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Remember EU’s directive that limits how much mobile operators can charge for roaming? It is/was the profit killer for the high-margin businesses like mobile operators and it seemed only natural we’ll see them complaining about the decision. And they’ve just started their appeal process..
Just recently, four of the leading mobile operators in UK were given a clearance by the Londong High Court to take a challenge over the mentioned law to the European Court of Justice. According to O2, Vodafone, Orange and T-Mobile, European Commissioner for telecoms Viviane Reding had no legal right to introduce the law, which forced them to cut the charges they impose on customers for calls outside their home countries. And while customers certainly benefit from the new law, the carriers’ lower margins may prevent them from expanding their businesses to other, non-European markets. As a reminder, T-Mobile has a network in the U.S. and Vodafone owns a hefty share of Verizon Wireless…
[Via: textually.org]
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Dusan Belic
Dusan has been using smartphones since their introduction and is now following the latest trends in the industry. The "convergence" is what he's most excited about, and writing about it is the next logical thing to do. He thinks that using a smartphone is what everyone who cares about their time should do. In addition to his interests in mobile phones, Dusan also loves to experiment with the latest web and mobile 2.0 services. The idea of accessing and managing your information from any device no matter where you are simply amazes him. Whether it's an online to-do list, note taking service or a video sharing social network, he's there to try it out. He admits though, he's still searching for the ultimate web-based organizational tool, which "sings" perfectly with the mobile PIM application. Dusan used to run SymbianWatch.com which later became part of IntoMobile. He lives in Serbia, South-East Europe, from where he edits the site on a daily basis.
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