Free vs Google – first salvo in internet war?

More information has come to light on a recent article about the strange goings on in French ISPs. The ‘feisty finger-pointing’ started when internet users reported a marked slow-down in delivery speeds from certain video sources, especially YouTube. Laurent Perche...

Feisty French finger-pointing follows faltering YouTube

Back in September the independent French competition authority (Autorité de la Concurrence) approved a plan allowing French operators to charge for third party or OTT generated traffic traversing their network. Apart from a few sensational headlines at the time...

French NFC trials could break the banks

Just in time for this years TM Forum Management World in Nice is the news that travelers will be able to pay for low-value tickets on the city’s bus and tram network directly via their mobile phone bills. However, mobile operators say they are offering the payment...