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RSS dqLabChip GX System - Supporting Regulatory Compliance
White Paper Caliper is fully aware of customer requirements in terms of DQ, IQ, OQ, PQ, and 21 CFR Part 11 compliance. In the regulated environments, users are required to qualify analytical instruments for their intended use, to... [31 Jul 2009]
SAS Data Quality - Cleanse: Techniques for Merge/Purge on Very Large Datasets
White Paper The SAS System can perform merge/purge - the process of combining lists and removing duplicates - with the functionality provided by SAS Data Quality-Cleanse ("SAS-DQ"). In developing SAS programs for monthly merge/purge... [13 Sep 2006]
Directory enquiries: UK 'not interested in price'
News The research found 24 per cent of consumers only chose their DQ service provider because they remembered the number from an advert, while 17 per cent picked their chosen provider because the number was easy to remember... [18 Mar 2005]
Leader: 118 - not so great?
Leader It's happened in areas such as digital TV, in telecoms in general and specifically in the world of directory enquiries (DQ) over the past 12 months - or more, if you count the people who started to use new numbers... [24 Aug 2004]
Directory enquiries: They're better but they're worse
News The reliability of the main providers has improved over time, according to the pair - with 87 per cent of queries getting a realistic response from the DQ providers, up from 62 per cent at the end of last year. [18 Jun 2004]
BT cuts residential voice calls
News Meanwhile, BT has also raised directory enquiry (DQ) calls to 40p from 25p. BT was the former monopoly provider of DQ services. BT has announced price cuts which it says will make bills easy to compare... [24 Mar 2004]
118 118 runners lose out to hairy athlete
News The watchdog ruled that the singlet-wearing, mustachioed heroes of the advertising were meant as a "caricature" of Bedford in his running heyday, but decided not to go as far as banning the commercials, given that the DQ... [27 Jan 2004]
118 providers make like the Marie Celeste
News If the watchdog rules against the DQ provider, they may be forced to alter - or even shelve - the runners. Conduit isn't the only company turning its back on the DQ market. The recently deregulated... [09 Jan 2004]
BT tops 118 enquiries chart
News The study reveals huge discrepancies in the cost of the new DQ services with the cheapest costing just 20p compared to £1.84 for the most expensive service. The opening up of the DQ market to competition... [10 Dec 2003]
Leader: Learning business lessons the hard way
Leader Unfortunately another area where defeat will increasingly seem like the norm is directory enquiries - or 'DQ', to that (contracting) industry. We'd put our money on 118 118 (owned by a US DQ specialist),... [21 Nov 2003]
Thus hangs up on 118 business
News Thus has pulled out of the 118 directory enquiries (DQ) business. The Scottish telco's decision comes after a survey by regulator Oftel showing a large number of calls to 118 services being handled incorrectly. [21 Nov 2003]
Oftel research exposes 118 failures
News Telecoms regulator Oftel and supervisory body Icstis have today published their research into the recently deregulated directory enquiries (DQ) market - and have turned up mixed results. The research, which used 'mystery... [17 Nov 2003]
Hairy-faced athlete to sue 118 118
News And it looks like 118 118 will have some more competition on its hands, as another young upstart enters the DQ arena.is launching a major advertising campaign to run until the New Year, featuring a country gent musing on... [06 Oct 2003]
118 118 sacks scamming staff...
News Newspaper reports publicised the problem last week, leading the DQ newbie to organise a 'crisis meeting' yesterday to pre-empt any charges. Oftel has said it's satisfied with The Number's actions and has decided to... [03 Oct 2003]
118 888 drops 'half the price of BT' claim
News With the post-192 switch off directory enquiries (DQ) market shaping up to favour just a few key players, Conduit's 118 888 service has been selling itself as a low cost alternative to BT - only now it seems the price... [30 Sep 2003]
