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Mobile broadband threatening fixed line?
News Marek Vaygelt, head of technology and telecommunications consulting at YouGov, said in a statement: "Customers find mobile broadband easy to use and install but transmission speeds and, to a lesser extent, network coverage reduce the initial... [20 Aug 2008]
Foreign Office tech overspend leads to project trimming
News A spokeswoman for the FCO explained the overspend: "FTN is the FCO's telecommunications network.m was the estimate in 2000, in the intervening eight years the FCO has deployed many new applications creating a significant additional demand for... [07 Jul 2008]
'Pay to receive' calls won't happen, say UK operators
News Following suggestions by Europe's telecommunications chief that she would not oppose mobile operators that wanted to charge their customers for receiving calls, all the UK's operators have denied wanting to do any such thing. [19 Jun 2008]
Wanted: Women must save IT industry
News The telecommunications industry's need for new skills will be driven by a swathe of its workforce reaching retirement age, the report says. A survey of CIOs last year projected skill gaps in every area of IT by 2010, with the largest rift in... [15 Apr 2008]
Shell signs $4bn IT outsourcing contract
News From July the companies will serve Shell and its subsidiaries in more than 100 countries, with AT&T looking after network and telecommunications, T-Systems hosting and storage, and EDS end user computing services and operational integration of the... [31 Mar 2008]
PM to pump cash into security and espionage tech
News In his speech, the prime minister also said CPNI will begin to provide a higher level of protection to UK organisations that oversee essential systems and services, such as telecommunications and the water supply. [20 Mar 2008]
Mile-high wi-fi takes off on US airlines
News Aircell, a company that sells air-to-ground telecommunications equipment to airlines, said this week that its in-flight broadband system will be used on some Virgin America and American Airlines flights originating from San Francisco and Los... [13 Mar 2008]
Faster speeds on the cards for Broadband Britain?
News Areas the review will consider include whether the public sector has a role to play to help minimise the cost of investment to the private sector; whether Ofcom has adequate powers of regulation around high speed access; and possible barriers to... [22 Feb 2008]
India top choice for UK outsourcing
News He added: "This is all being driven by technology, the speed of processors and telecommunications together with cleverer application interfaces and graphical user interfaces. Phil Morris, MD of EquaTerra for Europe, predicted growth in UK... [11 Jan 2008]
Nokia cosies up to customers with Apertio buy
News Apertio, which has 237 employees and numbers O2, Orange, T-Mobile and Vodafone among its customers, provides network infrastructure software aimed at enabling mobile, fixed and converged telecommunications operators to improve access to customer... [03 Jan 2008]
Centrica lands Virgin CIO
News Lewis' career spans roles at Cable & Wireless, Digital Equipment Corporation, KPMG and Unisys and he is a board member of the Telecommunications Management Forum. Lewis was voted one of the UK's top 50 CIOs in the silicon.com CIO50 2007 and was... [17 Oct 2007]
BT looks to Far East for developer talent
News The telco already has R&D centres in Malaysia and the UK and works with the Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications to take top graduates to work at the company's Adastral Park centre, near Ipswich in the UK. [07 Sep 2007]
Europe's execs turn to patents for cash
News The report said: "Respondents in telecommunications are also more likely than those in other industries to feel their company does not generate adequate value from its IP - nearly two-thirds feel this way in comparison to 43 per cent of... [25 Apr 2007]
London: The place to be if you're in IT
News Almost half of all Californian investment in London during the last five years has come from IT and telecommunications companies. London plays a significant role as the gateway into the European market but also possesses a very cosmopolitan and... [13 Apr 2007]
Sony BMG does mobile downloads deal in China
News Kelvin Wadsworth, executive vice president for Sony BMG Music Entertainment in Asia, said in a statement: "We have been impressed with Global Music International's established relationships with major telecommunications players in China, and are... [05 Apr 2007]
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