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Telephone bills: data privacy need not preclude individual 

billing of calls, says European Court of Justice  (21 October 2004)



EU data privacy rules need not prevent telephone operators from providing telephone bills that list individual calls, and there need not be any extra charge for this service, said the European Court of Justice in a judgment given on 14 September.

	

	

									

										  

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 (2 December 2004)

Net 2004 Lille Métropole : The age of great transformations 

Lille, France



The morning plenary session of this event will focus on technological trends and changing economic and social conditions. During the afternoon, practices and results from public-private partnerships in the Information Society will be presented and discussed. Both sessions will be followed by thematic workshops on topics such as eGovernment, eLearning, eCitizenship and eBusiness.

	

	

									

								

						

						

						

		

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Commission welcomes France's ending of the discrimination 

against suppliers of telephone services on cable networks  (21 October 2004)



On 15 June 2004 the Commission announced that France was being taken to the Court of Justice for failure to implement the Cable and Full Competition Directives. In breach of the rules laid down, France was maintaining a special authorisation scheme for the supply of cable telephony services, which penalised cable operators. France has since amended its legislation, in particular by adopting the Law on Electronic Communications. The Commission has noted with satisfaction the new provisions introduced by France and has decided to terminate the proceedings initiated before the Court.

	

	

									

										  

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 (9 December 2004 - 10 December 2004)

1st WWI Symposium - Requirements, Concepts and Initial 

Architecture for Systems Beyond 3G: Perspectives from the 

Wireless World Initiative 

Brussels, Belgium



This event targets especially the strategic component for Systems Beyond 3G - the Wireless World. At the first day workshop the requirements and concepts for the Wireless World will be discussed from a global perspective. On the second day the WWI projects will run parallel workshops presenting and discussing their initial results and architectures. Please follow the updated programme on the web where you can also register for the event.

	

	

									

								

						

						

						

		

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First European Seminar for Leader+  (21 October 2004)



The first European Leader+ seminar entitled "Quality of life in rural areas: experiences and cooperation" will take place on 25 October in Brussels in the presence of European Commissioner Franz Fischler. The seminar is designed to assist rural actors to reflect on the potential of the quality of life in their local regions and is organised by the Leader+ Observatory. New ways of improving living conditions for individuals and families in rural areas are at stake. The theme "Quality of life" was selected by 250 out of the 892 different LAGs (Local Action Groups). The seminar will present innovative projects and good practice on related topics such as transport, culture, social inclusion, community life as well as local basic services, living environment. Leader+ is one of four initiatives financed by EU structural funds and encourages the implementation of integrated, high-quality and original strategies for sustainable development. There is a strong focus on partnership and networks of exchange of experience. Follow-up seminars on other Community strategic themes for Leader+ (e.g. new know-how and new technologies) are expected to take place in local regions across various Member States.

	

	

									

								

						







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*** 27 - 28 October 2004

e-Security in Europe: Today's status and The Next Step

Amsterdam, The Netherlands



A reliable ICT infrastructure is indispensable in today's information society. This is reflected by the considerable attention given to network and information security in various eEurope action plans. To find out where EU member states stand in this field and to allow policymakers to learn from each other, this conference will provide a platform for exchanging best practices. More specifically, the conference will discuss such matters as the tasks and expectations of the European Commission, member states, industry and stakeholder groups with regard to the new ENISA agency and how best to arrange co-operation with each other.





	



*** 27 - 29 October 2004

eChallenges e2004 Conference

Vienna, Austria



eChallenges brings together leading Information & Communication Technologies (ICT) enterprises, professionals, researchers, academics and public authorities to share their experience, vision and projects and increase awareness of exploitable technologies and applications in diverse areas of business and society.The core thematic priorities for e-2004 are: eBusiness, Future forms of organisations, Technology and Applications eGovernment, Services to Citizens and Business, Organisational Transformation, eWork-New Working Environments, eEurope 2005 and ICT take-up by SMEs and International Collaboration on IST.

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*** 2 - 14 November 2004

Towards what knowledge society? 2nd Online Congress of the 

Cybersociety Observatory



Online event



From an open and committed multidisciplinary perspective the Congress will focus on the concept of CyberSociety as its object of study. The Congress invites participants to reflect on the following question: What Kind of Knowledge Society are we heading for ? A call for participation in working groups is open until 11 June





	

				

	



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