Press Release: Telecoms: Commission facilitates use of mobile phones on ships in European waters

The European Commission on 19 March 2010 adopted new rules to make it easier for passengers and crew on ships in the EU's territorial waters to make mobile phone calls or send and receive text messages when they are out of range of land-based mobile phone networks. The new rules harmonise the technical and legal conditions for on-board communication services and pave the way for innovative applications, such as remote monitoring of containers stored on-board. This brings new legal certainty and economic opportunities, for service providers who want to offer seamless maritime mobile connectivity across borders.

European Commission: Memo: MEMO/10/88: Telecoms: Commission facilitates use of mobile phones on ships in European waters - Frequently Asked Questions http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=MEMO/10/88&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

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