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Silent calls cost Barclaycard £50,000
News Barclaycard has been fined £50,000 by telecoms regulator Ofcom for making silent calls. The fine, the maximum penalty Ofcom can hand down for breaching rules on silent and abandoned... [29 Sep 2008]
BBC takes wraps off iPlayer 2.0
News And it seems calls for the BBC to pay for extra bandwidth used by iPlayer have abated. Huggers said: "All that has literally gone silent. The BBC's iPlayer on-demand TV service has undergone a major... [25 Jun 2008]
Emirates rings up first in-flight mobile call
News Passengers then receive a free text from AeroMobile telling them to switch their mobiles to 'silent' mode out of courtesy to their fellow passengers. Calls can be made and received while the plane is at... [25 Mar 2008]
In-flight texts to take off in the US?
News A spokeswoman for JetBlue told silicon.com in-flight text messaging could happen in the near future and said if the company allows mobiles on its flights then they will only be used as "silent options" - meaning... [25 Apr 2007]
Carphone Warehouse slapped over nuisance calls
News The Carphone Warehouse has been fined £35,000 by Ofcom for making excessive silent calls during a three month period last year. Carphone Warehouse is one of four companies to be rapped by the telecoms... [31 Jan 2007]
Is Spit set to soar?
News Telephony spam could soon comprise more than half of all phone calls, the company said, potentially causing worker productivity to plummet. Juergen Quittek, senior manager at NEC Network Labs, said: "Now the telephony... [29 Jan 2007]
Leader: In-flight connectivity is here stay
Leader So it's interesting to note Emirates' approach here - offering in-flight calls at prices "comparable" to roaming rates. The flight crew can switch off the talk functionality on night flights and will tell passengers to... [09 Nov 2006]
Emirates joins in-flight mobile gang
News Only a small number of passengers will be able to use the system at once - just five calls can be handled at a time, routed via a picocell on the aircraft to a satellite and then onto ground-based mobile networks. [09 Nov 2006]
First mobile-friendly planes to take off in 2007
News UK airline BMI will begin trials of satellite-based technology next year that will allow passengers to make in-flight mobile calls and send text messages on board its aircraft. OnAir has just signed a deal with Monaco... [22 Jun 2006]
One million act to block nuisance calls
News It's clear that our customers are telling us that they don't want silent calls and some of them don't want to receive unsolicited marketing calls. One million households have hung up on... [19 Aug 2005]
£250,000 fines for internet dialler rogues
News The proposed increase is part of the drive to tackle nuisance calls, and Ofcom has announced that it is investigating seven companies who made nuisance calls, usually silent or short... [29 Jun 2005]
Yale women hit out at gender slur
News Levin has been silent on the issue since Summers delivered his comments last month at a conference on diversity in science. The petition calls for Levin to not only criticise Summers, but to improve... [23 Feb 2005]
'Block our phones now' say UK mobile users
News Importantly the French plans still make it possible for users to make outgoing calls to emergency services numbers, but all other calls and messaging - incoming and outgoing - will be blocked after... [18 Oct 2004]
Aussie PM Howard accused of spamming... again
News According to the Herald some voters claim Howard appears to have got hold of their number even though they have a 'silent number' - similar to ex-directory in the UK. Other keen-eyed recipients using caller ID have... [07 Oct 2004]
Red Hat boss calls for 'caring, sharing' business world
News Szulik made only passing references to his company's products and was completely silent on its recent financial bruising. It's time for the US to begin an era of economic sharing that will reduce resentment of the... [04 Aug 2004]
