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BT faces EC wrath over local-loop unbundling
News BT could face intervention from the European Commission if an inquiry into local-loop unbundling (LLU) concludes that the telco has attempted to hamper the efforts of other telecoms companies to provide ADSL services.
[September 18, 2001, 16:54]
BT poaches C&W exec to drive openreach
News BT has lured a senior executive from rival Cable & Wireless to help run openreach, the new access division that is meant to bring fair competition to the UK telecoms sector. This is a new start for the UK telecoms market and, if we get it right, it...
[September 27, 2005, 16:25]
Broadband boom boosts BT's profits
News In the three months to 31 December, 2005, the telecoms giant achieved an profit before various deductions of £1.38bn, a slight drop on the £1.4bn it brought in during the same quarter in 2004. But this was this was more than counterbalanced by...
[February 9, 2006, 13:40]
Shareholders give thumbs-up to BT wireless spin-off
News Despite protests from the Communications Workers Union and telecoms union Connect, investors backed the plan, which will see mmO2 -- formerly known as BT Wireless -- demerged on 19 November. Click on the TalkBack button and go to the Telecoms forum.
[October 23, 2001, 16:26]
ZDNet.co.uk - The Tabloid You Can Trust
Blog For many, a symbol for the single market for telecoms is the creation of the new European Telecom Market Authority which will be an integral part of the reform package. Some like this proposal and already applaud the creation of a 'European FCC...
[October 15, 2007, 12:39]
Markets stumble over weak tech shares
News And as on Tuesday, the slide downward was led by volatile technology, media and telecoms (TMT) shares. Corporate features included results from telecoms group Thus (quote: THUS), showing a pre-tax loss of £63.1m after a £43.5m charge.
[May 3, 2000, 10:23]
EC approves localised broadband deregulation
News The proposals were made last November by Ofcom, the UK telecoms regulator, in light of the perceived success of broadband regulation in much of the country, which claimed regulation was no longer necessary.
[February 18, 2008, 9:08]
More 3G sales lined up for this year
News Croatia, Taiwan and the Czech Republic have all announced plans for selling off 3G licences this week, while Australia's 3G plans remain in doubt due to turmoil in the local telecoms market. Click on the TalkBack button and go to the Telecoms forum.
[February 16, 2001, 14:28]
UK hits critical broadband target
News Local loop unbundling (LLU) is a process whereby telecoms operators other than BT provide voice and data services to homes and businesses using BT's infrastructure. Peter Black, the telecoms adjudicator appointed to keep an eye on Openreach's...
[February 5, 2007, 12:22]
3G delays will cost firms millions
News Erickson was speaking at IDC's European Telecoms Forum in Rome where the general mood about 3G is far more optimistic than recent gloomy predictions for the technology. Click on the TalkBack button and go to the Telecoms forum.
[February 27, 2001, 13:20]
European Parliament to get new powers over Oftel
News The European Parliament has voted to adopt three draft directives dealing with a proposed new regulatory framework for communications networks that will put now limits on bodies such as the UK's telecoms regulator Oftel.
[March 5, 2001, 6:39]
News Burst: EC probes BT, AT&T deal
News Although BT said the investigation was expected, the EU's anti-trust experts cited several areas of the deal that caused concern -- the duo's Market shares in the provision of global telecoms services to large corporations and carrier services to...
[December 7, 1998, 17:44]
UK drives plans for united tech Europe
News The UK will use its forthcoming presidency of the EU to drive through stronger initiatives for interoperable and collaborative ebusiness and e-government solutions across Europe, as well as seeking to liberalise the telecoms industry.
[June 13, 2005, 17:50]
Analyst: Android handsets set to overtake iPhones
News Android smartphone sales will outstrip iPhone sales by 2012, a report by industry watchers Informa Telecoms & Media has predicted. The research by Informa Telecoms & Media also suggests smartphone sales will continue to be immune to the global...
[March 9, 2009, 8:53]
Centrica snaps up One.Tel UK
News Centrica, which owns British Gas and Scottish Gas, the AA and the Goldfish credit card company, already runs a telecoms service through its British Gas Communications arm. In a statement Ian El-Mokadem, managing director of Centrica, said: "We are...
[July 3, 2001, 10:57]
European firms warm to WAP
News Speaking at the firm's Telecoms Forum in Rome yesterday, IDC analyst Tim Sheedy described those who write off m-commerce as "fools". Click on the TalkBack button and go to the Telecoms forum. Nearly a quarter of European businesses currently...
[February 27, 2001, 10:40]
Analysts wary of 'underperforming' BT
News Shares in BT Group slid by nearly 1 percent on Wednesday ahead of the publication of its first-quarter results on Thursday, following suggestions that the company is underperforming in relation to the overall telecoms market.
[July 26, 2006, 17:35]
Information commissioner leaves post empty
News Information commissioner Elizabeth France, a champion of privacy rights in the UK and beyond, has stepped down from her post two months early to take up her new role as the UK's first telecoms ombudsman.
[October 8, 2002, 16:21]
Broadband vendors: Why can't we do it in the road?
News British businesses will have to pay more for high-speed Internet services and wait longer for problems to be fixed if legislation currently passing through Parliament becomes law, according to a group of UK telecoms operators.
[June 29, 2004, 16:30]
Oftel to reinvestigate BT broadband
News Freeserve originally asked Oftel, the telecoms regulator, to look into the promotion of the telco's "no frills" product, BT Broadband, in March 2002 but the telecoms regulator dismissed the case. Oftel is to reinvestigate claims that BT acted anti...
[April 16, 2003, 16:06]
