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RSS ofcom links3.5G gizmos mushrooming forth
News O is for Ofcom Click on the links below to find out more. The number of 3.5G devices on the market is mushrooming with 150 per cent annual growth in HSDPA gizmos, according to stats from GSM/3G supplier association the Global Mobile Suppliers... [07 Apr 2008]
In-flight mobile gets Ofcom thumbs up
News In-flight mobile phone calls may soon be a reality for travellers on UK airlines after UK telecoms regulator Ofcom gave its approval to the technology. The news follows a consultation on Ofcom proposals published in October last year and the... [26 Mar 2008]
Come an' Avatalk in Second Life, urges BT
News O is for Ofcom Click on the links below to find out more. BT is upping its presence in Second Life with a trial of its free 'Avatalk' phone and texting service. The one month virtual world pilot will start on 26 March allowing users to make 10 free... [20 Mar 2008]
'Unlimited broadband' thing of the past?
News O is for Ofcom Click on the links below to find out more. Time is running out for so-called "unlimited broadband" packages, according to analysts and ISPs. For some time, many ISPs have been offering users what they call unlimited broadband... [17 Mar 2008]
Berners-Lee bigs up the 'semantic web'
News O is for Ofcom Click on the links below to find out more. What the internet did was, people said links aren't important, it's the thing on the other end. Then of course the Google boys came along. And then of course it changed the web. [13 Mar 2008]
Tennis federation rallies web presence
Case Study O is for Ofcom Click on the links below to find out more. The International Tennis Federation (ITF) has beefed up its website to improve availability and speed for millions of tennis fans following the scores of Davis Cup matches online. [12 Mar 2008]
Five weird ways to bridge the digital divide
News O is for Ofcom Click on the links below to find out more. Broadband may be as common, and almost as cheap, as chips in Blighty these days but there are plenty of places in the world where bog-standard fat pipes are harder to come by. [06 Mar 2008]
Cheat Sheet: BBC iPlayer
Cheat Sheet O is for Ofcom Although these fears seem exaggerated at the moment, industry regulator Ofcom has said there is the possibility that the ISP-content provider business model may need to change in the future to fund the huge growth in digital content. [05 Mar 2008]
Local gov't adopts web-savvy interaction
News O is for Ofcom Click on the links below to find out more. The number of visitors to council websites sites increased by more than 10 per cent in the past 12 months according to the 2008 Better Connected report from local government IT body the... [04 Mar 2008]
LinkedIn CEO on 'grown up' social networking
Comment O is for Ofcom O is for Ofcom There's also job posting job links on LinkedIn and so we know that people are searching for jobs and they're networking their way closer to the person that posted the job, they're getting introduced by friends who know... [28 Feb 2008]
Fibre connectivity set to change, says EC
News O is for Ofcom An Ofcom spokesperson told silicon.com sister site ZDNet.co.uk that the UK regulator had been "working very closely" with the Commission on its own approach to next-generation access regulation, and claimed that "what we are... [28 Feb 2008]
Kerching! Ofcom flogs more spectrum
News Ofcom has announced the results of its fourth radio spectrum auction, awarding licences to 10 organisations. Click on the links below to find out more… Wireless from A to Z A is for Antivirus B is for Bluetooth [22 Feb 2008]
Faster speeds on the cards for Broadband Britain?
News O is for Ofcom And we are having those discussions with Ofcom on a regular basis because we have to because the discussion has moved on to fibre to the curb. Areas the review will consider include whether the public sector has a role to play to... [22 Feb 2008]
How fans can grab a slice of the music pie
Comment O is for Ofcom O is for Ofcom Click on the links below to find out more. Click on the links below to find out more. How Slicethepie works Courtier-Dutton: Essentially we turn every user on the website into a fully fledged record label. [18 Feb 2008]
Broadband switching still a tricky business
News Switching broadband providers is still proving a tricky business despite Ofcom rules introduced a year ago designed to make the process easier. He added that Ofcom needs to address the problem "as a matter of urgency" and punish providers who are... [15 Feb 2008]
