telecoms and businesses
The Bloor Perspective: telecoms charges, dot-coms and their customers, and IBM-Novell rumours
Comment The firm seems to have chosen a fairly good spread of firms for study, ranging from the traditional retailer to the e-tailer, and covering businesses both large and small. Government bandwidth auctions and infrastructure costs are one factor. [21 Aug 2000]
Cable and Wireless buys Guernsey Telecom
News Cash-rich telco Cable and Wireless has added Guernsey Telecom to its portfolio of island telecoms businesses. Cable and Wireless sold off a number of assets during the telecoms boom to amass a cash mountain worth £4.7bn by September last year. [10 May 2002]
Ofcom - high-fibre diet ordered for Broadband Britain
News The regulations aim to do this by ensuring equal competition between communication providers and standardising telecoms products. The Ofcom review is expected to take about six months and will look at whether fibre can be laid within existing... [16 Apr 2008]
Oftel offers fair play on customer switching
News UK telecoms watchdog Oftel has been praised for a new industry-wide initiative aimed at ensuring fair play for consumers and businesses attempting to switch telecoms provider. Telecoms providers now have four weeks to review and comply with Oftel's... [19 Nov 2002]
The right way for SMEs to make calls
Comment Following in the footsteps of BT, telecoms vendor THUS is targeting freelancers, homeworkers and very small businesses with its Demon Voice over Broadband service. Stewart Baines offers some advice to buyers on the best way to identify and procure... [18 Jul 2006]
Telcos accused of keeping tariffs secret
News According to Ocean Solutions, which is setting up a telecoms price comparison service for businesses, more than 30 telcos have refused to supply tariff information, and have even threatened to sue the company if it tries to publish such details. [26 Oct 2000]
IP VPNs - networking for an interconnected world?
Comment Paul Devine, Frost and Sullivan Telecoms Group industry analyst, said: "When we say 35 per cent of large European corporations that do not currently use IP VPNs said they are likely to implement an IP VPN during the next 12 months, it gives some... [11 Dec 2001]
BT: EU must harmonise telecoms to save cash
News The paper, entitled Productivity, Growth and Jobs: How Telecoms Regulation Can Support European Businesses, suggests Europe's economy could benefit by up to €1,300bn over the next 20 years "with the development of seamless pan-European... [08 Apr 2008]
Broadband Britain: population 3 million
News Broadband take-up is running at record levels ahead of previous predictions, with three million households and small businesses now toting fat pipes, according to the latest figures from telecoms regulator Oftel. [10 Dec 2003]
C&W invests £50M in Ireland
News The telecoms equipment provider is making the move just as the Irish telecoms market approaches its December liberalisation. In Shannon, C&W will set up a Global Businesses division which will provide administration, back office and customer... [15 Sep 1998]
VoIP could shatter US telecoms
News VoIP will grow so fast that it will disrupt the US telecoms system and cause a fragmentation of supply and services according to a US analyst's report. Michael Kende, Analysys principal consultant, said: "It has the potential to shift market power... [22 Apr 2004]
C&W snatches Energis for £674m
News Francesco Caio, C&W's chief executive, said the takeover would help his firm offer next-generation telecoms services to businesses and compete better with BT. Cable & Wireless (C&W) has overcome a last-minute intervention from rival telecoms firm... [16 Aug 2005]
TMA chairman launches 'Access for All' DSL campaign
News Martin Hart, chairman of the TMA said: "Business and telecoms will become inseparable within the next few years and our businesses are being held back in the UK by failure to roll out the necessary Internet infrastructure. [01 Dec 1999]
Leader: Listen to SMEs
Leader Next contributor Stewart Baines demystified the numerous telecoms options for small businesses - from hosted services to VoIP to even going 'all mobile'. One thing most SMEs have in common is a lack of dedicated IT and telecoms staff so we looked... [20 Jul 2006]
Fibre connectivity set to change, says EC
News Ducatel also discussed the Commission's continuing desire to create an overarching European telecoms authority with teeth, arguing it would benefit businesses that operate across the continent. Ducatel said: "We are on the cusp of a major change in... [28 Feb 2008]
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