telecompaper.com - 2/16/2009
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(Telecompaper) The European Commission plans to force mobile phone manufacturers to manufacture one mobile phone charger for all mobile phones, according the European Commissioner for Industry, Gunther Verheugen in an interview with the German international broadcaster Deutsche Welle. Verheugen ...
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guardian.co.uk - 2/17/2009
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The mobile phone industry plans to introduce a
universal charger as part of a drive to improve...
its previously patchy environmental record. The plan from industry body the GSM Association (GSMA) is just one of a raft of "green" announcements at ...
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EU commissioner pushing for standard connector for all cellphones
Engadget —
While some companies like Connectland have already offered up their own solution to the problem of multiple cellphone connectors (seen at right), a European Union commissioner now seems to be taking the idea one step further, and is starting to push the notion of one standard cellphone connector to rule them all. According to Telcompaper, European Commissioner for Industry Günter Verheugen recently said in a German interview that he has had his patience tested after giving the cellphone industry several chances to develop a single cellphone connector, and he's ...
European Commission demands a single, standard phone charger
Boing Boing —
... is legally and technically impossible to due differences in voltage and battery requirements within the European Union, although he acknowledged the increasing burden of mobile phone chargers on the environment. He also said that the industry is not likely to develop one charger for all brands. Verheugen also said that he rather sees the industry to develop such a charger voluntary, but warns that the EC has the legal and political means to force such development.
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