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'Telcos must join Google's cloud, not fight it'
News Gartner has also suggested that Google's expanding areas of interest and influence are posing a significant threat to telecoms businesses in other ways. Speaking to silicon.com, Winogradoff... [17 Nov 2008]
Nortel to slash 1,300 jobs
News Telecoms equipment maker Nortel Networks has flagged plans to cut 1,300 staff as it reported its biggest quarterly loss in seven years amid a worsening economy. The company said it lost... [11 Nov 2008]
Stormy markets freeze C&W demerger
News The country's second biggest corporate telecoms provider after BT said it had postponed a final decision on "value realisation" until a period of normality returned to the financial markets. Cable &... [10 Nov 2008]
Who will win the LTE vs WiMax grudge match?
News Telecoms regulator Ofcom expects the auction process for this swathe of spectrum to begin next summer. LTE only has two, one for voice and one for everything else," Skeffington said. In... [23 Oct 2008]
UK lines up £1bn in outsourcing despite downturn
News India's fourth largest outsourcer has 10 deals worth between £20m and £100m on the table in the UK, claiming it is making headway in the retail, manufacturing and telecoms markets. Banking and financial... [20 Oct 2008]
Connaught cedes control of 6,500-strong mobile estate
News We realised we needed some advice about where [telecoms] was going and it's all well and good attending some sort of briefing or a strategy event but we wanted to be in contact with people who actually did this thing day... [16 Oct 2008]
Snooping database has to happen says gov't
News Telecoms operators are already required to store similar details of phone calls and text messages for an equivalent length of time. In a speech to the Institute for Public Policy Research Commission today, Home Secretary... [15 Oct 2008]
CIOs back call for common skills scheme
News The latest call for such a scheme has been put out by e-skills UK, the government licensed skills council for IT and telecoms. Neil Bath, group head of information services, Brewin Dolphin Securities... [13 Oct 2008]
C&W takes control of Thus
News Telco Cable & Wireless has announced it has taken effective control of Glasgow-based telecoms provider Thus, after its 180-pence-per-share offer for the company was declared... [02 Oct 2008]
Silent calls cost Barclaycard £50,000
News Barclaycard has been fined £50,000 by telecoms regulator Ofcom for making silent calls. Ofcom chief exec Ed Richards said that, had the watchdog been able, it would have handed down a... [29 Sep 2008]
Europe-wide wireless broadband on the way
News The European parliament has backed a package of telecoms measures designed to simplify the roll out of EU-wide services, such as wireless internet and mobile TV, using the spectrum previously taken up by... [24 Sep 2008]
Ofcom hatches plan to woo telcos to fibre
News Chinyelu Onwurah, head of telecoms technology at Ofcom, said: "These are very exciting times for the telecoms industry. Understanding the scope for competition based on access to... [23 Sep 2008]
Prisoners' phone bills too high says watchdog
News Prisoners in England, Scotland and Wales have been paying too much for their phone calls while in jail, according to telecoms watchdog Ofcom. The prospect of a contract renegotiation between the prison services and their... [23 Sep 2008]
Broadband Britain: UK needs wireless patchwork
News The report also called on Ofcom, the telecoms regulator, to accelerate the release of radio spectrum that could be used for mobile broadband, such as that due for release under an auction that is currently being held up... [12 Sep 2008]
C&W pays £30m for FMC
News Telecoms kit company Ericsson has inked a five-year, £30m contract with telco Cable & Wireless to supply and manage a GSM mobile network that will let C&W sell FMC (fixed mobile convergence) services. [12 Sep 2008]
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