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RSS outset in newsOrange 3G phones hitting shelves this week
News The France Telecom-owned operator said its service will be interoperable with 3G networks in Austria, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Portugal and Spain as well as the UK, with roaming from the outset. [06 Dec 2004]
Government abandons £15m broadband aggregation scheme
News We said from the outset it was uncompetitive and out of touch with local and regional needs. A government initiative to save £200m on the UK's £1bn broadband bill using regional aggregation bodies to pool public sector... [29 Nov 2004]
Failed IT projects costing firms £13m a year
News He cited Standish Group figures claiming three-quarters of big IT projects are classed as failures and said CIOs and IT directors have to be brave enough to say no at the outset if the numbers don't stack up and there... [17 May 2004]
Robot Wars: St Agro we salute you
News To have got so far is brilliant - all we were hoping for at the outset of this series was to win one battle on TV," he said. Cult TV show Robot Wars, which pits machine against machine in spark-inducing death matches... [18 Feb 2004]
Tax breaks for firms investing in R&D
News By simplifying the definition of research and development for tax purposes, the government hopes to make it easier for companies to decide at the outset of a project whether they will be eligible for the credit. [11 Dec 2003]
Government scraps PFI for IT projects
News Within the report a study of responses from 11 operational public sector PFI IT contracts found only a fifth of projects had delivered most of the benefits defined at the outset. The government has scrapped the use of... [16 Jul 2003]
Spooks roasted over £450m cost of moving spy systems
News The NAO also raised the question of whether the new headquarters would have been given the go-ahead if the final costs had been known from the outset. The government's intelligence agency has been slammed for the poor... [16 Jul 2003]
Spam Summit: Laws flawed from outset - but still a step in the right direction?
News However, Stephen Timms, minister for ecommerce, who delivered the keynote speech, admitted from the outset that the problem is not going to be solved by changes in legislation, which are tabled for this October. [01 Jul 2003]
Oracle faces antitrust investigation
News We have maintained from the outset that the hostile tender offer from Oracle has represented antitrust issues and, conversely, we believe our merger with PeopleSoft is very pro-competitive and pro-customer choice," said... [01 Jul 2003]
IT managers need better communication - and a sponsor
News Business managers must be involved from the outset and this teamwork must continue throughout the length of the project. The most common reason for a failed IT project is poor communication between the IT department and... [09 Jun 2003]
Government websites struggling in time of war
News Andy Didcott, UK country manager at Keynote Systems, said: "It was clear from the outset that people would be using the internet as one of their primary information resources throughout any possible conflict and... [20 Mar 2003]
Champions promote Linux for the desktop
News Bruce Perens, an open-source advocate who withdrew from the conference, will lead the consortium at its outset. A consortium aimed at promoting Linux for desktop computers has been established, marking a significant... [04 Feb 2003]
Liberty Alliance not very allied over Microsoft
News Microsoft's decision not to join the Alliance has been a bone of contention since the outset. On the day the Liberty Alliance released its first set of technical specifications it also issued conflicting views on whether... [16 Jul 2002]
BT lays down the law for rural broadband
News BT Wholesale says in principle it will upgrade any of its telephone exchanges to provide ADSL broadband, but only if enough customers sign up in advance to make the service economically viable from the outset. [18 Jun 2002]
Hewlett gives up merger battle
News Walter Hewlett has been battling against the merger from the very outset, but has now issued a statement saying he would "now do everything possible to support the successful implementation of HP's acquisition of Compaq". [01 May 2002]
