Viviane Reding

Vice-President Reding will raise the Prism issue with US Attorney General Eric Holder at the EU-US Ministerial meeting in Dublin on Friday

UK government doesn't want to be part of legislation that would require web organisations to delete personal data on request

Viviane Reding plans to introduce mandatory breach notification for businesses in Europe, just as she did in the telecoms sector

Data cannot currently flow freely between member states, and individuals' rights are not sufficiently safeguarded, suggests the European Commission's vice president

Data sharing of leading-edge research impossible without Géant

Reform package aims to help Europe roll out better next-generation networks and mobile broadband services

Commissioner calls for European system to beat Google's book digitisation plans

Commissioner Viviane Reding wants operators to allow fixed or mobile transfers in a shorter period of time to improve competition and customer choice

The telecoms sector has, like many others, felt the impact of credit crunch. Nevertheless, some large infrastructure projects are still on the drawing board - including a proposed UK-wide fibre network rollout.