The EU introduced a standard charging interface for mobile client made a requirement. June 29, 2009, the EU adopted a standard mobile phone charger, one of the most important features are: consistent use of mobile terminal charging interface Micro-USB interface. Apple world's top ten mobile phone manufacturers, LG, Motorola, NEC, Nokia, Qualcomm, RIM, Samsung, Sony Ericsson and Texas Instruments agreed with the European Commission in 2010, teamed up to launch a universal mobile phone charger, consistent use of standardized Micro-USB interface. This top ten manufacturers of mobile phones in the EU market share reached 90%.
ITU October 23, 2009 issued a statement saying, It is predicted that the implementation of the "EU standards" standby power consumption can be reduced by 50%, a decrease of 5.1 million tons per year extra charger, and thus reduce the 13.6 million tons of greenhouse gas emissions