Although the European Union has created a ‘single market’, Europe’s mobile phone users aren’t seeing the benefits they might expect.
That’s the opinion of European Commission Vice President Neelie Kroes, who has been talking about the results of a study into phone call costs.
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A new report conducted by WIK and Aegis for the European Commission has found that 71% of all EU wireless data traffic last year was delivered to smartphones and tablets using WiFi.
This could rise to 78% by 2016, the report claims, with consumers increasingly using their mobile devices at home or work.
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Vodafone Group has decided to reorganise its European businesses from October.
The Northern & Central Europe and Southern Europe regions will be merged into one Europe region, while Vodafone’s Turkish operating company will report its results within the Africa, Middle East and Asia-Pacific region.
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Mark Bridge writes:
With the school term over and August just a few days away, UK telecom regulator Ofcom has published a new guide to help travellers avoid ‘bill shock’ after using their mobile phones, tablets and laptops abroad.
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Mobile payment service iZettle, which enables businesses to accept credit and debit card payments via a smartphone, is now able to process Japan Credit Bureau (JCB) cards in the United Kingdom, Germany, Sweden, Norway and Finland.
The company says this makes it the first mobile payment solution in Europe to accept JCB cards.
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