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Government aid brings tech jobs to Yorkshire
News Secretary of State of the DTI, and former e-commerce minister, Patricia Hewitt claimed that such success stories showed that the Government was capable of working with the business community. The UK's struggling hi-tech job sector received a boost...
[September 5, 2001, 16:53]
Trigger-happy BT opposes calls for broadband subsidies
News Verwaayen also said that e-commerce minister Stephen Timms and his predecessors have done a "great job" in ensuring that the government is focused on broadband. Douglas Alexander, e-commerce minister at the time, took the advice on board, but it...
[September 16, 2002, 14:33]
Broadband guru: momentum must be maintained
News In an exclusive interview with ZDNet on Monday the E-commerce minister Stephen Timms restated the government position that public funds would not be used to subsidise broadband in rural areas. Although the UK was a late starter in broadband, new...
[June 25, 2002, 14:00]
Broadband have-nots to raise a political stink
News This announcement virtually coincided with a speech from e-commerce minister Stephen Timms that called for broadband availability for all communities by the end of 2005. People who are trapped on the wrong side of the broadband divide are going to...
[December 5, 2003, 16:15]
Government expands broadband plans
News Rolling out Fixed Wireless Access services is vital to achieving this goal," says e-commerce minister Patricia Hewitt in a statement. The government announces it is to extend the auction of fixed wireless Internet access in a bid to improve the...
[October 24, 2000, 7:00]
BT set to cut broadband prices
News Customers, ISPs and even e-commerce minister Douglas Alexander have all urged BT to drop its wholesale prices. BT's new chief executive Ben Verwaayen is planning a series of significant ADSL price cuts in the next few months, in an attempt to boost...
[February 4, 2002, 9:44]
UK set for public Wi-Fi boom
News These bold targets have led to some concern that BT is attempting to dominate the emerging Wi-Fi market, something that e-commerce minister Stephen Timms has said he would not be happy about. In launching its first public wireless LAN hot spots on...
[June 24, 2002, 17:34]
BT vows to keep cutting ADSL costs
News The e-commerce minister said last month that it was important for BT to do its bit to push broadband take-up, including cutting prices. BT has reassured frustrated customers that it is planning to make further cuts to the price of ADSL services in...
[October 10, 2001, 13:45]
US exports DMCA in trade treaty
News The agreement "breaks new ground in emerging areas like e-commerce," Singapore prime minister Goh Chok Tong said at the time. Congress is being asked to approve a trade agreement with Chile that would export a controversial US law: the Digital...
[July 16, 2003, 14:12]
Broadband price cuts likely to win Oftel approval
News Many ISPs have already promised to pass on BT's cost saving to customers, and the telco's announcement has been praised by the e-commerce minister, Douglas Alexander. It's still early days, but the indication from Oftel is that it is likely to...
[February 26, 2002, 17:51]
Government plans new broadband wireless auction
News Similar comments were made by e-commerce minister Douglas Alexander last summer when he kicked off the second 28GHz auction. The government is gearing up to sell off another part of the UK's radio spectrum in an attempt to boost the availability of...
[April 29, 2002, 14:06]
Broadband auction result could be an own goal
News The aim of the auction was to see the licences in the hands of the operators best able to take advantage of them, and in turn, to see consumers -- including those in areas currently without ADSL or cable -- benefit from fixed wireless broadband...
[June 23, 2003, 15:16]
Operator tries to block BT broadband price cuts
News BT has faced repeated criticism for not charging less for broadband from the likes of AOL and the e-commerce minister. Any moves by BT to cut the price of its wholesale broadband service will be fiercely opposed by other companies who claim it is...
[February 7, 2002, 11:03]
Northern broadband firm thrown a lifeline
News Seeing small telcos such as OMNE able to thrive in a difficult economic environment is yet more grounds for renewed optimism in the technology sector," said e-commerce minister Stephen Timms in a statement.
[February 3, 2003, 11:09]
Broadband threatened by road digging charges
News According to e-commerce minister Douglas Alexander, the Department of Trade and Industry -- the government department that is largely responsible for broadband -- is meeting regularly with the DTLR to discuss the lane rental pilot schemes, which...
[May 14, 2002, 9:54]
Easynet's trigger scheme aims to close broadband divide
News This includes the Regional Aggregation Boards (RABs) that were recently announced by e-commerce minister Stephen Timms. A broadband demand aggregation scheme launched by Easynet on Wednesday could help to bring high-speed Internet services to parts...
[September 17, 2003, 18:05]
BT, Lycos, EU and Vorderman vie for villainy crown
News They are the offices of the All Party Internet Group, former e-commerce minister Stephen Timms, communications regulator Ofcom, the not-for-profit European Internet organisation RIPE and David Blunkett, who has just resigned as Home Secretary...
[December 23, 2004, 13:00]
Local loop unbundling still stumbling along
News Former e-commerce minister Patricia Hewitt has spoken in the past of the importance of LLU as a way of creating "Broadband Britain". BT has failed to meet its previous commitments on local loop unbundling, but is blaming lack of interest from rival...
[July 27, 2001, 14:31]
Singapore signs up to US copyright law
News The agreement "breaks new ground in emerging areas like e-commerce," Singapore Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong said. On Tuesday, the US and Singapore signed a trade agreement that affirms both nations' commitment to punishing people who bypass copy...
[May 7, 2003, 11:43]
UK spammers set to avoid prosecution until 2005
News Beside regular discussions on the issue between the DTI and the information commissioner, such as the meeting between information Commissioner Richard Thomas and minister for e-commerce Stephen Timms last week, we are still consulting with key...
[April 16, 2004, 12:50]
