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BT tops terrible customer service poll
News In a survey asking 5,000 Brits to vote for UK businesses with the worst customer service half of the top 10 are telecoms companies. Telecoms companies may tell us it's good to talk but... [30 Jun 2009]
Inbox: Brits ditching mobiles? Fat chance
Comment Utter rubbish"A quarter of Brits to ditch their mobile phones? This week: Brits ditching their mobiles, pilots bailing out on ID cards, smart metering and speed-limiting tech all topped the list for... [18 May 2009]
Brits spending record time online
News Brits are more comms obsessed than ever, according to Ofcom. Mobile broadband is also on the march, with Brits taking to data cards and dongles in droves. Ofcom cites various reasons why... [14 Aug 2008]
Brits still dissatisfied with broadband speeds
News Brits are still not satisfied with broadband speeds - and with good reason since actual line speeds are still on average 50 per cent less than the headline speeds advertised. Last month telecoms... [14 Jul 2008]
Brits living in fear of identity fraud
News More than three-quarters, 86 per cent, of almost 1,000 Brits polled in the Unisys Security Index are worried about the unauthorised access or misuse of their personal information. It comes on the back of a similar survey... [20 May 2008]
Brits want ASBOs for rude mobile users
News So much ire is being generated by mobile use that some Brits believe offending users should be slapped with ASBOs. UK telecoms regulator Ofcom has also given its approval to the tech. Music blaring out... [09 May 2008]
Wanted: Women must save IT industry
News Office insights… Workaholic Brits can't find the off switch Get flexible, keep staff - it works for the OFT Are remote workers hitting you where it hurts? Women hold the key to plugging a... [15 Apr 2008]
Broadband Britain cheaper and faster than ever
News CN, which is due to reach almost 10 million Brits by the end of 2008 provided it doesn't slip behind schedule, will give a boost to broadband services by enabling cheaper and more flexible offerings, said Point Topic. [01 Feb 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 09.11.07
Round-Up Anyway, being Brits such ostentatious displays of emotion in public are highly unlikely. Apple will sell the phone through its smattering of UK stores, those of its telecoms partner O2, and The Carphone... [09 Nov 2007]
Brits don't do VoIP or IPTV
News Only 0.4 per cent of UK consumers subscribe to either IPTV or VoIP, making Brits among the slowest to catch on to the new telecoms services when compared to other industrialised countries included in the... [30 Nov 2006]
Leader: An Ofcom thumbs-up to new media regulation
Leader Telecoms and media watchdog Ofcom has published research into consumer protection for Brits on the internet. The twist is that while an Ofcom is necessary to police media such as TV, radio and... [21 Jun 2006]
Square-eyed Brits win Europe's digital top spot
News But it's not innovative services and high-tech rollouts that have earned the UK the top spot - it's the Brits' love of telly. According to research from Informa Telecoms & Media, the UK scores the... [24 May 2006]
IT tops R&D spend
News The IT hardware, software and telecoms sectors spent a total of $102bn on R&D internationally in 2003 - more than any other one business area, according to the UK Department of Trade and Industry's annual 2004 R&D... [25 Oct 2004]
Ebusiness despatches: Jumping on the broadbandwagon
Comment The US leads the way, he tells us, and God forbid even the Germans have more DSL connections than us Brits (though he omits the 50 per cent or so of broadband connections in the UK that aren't DSL-based. [13 Feb 2002]
Re:Viewing 2001: Broadband - how an industry nearly unbundled itself
News Fox hunting may have been suspended but the old sport of incumbent telco bashing remains, like darts and snooker, a sport at which the Brits can still compete with the best of them. February: The 'local loop droop troop'... [21 Dec 2001]
