Yesterday the European Parliament (EP) adopted a clear-cut position on net neutrality, giving the priority to maintaining an open Internet for all rather than increasing its use for commercial purposes.
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– UPDATED 14 June – European telecoms operators should be free to develop new business models, including the controversial idea of charging online content providers for delivering their material to consumers, according to a new report by the chief executives of Alcatel-Lucent, Deutsche Telekom and Vivendi released on Wednesday.
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The European Commission published a report (PDF) today which underlines the need to ensure that citizens and businesses are easily able to access an open and neutral Internet.
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Europe’s national regulators are to launch the first pan-European investigation into telecoms companies’ controversial data traffic management practices, in an attempt to safeguard so-called net neutrality principles, the Financial Times reports (registration required).
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Today the U.S. Federal Communications Commission voted to enact network neutrality rules that are focused on requiring network management transparency while prohibiting outright blocking of legal websites. The rules won’t fully apply to wireless networks.
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On Wednesday FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski announced his latest proposal for Net Neutrality rules. His plan would forbid both wired and wireless Internet service providers from blocking lawful content, but without resorting to changing the way the FCC regulates broadband providers.
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According to the results of a public consultation launched by the European Commission, there is a near consensus on the importance of preserving the openness of the Internet.
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The choice of one services provider or one ICT element should not restrict the choices available elsewhere in the ICT landscape, declares INTUG in its response to the “Public Consultation on the Open Internet and Net Neutrality in Europe”, submitted this week.
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