over-regulation
RSS over-regulationUK officials going snoop crazy
News Public bodies made 519,260 requests to phone and internet service providers under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act, according to a report by the interception of communications commissioner Sir Paul Kennedy. [23 Jul 2008]
Photos: Waging war on the web's bad guys
Photo Commenting on the level of security in different industry sectors Jim Hart, manager with Symantec managed security services, said security is usually tightest within the financial sector, due mainly to the amount of regulation the sector faces. [21 Jul 2008]
Mitigation of DoS Attacks Through QoS Regulation
White Paper The prototype provides an efficient way to keep track of server and network resources at the network layer and allows aggregate resource regulation. As more and more critical services are provided over the Internet, the risk to these services from... [18 Jul 2008]
Location-based services mean business
News As GSM handsets with built-in GPS receivers become more widely available, ABI expects Asia-Pacific and Europe to catch up with the US - which has been leading the charge for location services as its emergency calling regulation has resulted in... [17 Jul 2008]
SMS roaming cuts 'could stifle competition'
News But the GSMA says the cost of sending a text is already coming down - and warned regulation could stifle competition. Earlier this year, Reding warned the industry it had until 1 July to make credible, voluntary price cuts in this area - and to cut... [16 Jul 2008]
EC to outline slash in roaming rate
News Mobile-phone industry officials said the price of roamed data and texts was falling fast, while the voice-roaming regulation introduced last year "has given consumers little benefit and stifled market growth". [15 Jul 2008]
Brits still dissatisfied with broadband speeds
News The regulator warned it would be conducting mystery shopping exercises and said if the voluntary system does not work it will consider introducing regulation. Well over half (58 per cent) of respondents said it is one of the most important factors... [14 Jul 2008]
Leading Fund Manager Creates Real-Time Liquid Computing Environment
White Paper The challenge was to get a fast and flexible development environment to support increased levels of internal and external regulation. As the UK and European fund management division of Prudential - a leading life and pensions provider-M&G offers a... [09 Jul 2008]
UK business lacking high fibre diet
News Back in April last year, we warned there was a limited window of opportunity over the next 12-24 months to develop and implement a concerted and innovative approach to regulation and policy-making that would lead to a market-led transition to next... [07 Jul 2008]
Editor's Blog: The naked truth about DSL
Comment Telecoms watchdog Ofcom's view on this part of the market - from its statement on the regulation of VoIP from last year - is that industry is best placed to agree requirements for the provision of any such product. [03 Jul 2008]
SMS roaming rates: Expect EC to force cuts
News Angela Stainthorpe, research analyst and author of the report Global Mobile Roaming: Operator Strategies and Market Trends, said in a statement: "Considering the impetus behind the voice legislation introduced last year, SMS roaming is without... [02 Jul 2008]
Mobile operators warn over termination rate cuts
News However, a spokesman for mobile operator association, the GSMA, said rates have already been reduced by around 40 per cent over the past four years, as a result of national regulation, so it does not see a need for the commission to get involved. [30 Jun 2008]
CIOs not taking security breaches seriously
News Corporate breaches and data privacy regulation were ranked sixth in the top 10 concerns by internal audit execs and ninth by CIOs. Other top concerns for CIOs over the next 12 months are major business programmes, business continuity and disaster... [27 Jun 2008]
Mobile banking set to boom
News However the analyst warned strict financial industry legislation may hold back market growth as it said designing and implementing alternative MFS payment schemes which adhere to financial services regulation can be costly in time and money. [18 Jun 2008]
Mobile internet use 'rocketing in Europe'
News Earlier this year, the European Commission's information society and media commissioner, Viviane Reding, called for "a credible but also doable price reduction by the whole industry on a voluntary basis before 1 July" - or threatened to introduce... [11 Jun 2008]
