Tag archive: Bulgaria

The highly controversial Anti-Counterfeit Trade Agreement (ACTA) has hit another wall. On Tuesday, both the Dutch and Bulgarian governments refused to ratify the international anti-piracy treaty, at least for the moment. This follows decisions by Germany and Poland, which have also delayed their decision to ratify ACTA until a later date. While Bulgaria has already signed ACTA, Economy and Energy Minister Traicho Traikov announced that the… Read More

You’ve seen their cars, you might even drive one. Yet you’ve probably never considered using a Hyundai mobile phone. But the company is entering the UK mobile phone market, and plans to have between 3-5% of it within five years – some high ambitions for an already crowded field. The company’s plan is to initially use the Advantage Cellular hub. Advantage is a company that spans the entire telecoms chain, so Hyundai… Read More

The European Commission is taking steps to change the termination fees, which are the amounts mobile operators charge each other to use their networks. The plan is that by 2011 those figures will be harmonized across Europe, as opposed to the national fees currently enacted – currently 27 different ones. The belief is that this will result in lower call costs for consumers. These termination fees are nine times higher for… Read More

Online payment service—and eBay subsidiary—PayPal has announced it has expanded its reach to 87 new national markets, and had finally made its primary site available in three new languages. The new additions make PayPal available in 190 markets around the world. As of today, users will also be able to access the main PayPal site—and all online transaction processes—in Spanish, French, or simplified Chinese.… Read More

Speaking in Bulgaria, Google vice president, Internet evangelist, and co-father of the Internet Vinton Cerf said Google would pursue antitrust complaints with U.S. telecommunications companies if “something bad happens” as a result of telecommunications providers implementing tiered access schemes for data to preferentially traverse their networks. Cerf noted that Google would be please if legislators can reach a consensus… Read More