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Cheat Sheet: BT's £1.5bn fibre plans
Cheat Sheet Where BT has to do a lot of work digging up the road and so on, the cost goes up and the likelihood of getting fibre to the premises goes down. BT charge whatever it likes for fibre after Ofcom said it won't impose any... [14 Jul 2009]
In the Mix for Microsoft? IE 8 and Silverlight to headline
News Microsoft is also expected to offer new details on its Windows Azure road map. Microsoft has yet to detail what it will charge for the service, although pricing is not expected to be among the details... [18 Mar 2009]
Manchester rejects high-tech transport plans
News The Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Authority (GMPTA) was planning to use a £1.5bn grant from the Department for Transport's Innovation Fund (TIF) to implement road pricing, as well as a travel... [15 Dec 2008]
Microsoft readies online apps for business
News Microsoft announced its road map and pricing for web-based software suites built for big companies and growing businesses. Enabling telecommuting, which many employers and workers increasingly favour, is... [09 Jul 2008]
Budget 2008: Tech companies fight for contract windfall
News Intellect, the trade association for the UK technology industry, said it would lobby for strong technology representation on an advisory committee for SME access to public sector contracts but questioned why technology was omitted from... [12 Mar 2008]
How Norwich Union computes pay-as-you-drive
Case Study The UK government is fascinated as it eyes plans for a PAYD system to replace standard road tax discs. Tony Lovick, pricing actuary at NU, said a trial, using GPS-based IVUs (in-vehicle units) provided... [27 Nov 2007]
Mac faithful up in arms about iPhone price cut
News Jobs wrote: "Even though we are making the right decision to lower the price of iPhone, and even though the technology road is bumpy, we need to do a better job taking care of our early iPhone customers as we... [07 Sep 2007]
Motorists hit back on road pricing
News Since silicon.com columnist Peter Cochrane discussed how motorists might try and beat road pricing plans in a recent blog, our virtual postbag has been brimming over with readers' responses. As Cochrane... [18 Jun 2007]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: How we'll beat road pricing
Comment How many people would have to do this to cripple the entire national road pricing system? Road pricing of up to $3 per mile at peak times - yes $3 per mile per car!... [12 Jun 2007]
Road-pricing satellites get European thumbs up
News The UK government has made significant investment into Galileo and hopes to use it to develop a satellite tracking road charging scheme, which has divided public opinion. EU citizens are backing the European Galileo... [06 Jun 2007]
UK pay-as-you-drive fuelled by local plan
News The government is pushing ahead with plans to introduce pay-as-you-drive road-pricing across the country, after announcing a draft bill to overhaul the UK's transport system. Under the Local Transport... [23 May 2007]
Road-pricing satellites need more cash
News One likely application of the Galileo system is government road-pricing An ambitious European satellite network will need more public money if it is to get off the ground on time. The European Commission... [18 May 2007]
Leader: Let's not rush into road charging
Leader Before rushing headlong into the implementation of road-pricing technology, politicians need to act on the wider issues of transport policy, and not simply crack down on motorists without giving them an... [01 Dec 2006]
Pay-per-mile road charging 'will raise £28bn'
News Eddington said congestion-targeted road-pricing could be worth up to £28bn to the UK economy by 2025 and should be a question of "how, not if", although he admitted it is not feasible in the short-term. [01 Dec 2006]
More cash for road-pricing satellites
News Likely applications for Galileo once it is operational will include road pricing across the UK, from around 2014. The government is spending another €31m on the European Space Agency's development of the... [25 Aug 2006]
