telecoms internet access
French green-light radical overhaul of internet and telecoms
News What the French term 'cultural industries' - including everything from the music and film world, telecoms operators, access providers, online shopping services, direct marketing professionals, consumers' associations, web users' associations... [13 Jan 2004]
Experts applaud Oftel's tough line with BT
News Leading figures and commentators claim the telecoms watchdog's move could lead to significantly cheaper Internet access for consumers. On Friday Oftel ruled BT must offer an unmetered wholesale Internet tariff to other telecoms providers and ISPs... [31 May 2000]
Oftel report to resolve Friaco fiasco
News Long-time campaigner for unmetered internet access Erol Ziya, founder of the Campaign for Unmetered Telecoms (CUT), said a full version of Friaco would radically change whether ISPs could offer free internet access or not. [10 Aug 2000]
AltaVista's free Net offering: all that glisters...
Comment The telecoms industry is suddenly scrambling to give UK consumers low-cost Internet access. Cable company NTL has the advantage of an existing telecoms infrastructure, and a definitive date for its service - both lacking in the AltaVista offer. [07 Mar 2000]
BT told to cut internet prices
News Telecoms regulator Oftel has ordered BT's wholesale division to cut the cost of unmetered internet access by 8.5 per cent. Unmetered internet access is provided via quite a complex connection of business relationships, which sees BT providing... [18 Jul 2002]
BT changes policy and launches free ISP
News Some observers are claiming the news marks a complete change of policy for the British telecoms giant. BT's complaints against Dixons and Tesco have led to telecoms regulator Oftel committing itself to a full scale enquiry into the growing number... [09 Feb 1999]
This time in '99: BT changes policy and launches free ISP
News Some observers are claiming the news marks a complete change of policy for the British telecoms giant. BT's complaints against Dixons and Tesco have led to telecoms regulator, Oftel, committing itself to a full scale enquiry into the growing number... [08 Feb 2000]
Wireless LAN on platform 802.11b
News It then sells access to large telecoms companies, who resell the offering onto their corporate client base. The company then strikes revenue share deals with property owners and telecoms operators. Wireless LAN specialist Megabeam is to launch... [15 Jul 2002]
Denmark tops tech-savvy list
News IDC rates each country on a total of 15 variables in four areas: computers, internet, telecoms and social. UK came in highest (eighth place) for computer and social factors, 12th for internet and 22nd for telecoms. [02 Nov 2004]
ISPs huff and puff - but BT could blow their house down
Comment The Internet Service Providers Association (ISPA) has said it is considering calling on telecoms watchdog Oftel to block the launch of the service. In the long-term, it's not in BT's interest to drive ISPs out of business," said David Brown... [26 Jun 1998]
NTL boss calls for single communications regulator
News SILICON SAYS: We are seeing companies which previously would have no connection with telecoms services delivering internet access. However, in an earlier interview with silicon.com, David Edmonds, director general for UK telecoms watchdog Oftel... [24 Oct 2000]
German surfers say auf wiedersehen, Net
News The German strike follows recent upheavals in Spain, when Telefonica, the telecoms giant which dominates Spanish telecoms, had to reduce prices in Internet access due to protests. The aim of the strike is to put pressure on Deutsche Telekom, which... [03 Nov 1998]
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]
BT faces more flak for overpriced ADSL trials
News BT and the UK's telecoms regulator, Oftel are facing a barrage of criticism over the way high-speed ADSL (Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line) services are being rolled out. However, David Harrington, director general of the Telecoms Managers... [01 Nov 1999]
BT Internet service under threat
News An Oftel spokesman said the telecoms watchdog had not yet received a letter of complaint from ISPA, but added: "We do expect to be talking to them and a lot of other people about this. However, David Brown, chairman of telecoms consultancy, Schema... [26 Jun 1998]
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