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RSS ofcom belowO2 considers high fibre rollout
News O2 is considering investing in its own fibre-to-the-home network but wants to wait until Ofcom changes telecommunications regulation before it makes an investment. Following BT's Tuesday announcement that it was to plough £1.5bn into a fibre-access... [17 Jul 2008]
BT plans £1.5bn fat pipe upgrade
News O is for Ofcom But the company has said comms industry regulator Ofcom needs to look at changing the regulatory environment in order to ensure a "fair rate of return" for companies looking to roll out the technology. [15 Jul 2008]
Law firm gets SaaSy with email security
Case Study O is for Ofcom Click on the links below to find out more. International law firm Ashurst LLP has turned to web-based email management to help drastically reduce spam and free up time for its tech team. [15 Jul 2008]
Brits still dissatisfied with broadband speeds
News O is for Ofcom Last month telecoms regulator Ofcom announced a voluntary code of practice for ISPs for speed, with guidelines including providing customers with an accurate estimate of the maximum speed their line is likely to achieve, and offering... [14 Jul 2008]
Taylor Woodrow heads for the cloud
Case Study O is for Ofcom Click on the links below to find out more. Taylor Woodrow has moved its 1,800 staff onto Google Apps for email and other services, estimating it will save £1m per year in the process. The construction division of Taylor Wimpey has... [10 Jul 2008]
WiMax - spreading to more UK businesses
News Rollouts of the mobile variant of WiMax are dependent on the results of an Ofcom spectrum auction due later this year. Click on the links below to find out more… On-Communications has said it has decided WiMax is the best technology for providing... [10 Jul 2008]
UK business lacking high fibre diet
News O is for Ofcom The CMA's report coincided with a speech given to Intellect, the UK's IT industry body, by Ofcom chief Ed Richards. Richards said: "Ofcom favours a regulatory environment for the next generation of networks and access that both... [07 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]
Skype touts biz credentials
News O is for Ofcom Click on the links below to find out more. Skype is touting its voice over IP (VoIP) technology for small businesses keen to work globally and keep costs down. According to Skype research, 30 per cent of its 309 million users use it... [02 Jul 2008]
WiMax Forum stamps 2.5G products with seal of approval
News However, mobile WiMax's chances in the UK are largely dependent on the results of an auction for the same spectrum, to be held by the telecommunications regulator Ofcom towards the end of this summer. [20 Jun 2008]
ISPs face fresh threat from file-sharing laws
News O is for Ofcom Click on the links below to find out more. But the Internet Service Providers' Association (ISPA) has hit back, warning the government that legislation could result "in cumbersome regulation". [18 Jun 2008]
Thin clients switch on digitally excluded
Case Study O is for Ofcom Click on the links below to find out more. A project to tackle digital exclusion in socially deprived regions of Merseyside has brought free plug-and-play internet access to hundreds of homes with children of school age. [17 Jun 2008]
Stolen music still big with MP3 generation
News O is for Ofcom Click on the links below to find out more. Young people are getting almost half of their music collection through illegal means. Record industry artist and publisher group, British Music Rights (BMR), claims the average 14- to 24... [16 Jun 2008]
Don't paper over cracks in the digital nation
Comment O is for Ofcom The same upbeat tone runs through the Ofcom report - the source of the story (covered here by silicon.com). Ofcom's take on the digital divide being a 'town vs country' affair glosses over the real cracks in the digital nation... [23 May 2008]
Nationwide WiMax in next two years?
News Another hurdle for mobile WiMax is spectrum allocation in the 2.5GHz band, something that will become possible through an Ofcom auction later this year. Click on the links below to find out more… Speaking at a roundtable discussion yesterday... [09 May 2008]
