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RSS bodyNetwork Solutions gets two year Net extension
News In a white paper published earlier this year, the US government invited industry experts to set up a non-profit making body to manage the Internet from 1 October. But delays on reaching a consensus means that NewCo - the... [07 Oct 1998]
In brief: Net nations edge closer to agreement
News Delegates at the IIIC - a voluntary body of IT industry associations - reached broad agreement on issues such as the need to guard against the misuse of personal and financial data and the need for a globally harmonised... [18 Sep 1998]
Deregulated UK electricity market to come at a price
News But a spokesman for the Electricity Association, the UK electricity trade body, claimed customers would still benefit from cheaper electricity. Deregulation could cost UK electricity companies £150m a year to maintain,... [15 Sep 1998]
Research claims SET is past its sell-by date
News The research body claims even in a best-case scenario, SET would fail to infiltrate the market, and would be used for less than 10 per cent of all online transactions by the year 2002. Jupiter Communications last week... [14 Sep 1998]
In brief: AT&T celebrates telesurgery success
News Doctors transmitted video and audio information over the network to operate a laparoscope - a miniature camera that goes inside the body - which allowed them to instruct a robot to complete the operation. [07 Sep 1998]
Summit attempts to keep the Net international
News The summit, scheduled for 12 and 13 September, will attempt to define a new governing structure for the Internet's top body, Iana (Internet Assigned Numbers Authority). A research centre at Harvard University is offering... [03 Sep 1998]
World economic crisis hits Nasdaq
News The slide was in line with other Western money markets which have recently suffered a series of body blows following crises in Japan and Russia. Technology stocks were hit hard yesterday, as Nasdaq fell by 140 points -... [01 Sep 1998]
Thames Water makes millennium pledge
News The results were incomplete, so Ofwat recently appointed an independent consultant, Montgomery Watson, which will give the regulatory body a full report by October. Thames Water claims it is the first utility to sign... [21 Aug 1998]
Geocities caves in on privacy
News In the UK, there is still no official body to protect consumers from online privacy violations. Internet community Geocities is to comply with US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) requests by publishing full details of its... [14 Aug 1998]
In brief: Orange and Viag Interkom venture gains EC approval
News The executive body said it had to make sure neither company would unfairly expand its geographic reach by gaining a foothold in the market. Orange Overseas Holding, a joint venture between the UK's Orange and Viag... [12 Aug 1998]
UK water companies collaborate on Year 2000
News Adrian Beeby, of industry body Water UK, said although some companies have already begun compliance procedures, this is the first time they have specifically set out to share the results of internal systems audits. [28 Jul 1998]
EC clamps down on telecoms tariffs
News The governing body said it is particularly concerned about rates being charged by fixed-line operators to connect mobile services, but would not say which countries have been targeted. In a letter to European telecoms... [24 Jul 1998]
German telecoms deregulation is hailed a success
News The regulatory body said it still needs to make a decision on the fee Telekom can charge its rivals to use its network, and its customers for number portability. New telecommunications companies in Germany have gained a... [17 Jul 1998]
Internet Advertising Bureau aims for online ad standards
News After four years as an informal research group, the Internet Advertising Bureau (IAB) became an official body yesterday when it elected an executive committee of Internet gurus. The IAB UK & Ireland will now work on... [15 Jul 1998]
Health managers could waste telemedicine money
News The UK Prime Minster's recent pledge to fund IT innovation in the NHS has met with criticism from top health body, the Institute of Health Services Management. The Institute's technology group chairman, Mik Horswell,... [15 Jul 1998]
