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RSS ICOICO fails to achieve $600m funding target
News ICO Global Communications last week said it has failed to raise $600m in financing from strategic investors only two weeks after being rebuffed by the wider investment community. Analysts are now saying that Iridium's... [16 Aug 1999]
ICO: Data theft laws must not be axed
News The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has said it is vital the government resists pressure to withdraw clause 76 as the bill passes through parliament. An ICO spokesman said: "We want to deter... [01 Apr 2008]
ICO: Data breach law moves closer
News But he cautioned against notification on every data breach, saying it was important the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) did not become swamped with "minor incidents". Smith also told silicon.com the... [03 Jul 2008]
ICO seeks strategic investors
News ICO Global Communications, the third largest mobile satellite services (MSS) provider, has said its rights offering to raise at least $500m by a 27 July deadline has failed. Setbacks affecting fellow MSS players Iridium... [02 Aug 1999]
ICO: Make 'reckless' data loss an offence
News The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has called for amendments to UK data-protection laws, including making "reckless" data breaches an offence. The powers of the ICO are limited. For the most... [31 Jan 2008]
CSC nets $130m ICO contract
News Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC) has won a $130m (£78m) contract to supply and run its Business Operations Support System (Boss) for ICO Global Communications. ICO also announced today that NEC and... [30 Jun 1998]
McCaw bails out ICO
News Cellular phone pioneer Craig McCaw has come to the rescue of troubled satellite telephony firm, ICO Global Communications. In August, ICO filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the US. Richard... [02 Nov 1999]
Give us the power to can spam, says ICO
News The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has said it needs more power and resources to deal with spammers. Speaking at today's Westminster eForum on spams and scams in London, David Evans, senior guidance and... [06 Sep 2005]
Spam: Government 'too busy' to deal with it, says ICO
News The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) said this week it lacks the power to fight spam because the government has not had time to discuss implementing effective powers. According to a senior member of the... [14 Sep 2005]
ICO: HMRC breach - where were the tech safeguards?
News In the wake of the largest-ever data breach to hit the UK, the Information Commissioner's Office has criticised the apparent lack of technological safeguards in government departments and called for "privacy-enhancing technologies" to be... [23 Nov 2007]
Satellite telephony fails to take off
Comment Mobile satellite services such as Iridium, Globalstar and ICO Global Communications haven't had too much to shout about in recent months, even though they've successfully been carrying out some of the most ambitious... [23 Jul 1999]
silicon.com victory in Full Disclosure data campaign
News The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) is asking that "knowingly or recklessly" breaching the Data Protection Act (DPA) could be made a criminal offence, as part of a series of amendments to the act. [31 Jan 2008]
Privacy concerns over Google Street View
News The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) told silicon.com sister site ZDNet.co.uk that it will be in touch with Google over concerns that people will be too easily recognisable, especially as the face-blurring... [09 Jul 2008]
Satellite communications firm makes lacklustre debut on Nasdaq
News Shares of satellite mobile phone company, ICO Global Communications, failed to perform as expected on their first day of trading on Nasdaq. However, Olof Lundberg, chief executive at ICO, took a more... [04 Aug 1998]
Leader: Data protection watchdog needs more bite
Leader Several cases this week have once again put the role of the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) into the spotlight, and raised the question of whether the UK's data protection watchdog is more toothless pussycat than... [13 Jan 2006]
