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News The European Parliament and Council of Telecoms Ministers have reached a compromise over the rights of internet users continent-wide, setting Europe on course for a major overhaul of telecoms regulations. [05 Nov 2009]
Move over 2G, Europe agrees to give 3G some space
News On Monday, the European Commission announced that the practice - known in the industry as 'spectrum refarming' - had been approved by the Council of Ministers. This band is at a much lower frequency than... [29 Jul 2009]
'Don't let European telecoms law get axed', says Ofcom
News However, despite prior agreement on the package's contents between the European Parliament and Council of Telecoms Ministers, a last-minute amendment was added that enshrined internet access as a... [26 Jun 2009]
Businesses lift the lid on virtualisation rollouts
News In the public sector, Bracknell Forest Council in Berkshire has managed to reduce its IT support cost by around 20 per cent since it implemented XenApp around 18 months ago. Ian Slee, CTO at the council,... [24 Jun 2009]
Skydiving and kendo: What CIOs do when they aren't at work…
News Many of course are also involved with industry associations such as the British Computer Society, Socitm and the government CIO council - as well as silicon.com's very own CIO Jury, of course. Other degrees held by CIOs... [10 Jun 2009]
Windows 7 next year? "You must be joking"
News Rob Neil, head of ICT and customer services, Ashford Borough Council Florentin Albu, ICT manager at Eumetsat (European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites), said his... [02 Jun 2009]
Europe votes for net-neutrality reforms
News The 'Telecoms Package' of laws was voted into force on Wednesday with a large majority, and must now be ratified by the Council of Telecoms Ministers. Now the ball is in the court of the Council of... [07 May 2009]
'Yes' vote for roaming text message price cap
News Thanks to the strong support of the European Parliament and the Council, the new roaming rules were agreed in the record time of just seven months. The levels of the caps were agreed in late March,... [23 Apr 2009]
Europe gives nod to €1 price cap for data roaming
News Announced on Tuesday, the new cap is an informal compromise that was agreed between the Industry Committee of the European Parliament and the Czech Presidency of the European Council. To... [26 Mar 2009]
CIO Job Report: February's movers and shakers
News Surrey County Council is looking for a new head of information management and technology. The job involves heading up IT services provision to the council's 8,000 staff using in-house and outsourced... [24 Feb 2009]
Cheat Sheet: Sepa one year on
News The authorities, such as the European Central Bank, the European Payments Council and the European Commission, have so far avoided regulating Sepa, preferring the banks... [16 Jan 2009]
Full steam ahead for police plans to hack home PCs
News The European Union Council of Ministers approved a plan in November 2008 to grant law-enforcement authorities in member states the power to perform remote searches of suspects' computers, as well as to... [05 Jan 2009]
New Year's honour for web science pioneer
News She is also a founding director of the Web Science Research Institute, alongside Berners-Lee, Professor Nigel Shadbolt and Daniel J Weitzner, and a founder member of the Scientific Council of the... [02 Jan 2009]
Europe to get cyber crime alert system
News Police will launch more remote searches of suspects' hard drives over the internet and cyber patrols to spot and track illegal activity under the strategy adopted by the European Union's council of... [28 Nov 2008]
The ultimate backseat driver
Comment These impressive sounding figures have already won over Staffordshire County Council, which recently installed the Safety Centre in 50 cars driven by local teenagers and the MoD. It fell to GreenRoad... [05 Nov 2008]
