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First HSDPA rollout from UK operator
News The rollout will start on a small scale on its network on the Isle of Man, which has a population of some 75,000. O2 has become the first UK network operator to... [20 Oct 2005]
Two more online games sites prepare to go public
News According to a report in The Independent on Sunday, Isle of Man-based Trident Gaming, which recently acquired Gamebookers, is looking to float as early as next spring. Following the... [10 Oct 2005]
Finalists for CNET Tech Awards get the nod
News Allan W Paterson - Isle of Man Government This year the awards - handed out on the evening of 27 September - will recognise organisations in distinct vertical markets... [04 Aug 2005]
EDGE, WiMax, HSDPA, IMS: Can you pick the winners from the losers?
News It will start the rollout this year in the UK - the Isle of Man is the debut site - and next year across its properties. Mobile operator mmO2 has been sorting out where it will be... [27 Jan 2005]
DiData lands £5m Isle of Man comms deal
News Dimension Data has won a £5m contract for a converged IP-based IT and telephony infrastructure for the Isle of Man government that aims to significantly drive down telecommunications... [14 Jan 2005]
Leader: Orange launches, 3G advances
Leader Admittedly it will be doing so once again in that convenient test environment called the Isle of Man but - spoiler of a press release aside - there are questions as to... [06 Dec 2004]
mmO2 to launch speedy 3G
News The mobile operator explained it will be the first in Europe to offer HSDPA (High-Speed Downlink Packet Access) and IMS (Internet Protocol Multimedia Services) with download speeds of 3.6Mbps when it launches the service... [06 Dec 2004]
BT: VoIP an opportunity not a threat
News The Isle of Man government says it is planning to install VoIP across the public sector there, with the help of Cisco, Dimension Data and Manx Telecom. The emergence... [30 Nov 2004]
One in three businesses will offshore in a year
News Dubai and the Isle of Man are two places that are putting particular effort into attracting offshoring business. On the Isle of Man,... [09 Sep 2004]
Isle of Man is the new M4 corridor
News The Isle of Man is hoping to attract techies and software developers to the Irish Sea outpost, and it's starting by courting computer games manufacturers after one such firm located on... [15 Jan 2004]
The data day - O2 says it's a trailblazer
News Peter Erskine, CEO of mmO2, the company that oversees the national operations in Germany, Ireland, the Isle of Man and the UK, said the company is on track to get 25 per... [01 Jul 2003]
SMS SOS saves Solent seamen
News Then came a beacon from an Emergency Positioning Indicating Radio Beacon (EPIRB) showing a position south-west of St Catherine's point on the Isle of Wight. However, it wasn't until the... [19 May 2003]
3G's big year will be '03
News EMC points out O2's Isle of Man and Monaco Telecom's networks remain the continents only live 3G roll outs but even these operate with limits. The last quarter of next... [08 Oct 2002]
Look east young man - for the future of mobile communications
Comment This won't surprise many people, though they'll be those in Japan and maybe a deluded soul on the Isle of Man that would argue otherwise. While there are operators in some countries... [04 Sep 2002]
Cheat sheet: Difference between mm02 and 02
Cheat Sheet Though Japan's NTT DoCoMo has an expanding 3G network with thousands of users, mmO2 can claim to have got there first with its 3G roll out on the Isle of Man, where it... [24 Jun 2002]
