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ETNO disappointed by reduction of the Connecting Europe Facility [Telecoms] budget

The CEF budget for telecoms has been reduced from EUR 9.2 billion to EUR 1 billion under the new budget deal agreed by the European Council.

EU Data Protection Reform: Major Telecoms Operators Support Push for Level-Playing Field

Today, Vice-President Viviane Reding is meeting Luigi Gambardella, chairman of ETNO, who represents the leading telecommunications network operators in Europe to discuss the EU Data Protection rules proposed by the European Commission in January 2012 (see IP/12/46 and IP/13/57).

Press release: ETNO disappointed by reduction of the Connecting Europe Facility [Telecoms] budget

The CEF budget for telecoms has been reduced from EUR 9.2 billion to EUR 1 billion under the new budget deal agreed by the European Council.

Swisscom IT Services presses ahead with industrialisation of banking

Swisscom IT Services has acquired Entris Banking's IT outsourcing business, which employs around 250 people. The move paves the way for the Swisscom subsidiary to set up an industrial processing centre with a view to positioning itself as an innovative and trusted business partner for banks in Switzerland. The deal is expected to be concluded by the end of March 2013.

VIVACOM’s 3G network now with speed of 42 Mbps

VIVACOM's 3G network has increased its maximum speed by 50% for downloading data and it now provides speed of 42 Mbps for 22% of Bulgaria's population. The telecom provides twice as high speed in the most densely populated cities in the country. It is expected that by the end of the first quarter it will cover the top 10 cities in the country and the main Bulgarian resorts. Until now the network had the capability of 21 Mbps for download and 5.74 Mbps for upload.

Deutsche Telekom Group supports Child Online Safety Initiative

At today’s Safer Internet Day, EU Vice-President Neelie Kroes presents the results of her 2012 child online safety initiative.

France Telecom-Orange and Alcatel-Lucent deploy world’s first live 400 Gbps per wavelength optical link

Groundbreaking milestone for long-distance terrestrial network technology provides link between Paris and Lyon; offers four times more bandwidth than currently available.