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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10102
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/telecoms

New rules will facilitate use of mobile phones on ships in European waters

Brussels, 19/03/2010 (Agence Europe) - Passengers and crew members on board ships sailing in European Union territorial waters will soon no longer have any interference problems when using their mobile phones. After considering the use of mobile phones on board aeroplanes (see EUROPE 9875), on Wednesday 17 March, the European Commission adopted a decision and a recommendation which should put an end to the previous patchwork of twenty seven different sets of national legislation on mobile...

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