EU decides not to implement Mobile TV tax

Content to Mobile via IntoMobile is reporting that the European Union has quietly dropped plans to introduce a tax on phones capable of receiving video, a move which mobile TV leaders regarded as potentially calamitous for the viability of the industry.

Late last year, news agency Reuters revealed that the European Commission (EC) was intending to introduce a 14% tax on mobile handsets that include a TV receiver. On 10 December 2008, the EC sent member states a formal proposal to reclassify some phones as "multi-functional devices". Such reclassification would have incurred an additional 14% tax on phones with TV receivers.

... Reuters has now reported that reacting to pressure, notably from Nokia and Sony Ericsson, the EU will halt any such plans.

emily | 5:23 PM | News, Buzz |
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