me_saket 73 Report post Posted July 2, 2009 Industry players in Europe agreed upon to work towards developing a pan-Europe standard mobile phone charger. The initiative has a Green touch to it as the European Commission feels that the move will lead to significant reduction in e-waste caused by redundant mobile phone chargers. The new charger will have a USB port as an interface and the Commission expects that it will take about three years time for most of the mobile phones in the region to adopt the new standard. Companies participating in the initiative include names such as Apple, LG, Motorola, NEC, Nokia, Qualcomm, Research in Motion (RIM), Samsung, Sony Ericsson and Texas Instruments. These companies between themselves cover 90 % of the market. "We are assuming that this new European standard will have a knock on effect globally and that manufacturers won't be just doing this on the European market, but will be doing this on other markets with Europe," said EU Industry Commissioner Guenter Verheugen. The Commission plans to extend the concept to products such as computers and cameras as well in future. Source: telecom tiger Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mufaddal 678 Report post Posted July 2, 2009 to be more specific all the aforementioned companies have agreed upon using micro usb as standard charging port Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Harshal 11 Report post Posted July 3, 2009 I completely agree with the sentence "knock on effect globally and that manufacturers won't be just doing this on the European market" The whole world might be headed for a converged standard. Great Move. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
