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What the bloody-minded Brits can teach the IT world
Talkback Northern Ireland is not part of Britain, it's part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Britain just consists of England, Scotland and Wales. Paul, just a small point. Could you either forgive someone for their ignorance or...
[March 19, 2004, 8:05]
Mandelson's 'Digital Envoy' gets lukewarm reception
News Trade and Industry Secretary Peter Mandelson told the House of Commons that a Net czar will lead Britain in what he termed the "new industrial revolution". Mandelson, a self-confessed technophile, shared his vision of a new knowledge-based economy...
[November 26, 1998, 17:43]
BT rejects criticism, embraces broadband
News Network director of BT Paul Reynolds believes the rollout of ADSL to over 400 exchanges across the UK puts Britain at the forefront of the broadband revolution. What we are doing in the network, the scale and complexity of it, is unprecedented and...
[April 4, 2000, 15:55]
Government to raise awareness of cybercrime
News The government has promised to advise Britain's Internet industry on how to defend itself against the growing threat of cyber crime at a computer security conference next week. Patricia Hewitt, the government's e-minister, will outline the...
[April 6, 2000, 9:21]
Teachers give postitive response to 'cyber' budget
News Brown said: "Our target is a national network of 1000 computer learning centres, one for every community in Britain .a whole network of computer learning with one purpose only, that the whole of Britain is equipped for the information age.
[March 10, 1999, 15:44]
Government plans to bring free Internet access to poor
News The government is to invest £10m in a scheme to bring free Internet services to Britain's most deprived areas. Michael Wills, Minister for Learning and Technology emphasises the importance of this scheme to prevent a digital divide in Britain.
[April 18, 2000, 15:06]
UK plunges down list of top tech nations
News The country's drop in status will not be welcomed by the government, which plays up the UK's household Internet penetration, the use of e-commerce and the rapid spread of broadband as evidence that Britain is in high-tech's major leagues.
[June 23, 2003, 13:44]
Broadband auction result could be an own goal
News The UK government's confidence in the success of the 3.4GHz wireless auction is misplaced, according to some key players within Britain's technology sector. Intellect, a trade body that represents Britain's IT, telecoms and electronics industry...
[June 23, 2003, 15:16]
BBC may help fund UK fibre rollout
News The BBC could help the rollout of super-fast broadband access under the government's Digital Britain plan. The interim Digital Britain report, published earlier this month, paves the way for 2Mbps broadband for all UK households and considers the...
[March 12, 2009, 11:05]
Government 'getting closer' to key broadband goal
News Britain's days of lagging behind in the broadband stakes are over, according to e-commerce minister Stephen Timms. Robathan said that Britain was lagging "woefully" behind nations such as Japan and Germany in terms of the number of broadband...
[May 7, 2003, 13:48]
UK still lags in broadband extensiveness
News The UK government's target of making Broadband Britain a world leader has moved a little closer. However, Britain still languishes in 5th place when it comes to extensiveness. The government's aim is to make Britain "the most competitive and...
[May 21, 2003, 16:58]
Wireless broadband ISP in a box bridges gaps
News Wireless equipment vendor Alvarion believes it has the answer to closing Britain's broadband divide -- a wireless ISP in a box. Rob Mortimer, Alvarion's UK sales director, said he hoped it would "kick-start wireless broadband Britain.
[May 2, 2003, 13:06]
France to investigate US-British spy network
News France has launched an official investigation into the possibility that Britain and the US are co-operating in industrial espionage via the Echelon surveillance network, a public prosecutor said Wednesday.
[July 5, 2000, 10:48]
Making rural broadband happen - as easy as ABC?
News The challenge of bringing high-speed Web access to the whole of Britain will be taken up by a new organisation that is being set up by rural broadband pioneers and Internet campaigners. ABC is also meant to be a think tank for users as well as...
[April 29, 2003, 16:42]
UK woos overseas ISPs in push for a better Web
News An initiative launched this week to encourage foreign Internet service providers into Britain's high-speed network community could mean UK Web users getting improved email and browsing services. This gives the overseas ISP a physical presence in...
[November 21, 2003, 16:35]
BT trigger levels scupper community broadband
News Many of the community broadband schemes that have sprung up around Britain could be scuppered by BT's decision to set thousands more ADSL trigger levels. But some in the industry fear that community broadband activists may now find it much harder...
[November 25, 2003, 14:05]
Economic concerns as ISPs flee snooping bill
News A day after the e-envoy assured Britain that the RIP Bill would not have a negative impact on e-commerce in the UK, ClaraNet has announced plans to move services abroad to escape the proposed legislation.
[July 12, 2000, 14:26]
British public ignorant of broadband
News Despite government commitment to a broadband Britain, nearly three quarters of the population have never heard the term "broadband" and 30 percent of those that had thought it referred to radio, according to a survey from cable firm ntl.
[February 28, 2001, 15:26]
BT to call for broadband regulation changes
News BT is set to urge the UK government to relax the regulations that govern Britain's telecommunications market, in a move that the telco says would allow it to implement a major upgrade to its nationwide network.
[November 10, 2003, 16:15]
Company directors 'exposed' to computer crime
News Nearly a third of Britain's leading company directors remain unaware of the legal risk of computer crime, security firm Integralis revealed Monday. Integralis says that while businesses in Britain are regularly exposed to computer dangers such as...
[July 17, 2000, 16:10]
