Watchdog takes on rogue diallers
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Eleven firms are barred as part of action against scams which left dial-up net users in the UK with big bills.
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Germany's competition watchdog, the federal cartel office, said it was investigating telecoms giant Deutsche Telekom and cable operator Kabel Deutschland on suspicion they sought to distort competition in the area of high-speed Internet access.
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The amount consumers are charged for making mobile calls while abroad is to be investigated by EU regulators.
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There are just too many cards stacked against Vonage.
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The amount consumers are charged for making mobile phone calls while abroad is to be investigated by EU regulators.
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A shake-up of European Union telecoms regulation risks undermining national watchdogs and creating an unnecessary layer of bureau&shy;cracy in Brussels, says the UK telecoms regulator.
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Premium rate phone lines watchdog Icstis is to meet TV companies amid probes into calls to shows.
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A flaw in a widely used DSL home gateway in the U.K. could enable a hacker to make unauthorized voice over IP calls.
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A database of internet service provider Bulldog was used to defraud many customers, the BBC learns.
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Ofcom finds 'widespread and systematic deception' in premium-rate call competitions.
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Business & money: Retail Watchdog may be on trail of bullyboys whose threats drive down prices.
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The Federal Trade Commission is going after spyware, bits of computer code that install themselves on the computers of Internet users to track or disrupt their online activities.
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WASHINGTON -- Federal regulators working on rules to secure the calling records and other private information of telephone customers are running into resistance from phone companies and law enforcement agencies.
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A service is accused of $200 million in false charges for dishonest online sellers and telemarketers.
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Techniques designed to make suspects incriminate themselves through calls or texts
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In an effort to stop scams that cause unwitting Internet users to be charged premium rates for calls placed by software surreptitiously installed on their PCs, Ireland is going to block outgoing calls to 13 countries.
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Someone could make the argument that watchdogs have better things to do. But click fraud -- endlessly clicking on ads to generate cash or hurt a competitor -- is a serious threat to the web business, and no one's doing much about it. Commentary by Adam L. Penenberg.