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Spam inquiry to focus on international laws
News As first reported at ZDNet UK, the inquiry will follow a Spam Summit to be opened by e-commerce minister Stephen Timms and hosted by Derek Wyatt MP. An inquiry into spam, to be held by a cross-party group of MPs next month, is to look at how...
[June 16, 2003, 11:20]
BT's Wi-Fi service in the dock
News This announcement comes just a day after e-commerce minister Stephen Timms talked up a similar trial across the UK library network. Wireless hot spots have been set up at seven UK law courts as part of a trial that could lead to a national rollout...
[June 17, 2004, 16:40]
UK law failing to nail spammers
News The e-commerce minister at the time, Stephen Timms, had claimed that they would play an important part in fighting the growth of unsolicited junk mail. The UK government's anti-spam legislation has yet to make an impact, 12 months after its...
[December 13, 2004, 17:10]
Low-key launch for 3
News Trade and Industry Secretary Patricia Hewitt -- who oversaw the controversial 3G auction in 2000 -- called Stephen Timms, the current e-commerce minister, using 3's handsets. The first commercial 3G service in the UK got underway on Monday, in a...
[March 3, 2003, 10:30]
Angela Smith named as government IT minister
News At the time the government confirmed Stephen Timms's new role as Digital Britain minister at the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, and Mike O'Brien's responsibility for NHS IT at the Department of Health.
[October 16, 2009, 12:13]
Broadband Britain moves slowly forward
News E-commerce minister Stephen Timms commented: "Today's figures show that still more and more people are getting online. A fall in the price of broadband has led to a slight month-on-month increase in the number of UK households and businesses...
[September 19, 2002, 14:42]
Internet 'heroes and villains' vie for ISPA awards
News The hero nominations this year include Facebook (for retracting its Beacon tracking system), the Financial Services Authority ("for keeping a keen eye on the promotional websites of financial services and warning that they are not fair or clear...
[January 15, 2008, 15:54]
MP slams 'confusion' of UK broadband strategy
News According to Sir George, the government must be clearer about the details of its broadband strategy, and he has urged Stephen Timms MP, minister for e-commerce and competitiveness, to disclose more information.
[January 13, 2003, 16:30]
UK laws may help spammers look legit
News E-commerce minister Stephen Timms has already admitted that this won't be enough to end the spam problem. The UK government's anti-spam crackdown is likely to fail at tackling the problem of unsolicited email and will actually help spammers look as...
[July 4, 2003, 11:30]
Ofcom launches fibre-access consultation
News The Broadband Stakeholder Group, an industry lobbying association, recently stated that it wants to see an NGA rollout begin within the next two years, and government minister Stephen Timms also weighed into the debate a week ago with a hint that...
[September 26, 2007, 15:17]
Government broadband scheme abandoned
News Nine regional aggregation boards (RABs) were set up at the start of the year after a high-profile launch of the initiative 18 months ago by then e-commerce minister Stephen Timms. A government initiative to save £200m on the UK's £1bn broadband...
[November 29, 2004, 13:55]
BT kicks off commercial Wi-Fi network
News E-commerce minister Stephen Timms announced back in June that the government would lift the restrictions that prevented companies offering commercial wireless services in the 2.4GHz range of the radiocommunication spectrum.
[August 2, 2002, 16:31]
Broadband reaches one in 10
News In a statement, e-minister Stephen Timms said: "It is wonderful to see the joint work of government and industry in raising awareness of the benefits of broadband really paying off. One in 10 home Internet users in the UK now use broadband...
[January 27, 2003, 15:50]
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 Britain booms with two million home users
News A new report by research group Analysys has found that the UK now boasts the third most competitive broadband market of all the G7 industrialised nations, e-commerce minister Stephen Timms told the Westminster Media Forum on Tuesday.
[May 22, 2003, 9:43]
Cable beats ADSL to one million mark
News The figures have also been welcomed by e-commerce minister Stephen Timms. Over one million people now get broadband via cable, as NTL and Telewest continue to keep pace with BT in the high-speed Internet stakes.
[April 30, 2003, 17:10]
UK firms get the e-business bug
News The e-commerce minister, Stephen Timms, said in a statement: "UK businesses are beginning to make the best of, and get the benefits from, new technology but we must not stop here. The UK is making good progress in the e-business arena, according to...
[December 3, 2002, 14:29]
IT pros 'must put something back'
News Speaking at the launch, Stephen Timms, minister of state for e-commerce and competitiveness, said: "The key message here is that serving business needs and supporting socially responsible activities are not mutually exclusive.
[November 11, 2002, 10:35]
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]
SMEs get London 2012 'dating agency'
News Business minister Stephen Timms commented: "CompeteFor will give firms access to our business-support services through Business Link, which will help them grow and develop their business, not only for the Games, but as a lasting legacy for the...
[January 21, 2008, 8:50]
