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The European Commission today warmly welcomed the European Parliament's completion of its first reading of three important Directives dealing with the proposed new regulatory framework for electronic communications networks and services..

The European Commission has cleared a proposal by Flextronics International Ltd to acquire the whole mobile handset manufacturing and distribution business of Ericsson .

Interactive Policy Making forms part of the "e-Commission" initiative and will be used to evaluate existing EU policies and open consultations on new initiatives.

The European Commission has outlined a new Interactive Policy Making initiative to improve governance by using the Internet for collecting and analysing reactions in the marketplace for use in the European Union's policy-making process...

The European Commission has welcomed the adoption by the EU's Council of Ministers on 9 April of the Directive establishing pan-EU rules on copyright and related rights in the Information Society...

Adoption of pan-EU rules on copyright and related rights in the Information Society by EU Council of Ministers on April 9, as an essential building block for the Information Society, until now, missing.

The European Commission today adopted a Communication entitled "The Introduction of Third Generation Mobile Communications in the European Union: State of Play and the Way Forward"..

Friday, 6th April, the Commission launches its GoDigital initiative to encourge e-business take-up by small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).

This Friday (6th April) sees a half-day event to launch the European Commission's GoDigital initiative and inform all stakeholders about the EU support for e-business take-up by small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Participants will include Enterprise and Information Society Commissioner Liikanen, Commission staff and about 250 participants from European industry associations, chambers of commerce, regional organisations and other European information multipliers.

Five days after the Stockholm European Council, at which the need for Europe to exploit the potential of new technologies to create a European education area was again brought to the fore, the Commission adopted the eLearning Action Plan