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Brits spending record time online
News The telecoms regulator has released its fifth annual communications market report, which shows people in the UK are spending more time than ever consuming a variety of comms and media services. Yet use of mobile phones, PC ownership, home access to... [14 Aug 2008]
£68m 'snooping' database: Little impact on serious crime
News As of last September telecoms providers must keep all text and phone call records between six months and two years under an EU directive, and this is to be rolled out to include all online traffic by 2009 at the latest. [13 Aug 2008]
European satellite services are green for launch
News Mobile satellite services have the tremendous advantage of being able to cover most of the EU's territory thereby reaching millions of EU citizens across borders," said Viviane Reding, the telecoms commissioners, in a statement. [11 Aug 2008]
C&W inks £8m deal to hook up Réunion Island
News Telco Cable & Wireless (C&W) has inked an £8m, 15-year contract with telecoms operator Outremer Telecom for a high speed network to Réunion Island - a small French territory off the coast of Madagascar - providing faster access to internet, mobile... [14 Jul 2008]
Ofcom: Mobile broadband driving interest in fibre
News The rapid take-up of mobile broadband could help spur the arrival of super-fast fibre broadband networks in the UK, says telecoms regulator Ofcom, which has set out plans for a pro-investment regulatory framework that will guarantee operators who... [04 Jul 2008]
3.5G laptops to overwhelm mobile networks?
News Meanwhile, a survey of more than 350 telecom industry professionals, conducted by Tellabs and research company IDC, has found just over half of telecoms workers believe increasing bandwidth demands will eventually 'break' the internet, with many... [20 Jun 2008]
Critics attack gov't email, phone database plan
News As of last September telecoms providers must keep all text and phone call records for up to two years under an EU directive, and this is to be rolled out to include all online traffic by 2009 at the latest. [20 May 2008]
Who's on the wrong side of the UK digital divide?
News But the latest statistics from telecoms regulator Ofcom paint a picture of a growing digital divide based on the much less idealistic lines of income and ethnicity. It's several years since former Prime Minister Tony Blair pledged to have achieved... [07 Apr 2008]
Fibre connectivity set to change, says EC
News Ducatel said: "We are on the cusp of a major change in the telecoms sector, and are moving towards a communications system which will provide always-on connectivity at high speed. Ducatel also discussed the Commission's continuing desire to create... [28 Feb 2008]
Nokia cosies up to customers with Apertio buy
News Market entrants from the internet world that are used to using real-time profiling are starting to play in the telecoms space and operators need to enable a personalised experience. Nokia Siemens Networks is to buy Apertio - a UK data platform and... [03 Jan 2008]
Ofcom plots digital dividend free-for-all
News Telecoms regulator Ofcom has released details of its plans for awarding the spectrum that will be freed up by the switch to digital TV in 2012. Mark Heath, director of research at telecoms consultancy Sound Partners Research, told silicon.com... [14 Dec 2007]
Broadband summit: Speed is the key
News Companies including BT - which has invested billions in overhauling its core network to an all-IP network known as the 21CN - and Virgin Media, which has announced plans to roll out an up to 50Mbps broadband service by the end of next year, joined... [27 Nov 2007]
Will digital switchover boost wireless broadband?
News Allan's views echoed those of the European Commission's telecoms commissioner, Viviane Reding. In June, Reding reiterated her support for wireless broadband benefiting from the switchover, calling it a "once-in-a-generation opportunity" for those... [19 Oct 2007]
McDonald's: 'Do you want free wi-fi with that?'
News McDonald's already has a relationship with BT Openzone, and retains the carrier as a telecoms partner, but has also signed up The Cloud as a hotspot access provider. Fast food chain McDonald's is about to roll out a free wi-fi service across its 1... [06 Oct 2007]
Skype swats "massive" outage bug
News You still broadly get what you pay for in telecoms and there is a compromise users must accept in these relatively early days of VoIP-based voice services, especially with the free on-net services. Skype has fixed a software bug that made the... [20 Aug 2007]
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