinhua.

The UK government’s blueprint, Digital Britain, was published yesterday to a chorus of criticism, particularly regarding its lack of foresight on the role of mobile.

The saga of the UK’s 2.6Ghz spectrum auction continues, Rethink Wireless reported. The sale was originally supposed to take place in late 2007.

The European Commission (EC) has welcomed moves by the mobile industry to develop a common phone charger and said that a new EU-wide standard for the chargers will be introduced soon.

New price curbs on the cost of using a mobile phone while outside a home state in the European Union came into effect today.

The European Union has cancelled plans for a controversial import tax that could have pushed up the price of smartphones by 14 percent, notes Cellular News.

Dow Jones Newswires reports that UK regulator Ofcom ruled out the need for a formal review of the country’s highly competitive mobile industry at the moment, but will press ahead with a review into the price mobile companies can charge each other to connect calls (mobile termination rates) on their network from 2011.