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Comments on: Reding demands super-regulator to thwart US telco domination

Big government 

Posted Tuesday 28th October 2008 12:09 GMT

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Never works.

How come the yanks will have an advantage - they have a single market across the pond - in Europe they still have to deal with 27 regulators just like anyone else.

it would be a good thing 

Posted Tuesday 28th October 2008 13:34 GMT

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... as we might then see some parity of service and fees across europe.

27 regulators are easy to get around when you are bigger than all of them put together.

Oh and no i don't want to watch TV on my phone, just be able to use it without fear of extortion when traveling in what is supposed to an Economic Union.

Reality check 

Posted Tuesday 28th October 2008 16:19 GMT

Paris Hilton

Last time I looked UK based vodaphone were the worlds biggest mobile operator.

Not only htat they own 45% of Verizon the second largest US operator.

Collectively european firms dominate the mobile phone landscape.

Now if she would just get back to the useful work of trashing Microsoft.

Paris, 'cos she one of ours now.

Obviously they don't know the US market 

Posted Tuesday 28th October 2008 17:05 GMT

Unhappy

And the fact that the telcos there have to deal with not just the FCC, but with 50 state regulatory bodies

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