On December 29, 2010, two major European standardization bodies- CEN-CENELEC and ETSI, released details of a standard charger. The bodies announced microUSB as the “standard interface port” for smartphones in Europe.
Top fourteen handset manufacturers of the world including Samsung, Apple, Nokia and Research On Motion would produce smartphones for the European market that would come with a standard USB port and the first batch of devices with USB ports would become available in early 2011. BBC reports:
The process to create common chargers began in June 2009 when the Commission won pledges from phone firms to back any standards it drew up.
Following that agreement it started work on the specifications that have now been completed and sent out to handset makers.
The EU said many Europeans wanted to be able to use chargers for different smartphones and resented the inconvenience incompatible chargers caused.
In addition, discarded phone chargers are a serious threat to the environment.
Antonio Tajani, Commissioner for Industry and Entrepreneurship, European Commission, said that it is time for the mobile phone manufacturers to show their commitments to produce phones for the “new charger.” He also said that the common charger would make lives easier and would “reduce waste and benefit businesses.” He referred it as a “win-win” situation.
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