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We’ve seen it time and time again — carriers using their power to strong-arm consumers into paying services that could very well be free. Over in Europe, the almighty EU is considering “binding guidelines” that could force wireless operators to allow VoIP services such as Skype to run over their cellular networks. It should be noted that all of this is still very preliminary at the moment, but if the Union can somehow force carriers to support these so-called “innovative services,” we could see a very favorable (for consumers, anyway) domino effect. As it stands, each EU country has the ability to decide individually on how they deal with blocked internet services, but obviously an EU-wide mandate would seriously shake things up. Or cause unstoppable riots, one.
[Via Electronista]
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