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News The UK and Ireland SAP User Group has expressed dissatisfaction with the changes SAP has made to its software support programme. The German software giant announced on 16 July that it plans to move all customers onto its Enterprise Support... [25 Jul 2008]
EC shies away from data-roaming regulation
News J is for Japan Air Mobile users should be made more aware of how much data they are using while abroad in Europe, the director general for the information society and media at the European Commission has said. [22 Jul 2008]
Whitehall IT to be carbon neutral by 2020
News Thin client technology is flagged as having potential to reduce energy consumption, maintenance and support costs - although the report also warns "additional energy is required to support the greater bandwidth necessary for connection to its... [17 Jul 2008]
WiMax - spreading to more UK businesses
News J is for Japan Air The spread of WiMax networks across the UK is continuing, with two providers announcing extensions of their business-oriented networks in the past week. On-Communications has said it has decided WiMax is the best technology for... [10 Jul 2008]
ID cards: 'Political' move, claim airport workers
News The British Air Transport Association (Bata) said aviation workers were being used as guinea pigs for the scheme. If the government hasn't been able to convince the air industry that ID cards will bring security benefits, then what the hell are the... [07 Jul 2008]
SMS roaming rates: Expect EC to force cuts
News J is for Japan Air European mobile operators should brace themselves for enforced price cuts for SMS roaming, predicts an analyst. Yesterday was the 1 July deadline set by European telecoms commissioner, Viviane Reding, for the mobile industry to... [02 Jul 2008]
Mobile payments to hit $300bn by 2013
News According to the report - entitled Mobile Payment Markets: Digital & Physical Goods 2008 - 2013 - the ticketing segment will represent more than 40 per cent of the global transaction value by 2013, and will be driven by consumer usage on rail, air... [01 Jul 2008]
Femtocells to speed arrival of next-gen mobile networks?
News Saunders added: "It isn't a technology that we think is specific to just one of the flavours of mobile air interface - UMTS or GSM or CDMA or WiMax, for that matter - we actually think femotcells bring things to all those technologies. [30 Jun 2008]
Mobile phones key to paperless air travel
News Mobile phones could be used to hold digital boarding passes, baggage tracking info and payment data within the next five years - making travel truly paperless, according to research by air transport industry IT provider Sita. [20 Jun 2008]
3.5G laptops to overwhelm mobile networks?
News J is for Japan Air Laptops packing 3.5G+ for mobile broadband access could be the answer to European mobile phone operators' ARPU (average revenue per user) prayers. But they could just as well prove a network nightmare, warns industry analyst Berg... [20 Jun 2008]
WiMax Forum stamps 2.5G products with seal of approval
News J is for Japan Air The WiMax Forum has issued its first certifications for mobile-centric products that operate around the 2.5GHz frequency, and said it will start certifying 3.5GHz products later this year. [20 Jun 2008]
Nasa hacker fights extradition
News McKinnon stands accused of hacking into a series of sites belonging to the US Army, Air Force, Department of Defence and Nasa. Gary McKinnon, the Briton who has admitted hacking into Nasa systems, is due to fight his extradition to the US in the... [13 Jun 2008]
Mobile internet use 'rocketing in Europe'
News J is for Japan Air Europe has taken to 3G faster than any other region in the world and usage is growing rapidly as networks proliferate, according to research commissioned by mobile operator body the GSM Association (GSMA). [11 Jun 2008]
BT to cut CO2 emissions by 80 per cent
News By March next year the company will upgrade 90 data centres worldwide, about 25 of which are in the UK, cutting power consumption by 60 per cent using fresh air cooling and AC-DC power conversion. BT will rely on wind farms to produce a quarter of... [03 Jun 2008]
£50m mobile funding to keep police on the beat
News J is for Japan Air Police across the UK will receive mobile data devices to be used on the beat as part of a £50m investment from the government. The funding was announced by policing minister, Tony McNulty, and will see around 10,000 handheld... [27 May 2008]
