licences
RSS licencesFrance rules out bidding frenzy for 3G licences
News The French government has ruled out the option of auctioning its third-generation UMTS licences. The decision follows mounting pressure from the French telecoms regulator ART and national operators to choose an... [30 May 2000]
Verizon gets legal over wireless licences
News Verizon is to sue the US communications regulator in a bid to avoid paying for $16bn worth of radio spectrum licences. The US mobile phone operator claims it's losing $250,000 a day because the Federal Communications... [06 Feb 2002]
Microsoft backs down over government software licences
News Microsoft introduced changes to its licensing last year, aimed at moving customers away from buying software licences and toward a rental model. Microsoft has offered new software licensing terms to IT directors in the... [15 Jan 2002]
Ofcom streamlines business radio licences
News The business radio licences are used by companies from high street taxi firms to oil companies, utilities, transport businesses and supermarket chains, as well as the emergency services. The various different types of... [07 Jul 2006]
Telesystem brands UK 3G licences 'too expensive'
News Instead, the company will invest the money in countries yet to allocate UMTS licences, including France and Switzerland. The cost of British 3G licences was recently criticised by MIT guru Nicholas... [15 Nov 2000]
3G licences too expensive, says Commons Committee
News Fears that the excessive cost of 3G licences could be passed on to the consumer in higher mobile charges have been supported by a Parliamentary Report on the issue. This stunning conclusion was issued by the House of... [26 Apr 2002]
France Telecom misses the boat on wireless licences
News In total, 21 operators submitted bids to French telecoms watchdog ART, which is allocating two national licences and two regional licences in each of France's 22 regions. France Telecom has missed the... [02 Feb 2000]
Accountants not techies should control software licences
News Businesses are paying higher software costs and risk falling foul of the law by leaving the management and monitoring of licences in the hands of IT departments rather than accountants, according to a new survey. [04 Aug 2005]
Changes to Existing Licences Consultation Paper
White Paper UK Public Telecommunication Operator Licences to comply with the EC Licensing A separate public consultation will be carried out in respect of changes to non-PTO licences, although most of the policy... [25 Feb 2004]
French 3G licences to be decided on "beauty contest"
News The French government has decided on the "beauty contest" approach for allocating its third-generation UMTS (Universal Mobile Telecommunications System) licences. The government will award four licences... [06 Jun 2000]
O2 gets its 3G licences for free
News While it will still have the benefits of the 3G licences it bought during the costly auction processes it will not be saddled with the ensuing debts. BT has announced that is will demerge its O2 wireless arm on 19... [05 Sep 2001]
Cheat Sheet: Open source licences
Cheat Sheet Open source licences.much of a muchness? This means the OSI believes these licences fulfil its definition of open source and any software using them can call itself 'OSI Certified Open Source Software'. [20 Nov 2006]
A quarter of UK firms risk closure over software licences
News Research from the Institute of Directors (IoD) and Microsoft shows that many companies have been remiss when it comes to checking the terms of their licences, while other organisations are simply flouting the rules and... [20 Nov 2002]
Microsoft gives away free server software licences
News Microsoft has started doing the unthinkable - giving away free software licences to businesses. The free licences are available as of this month for 'cold' servers - servers that are only switched on... [07 Jun 2004]
Software licences driving IT managers to Linux
News Proprietary software vendors are driving IT managers towards the open-source community through their high prices and restrictive licences, according to attendees at this week's Cal-IT conference. A panel discussion on... [09 Nov 2004]
