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User-centricity survey
Dear all,
Alessandro Bogliolo suggested I share this research with you.
The SESERV project (www.seserv.eu) has designed a short ...

Net Neutrality Report
Hi all,
I recently wrote a report on net neutrality, whose key findings can be found on the link below, and I'd appreciate any feedback ...
Broadband Traffic Management broabandtrafficmanagement.blogspot.co.uk
A new report by Dexter Thillien (pictured), Senior Analyst, Telecoms, IHS Global Insight " looks at the topic of net neutrality as data traffic increases and regulators look to legislate on the issue". The key findings are: The...

As we recently mentioned on this blog, the Dutch parliament launched crucial internet freedom legislation. Since we hope that other countries are inspired and launch their own legislation, we translated the key provisions into...

Verizon CTO predicts 'toll free' data reviews.cnet.com
Verizon's Tony Melone says there's a good chance carriers will introduce a toll-free-like service that will allow destination sites, such as Netflix, to pay for prioritized access to customers.

DPI is the New King of The Road-MobileTrends Blog-Allot Communications mobiletrendsblog.com
Following the release of the Heavy Reading Policy Control & DPI Semi-Annual Market Tracker, announcing a 35% 2011 market growth and predicting a whopping $2.7 billion Policy and DPI market by 2016, we wanted to take the...

The latest legal action from Assoprovider against Internet Filtering
It seems that in the last period, more legal actions are trying to push Italian ISPs to filter the Internet. This is happening more and ...
Il gip di Belluno chiude portale internet dedicato a strage. Provvedimento destinato a scatenare la polemica: Gli esperti protestano: "Mai in passato era stato inibito l'accesso al web per presunta...

Mobile operators might as well give in and work with web companies. But if they are smart they will adapt their pricing before consumers start dumping texting and voice services, so they can still maintain the same wallet share...

Would be interesting to hear operators talk at #MWC12 on how they plan to tackle this. Ideas anyone?
Mobile telcos bleed $13.9bn as IM chomps on SMS go.theregister.com
The cash cow is dying - slowly Industry analysts at Ovum reckon mobile network operators lost more than $13bn in 2011 as SMS finally gets replaced - a staggering estimate backed by stats from Allot....

Is the Internet neutral? Do we all receive the same services? If not... why not? And what does the law in Europe say?
European Audiovisual Observatory: Get the lead article of our IRIS plus report on net neutrality free for download here:
http://www.obs ...

What's the scope of net neutrality?
The meaning of "Net neutrality" is so wide that it needs to be restricted in scope in order to enable a thorough discussion. The exact ...

Limits to the use of personal data – brand new report just out
The European Audiovisual Observatory’s asking just where the barrier between individual privacy and media freedom actually lies. New ...
Limits to the Use of Personal Data obs.coe.int
Back in the limelight this week (was it ever away?) is the issue of privacy and the use of personal data available via the web. Icelandic MP Birgitta Jonsdottir used to work for wikileaks and has had her twitter account...

U-NET 2012: Third IEEE Workshop on User-Centric Networking events.linkedin.com
U-NET Workshop is dedicated to the debate of challenges and opportunities concerning user-centric networking technologies, which allow end-users to cooperate by sharing network services and resources. This set of technologies may empower the end-user as a new Internet stakeholder and not just as a

Min, Max or Average bandwidth?
Internet access offers are usually based on the maximum speed which would be provided to a subscriber if he/she was the only one in the ...

European Court of Justice rejects web piracy filter
The European Court of Justice has ruled that content owners cannot ask ISPs to filter out illegal content.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/tec ...


A Broadband Victory for We the People
Comcast and their allies spent $300,000 to control/alt/delete the rights of one small town's citizens to choose their owns best ...
Outspent 60:1, Longmont Kicks Comcast’s Assets roisforyou.wordpress.com
Comcast and its allies spent $300,000 to unleash every trick and tactic in the campaign playbook to try to kill a measure that gives Longmont, CO citizens and businesses the right to pick their own...

Mobistar (BE) not keen on net neutrality?
This contract allows an unlimited access to three specific websites (Twitter, Facebook and Netlog) through mobile access. By doing so, ...
