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Mobiles: Ofcom wants your views
News Telecoms regulator Ofcom has launched a consultation aimed at exploring how the mobile industry is serving UK citizens and consumers. Writing on the blog, David Stewart of Ofcom, said: "We hope it can help inform people about the assessment [of the... [29 Aug 2008]
Tech spend to top $3.4tr
News Services, not products, now dominate spending, with IT and telecoms services making up 70 per cent of IT budgets, and telecoms alone accounting for almost $2tr of that. Gartner VP Jim Tully said in the report: "The US-led economic downturn shows no... [19 Aug 2008]
O2 snaffles HomeServe mobile contract
News O2 claimed "excellent" network coverage was a significant factor in the company's selection - despite only recently meeting its 3G coverage licence obligation, a situation which had led to a threat from telecoms regulator Ofcom to shave months off... [18 Aug 2008]
Brits spending record time online
News The telecoms regulator has released its fifth annual communications market report, which shows people in the UK are spending more time than ever consuming a variety of comms and media services. Broadband penetration also grew in the last year... [14 Aug 2008]
£68m 'snooping' database: Little impact on serious crime
News As of last September telecoms providers must keep all text and phone call records between six months and two years under an EU directive, and this is to be rolled out to include all online traffic by 2009 at the latest. [13 Aug 2008]
European satellite services are green for launch
News Mobile satellite services have the tremendous advantage of being able to cover most of the EU's territory thereby reaching millions of EU citizens across borders," said Viviane Reding, the telecoms commissioners, in a statement. [11 Aug 2008]
Wireless broadband to be cellular feast
News Telecoms analyst Analysys Mason predicts there will be a total of 2.1 billion wireless broadband customers globally generating $784bn in service revenue by 2015 - an increase of some 2,400 per cent. This increase will be down to GSM operators... [05 Aug 2008]
Orange beefs up 3G network for Northerners
News This compares favourably to rival O2, which earlier this year was threatened with having its licence term reduced by telecoms regulator Ofcom for falling short of network coverage obligations. It said the improvements will bring faster 3G data... [04 Aug 2008]
EC shies away from data-roaming regulation
News Speaking at the same event, independent telecoms consultant Ewan Sutherland said the concept of a megabyte was "meaningless" to users in any case, because data overheads would mean that even those who are aware of such technical terms would be... [22 Jul 2008]
SMS roaming cuts 'could stifle competition'
News Mobile operator industry body, the GSMA, has poured cold water on plans by European Commission (EC) telecoms commissioner, Viviane Reding, to create a single market for mobile text services in Europe and cap the cost of sending an SMS for EU... [16 Jul 2008]
EC to outline slash in roaming rate
News EU telecoms commissioner Viviane Reding will outline plans today that include extending price caps on roamed voice calls for another three years, the source added. National telecoms watchdogs in the EU say the average retail price of sending a text... [15 Jul 2008]
Brits still dissatisfied with broadband speeds
News Last month telecoms regulator Ofcom announced a voluntary code of practice for ISPs for speed, with guidelines including providing customers with an accurate estimate of the maximum speed their line is likely to achieve, and offering to move them... [14 Jul 2008]
C&W inks £8m deal to hook up Réunion Island
News Telco Cable & Wireless (C&W) has inked an £8m, 15-year contract with telecoms operator Outremer Telecom for a high speed network to Réunion Island - a small French territory off the coast of Madagascar - providing faster access to internet, mobile... [14 Jul 2008]
EU law to end file-sharers time online?
News The 'telecoms package', which on Monday gained approval by the Committee on Internal Market and Consumer Protection (IMCO), has sparked concern over its support for greater collaboration between ISPs and the content industry - an association that... [09 Jul 2008]
Ofcom: Mobile broadband driving interest in fibre
News The rapid take-up of mobile broadband could help spur the arrival of super-fast fibre broadband networks in the UK, says telecoms regulator Ofcom, which has set out plans for a pro-investment regulatory framework that will guarantee operators who... [04 Jul 2008]
