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The Weekly Round-Up: 25.09.09
Round-Up Minister for Digital Britain Stephen Timms said the government is committed to passing its law to charge landline owners a £6 per year tax to pay for rollout of next-gen broadband in the UK. This week... [25 Sep 2009]
Digital Britain fibre tax 'to be law before next general election'
News Stephen Timms, Minister for Digital Britain and financial secretary to the Treasury, said the government is committed to making its £6 per year tax on landlines law to pay for rolling out next-gen... [23 Sep 2009]
Digital Britain: Treasury's Timms set to be next broadband ambassador?
News Junior minister Stephen Timms is set to assume responsibility for implementing the Digital Britain plan, according to a report in The Guardian. Timms, currently financial secretary to... [04 Aug 2009]
Does superfast broadband Britain stink of sewage?
News The UK's competitiveness minister, Stephen Timms, has said ultra fast broadband is going to be a key technology to drive future growth of the economy. Not a plague of rabid rats but superfast broadband. [23 Jan 2008]
Fire service IT project delayed and £70m over budget
News Speaking at the time Stephen Timms, minister for competitiveness and former chief secretary to the Treasury, spoke of a commitment to reduce overspend on IT projects. An IT system to underpin England's... [07 Jan 2008]
Broadband summit: Speed is the key
News Ultra fast broadband is going to be a key technology to drive future growth of the UK economy, the competitiveness minister, Stephen Timms, has said. Timms was speaking after chairing a... [27 Nov 2007]
Computer games 'can help plug IT skills gap'
News Young people need to become more enthused about science subjects and the possibilities of a career in IT to make the UK more competitive in the future, according to Stephen Timms, minister for... [22 Oct 2007]
Ofcom consults on next generation access
News The Broadband Stakeholder Group, an industry lobbying association, recently stated it wants to see an NGA rollout begin within the next two years, and government minister Stephen Timms also weighed into... [27 Sep 2007]
UK minister dreaming of a high fibre diet
News Stephen Timms, minister for competitiveness and formerly the UK's ecommerce minister, has made a speech in which he warned of the danger of falling behind other countries in broadband speeds.... [19 Sep 2007]
Treasury: Gov IT projects' overspend must end
News Stephen Timms, chief secretary to the Treasury and the former minister for ecommerce, said: "It's absolutely essential we manage public spending. But one central government chief information officer had... [15 May 2007]
Job applicants to face ID card checks
News DWP minister Stephen Timms said in a parliamentary written answer: "Detailed work is being undertaken on how the department will make use of checking the biometric identities of individuals. Some of the... [26 Sep 2005]
Agenda Setters 2005: Where are they now... David Blunkett
News His day job will bring him into contact with Stephen Timms, the former e-minister but such meetings will likely be the closest Blunkett gets to a brush with technology - and thus we feel fairly certain... [14 Sep 2005]
UK spam scandal update: Deeper and messier than feared
News The DTI has now confirmed to silicon.com that it could only find six responses, despite the fact former ecommerce minister Stephen Timms cited a great deal more interest in maintaining the rights of... [06 Jul 2005]
Leader: Spam laws shame the UK
Leader What value the former DTI minister Stephen Timms saw in consulting with these people when their response was so predictable is beyond us. This week silicon.com revealed the results of a Freedom of... [03 Jun 2005]
Election '05: MPs' tech promises fall on deaf ears
News It seems that the UK public isn't holding its breath and part of the problem is that even those politicians who have tried to address tech issues have often only succeeded in making matters worse, such as the ill-fated anti-spam... [25 Apr 2005]
