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O2 considers high fibre rollout
News Following BT's Tuesday announcement that it was to plough £1.5bn into a fibre-access rollout to 10 million homes, an O2 spokesperson told silicon.com sister site ZDNet.co.uk that O2 was "not going to move" until Ofcom changed the rules to ensure a... [17 Jul 2008]
BT plans £1.5bn fat pipe upgrade
News But the company has said comms industry regulator Ofcom needs to look at changing the regulatory environment in order to ensure a "fair rate of return" for companies looking to roll out the technology. [15 Jul 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 07.12.07
Round-Up The latest revelation from the HMRC CD-gate scandal: a strapping cash reward for the safe and timely return of two CDs containing 25 million personal records. Actually, another friend of the Round-Up had a strange hands-on job with turbot that... [07 Dec 2007]
Editor's blog: What your identity is worth
Comment And this week the HMRC is offering a reward of "up to £20,000" for information that leads to their safe return. I always thought the cliche 'like looking for a needle in a haystack' was in need of a 21st century makeover. [05 Dec 2007]
£20,000 reward for missing Revenue discs
News In addition to the police appeal, HMRC is now offering a reward of "up to £20,000" for information leading to the safe return of the CDs - despite the fact acting Liberal Democrat leader Vince Cable last week claimed the data on the discs could be... [05 Dec 2007]
Paymaster saves £300k with mainframe move
Case Study Tigwell added the return on investment happened within around eight and a half months of implementing the modernisied banking systems. Financial services provider Paymaster has saved money and speeded up its operations by modernising its core... [08 May 2007]
Bertelsmann eyes a 'MySpace' for silver surfers
News German media group Bertelsmann plans a return to the internet and is looking at transforming its Direct Group of book, CD and DVD clubs into an internet networking scene for older people. The company believes that Direct Group can turn its aging... [04 Apr 2006]
Update: Vodafone sells Japanese arm for £8.9bn
News In return for its 97 per cent stake in Japan's third biggest operator, Vodafone KK, Vodafone will receive some £6.8bn in cash, of which £6bn will be distributed to shareholders. Vodafone has completed the sale of its Japanese arm to local internet... [17 Mar 2006]
The 11 companies that run 80 per cent of government IT
News But he added: "It's easier to make a commercial return from the commercial sector than from the public sector. It is all part of an attempt to reduce the dominance of a small number of large companies. [27 Oct 2005]
Leader: Google IPO a sign of things to come
Leader Now no one is suggesting a return to the crazy highs of the tech boom in the 1990s but, and be careful to whisper it now, things seem to be finally looking up again for tech. Google has finally started the IPO ball rolling. [24 Oct 2003]
Chips with everything at Wal-Mart
News Wal-Mart representatives did not return calls for comment. Inventory management technology that uses wireless signals to track products from the factory to store shelves is set to win a major new ally next week: Wal-Mart. [06 Jun 2003]
Yahoo sits on $2bn hoard
News Even if the money were invested in cash, it could produce a significant return over the period of the loan. At times we made acquisitions, at times we bought back our own stock, (and) at other times we looked to properly manage the money to receive... [11 Apr 2003]
Server leaders wrestle for Unix crown
News We're not out of the woods yet, but we're starting to see traditional seasonality return," Turner said. Hewlett-Packard and IBM tied for first place in the hotly contested Unix server market in the fourth quarter of 2002, pushing aside Unix... [03 Mar 2003]
Vodafone stumps up £2.5bn for BT's Cegetel stake
News The price represents a return of around two and a half times our total investment in Cegetel. BT today announced that it has agreed to sell its 26 per cent stake in French fixed line operator Cegetel to Vodafone for £2.5bn in cash. [16 Oct 2002]
Dot-com class of '99 burned $15bn
News The full recklessness of the companies which fuelled the dot-com boom has been revealed by research which shows that one in five dot-com ventures launched in the late 90s went out of business before their first stage backers saw any return on... [20 Sep 2002]
