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ISPs brand Mandelson 'internet villain' of the year

...Peter Mandelson has been voted 'internet villain' of the year, according to UK... Read more

9 July, 2010 by David Meyer

Former PM Brown was 'email hack victim'

...Tories. In the previous year, a separate leaked conversation between Draper and Peter Mandelson contained derogatory statements about Brown. Operation Tuleta has eight police officers... Read more

2 January, 2012

Government kickstarts push to turn R&D into products

...and I don't have any silver bullets." The previous business secretary, Peter Mandelson, said in March that the previous government would support a network... Read more

4 June, 2010 by Tom Espiner

Mandelson: UK needs to 'get more D out of its R&D'

Business secretary Peter Mandelson has announced government support for a new network of technology and... Read more

26 March, 2010 by David Meyer
Lord Carter on playing politics with Digital Britain

Lord Carter on playing politics with Digital Britain

...How important is radio spectrum? There were reports of the business secretary, Peter Mandelson, bashing operators' heads together in order to reach a resolution over... Read more

7 October, 2009 by David Meyer

EU seeks overhaul of global IT trade pact

...The ITA remains a milestone duty-free agreement," said EU trade commissioner Peter Mandelson. "But it risks being left behind after 12 years of technological... Read more

16 September, 2008 by David Meyer

Ericsson cuts more jobs as profits drop 92pc

The telecommunications firm, which has cited a decline in GSM equipment sales, is to cut 500 jobs on top of those it announced last year Read more

25 January, 2010 by David Meyer

Mandelson backpedals on copyright law powers

The business secretary tables changes to the Digital Economy Bill in response to criticism about the scope it would give him to change copyright law Read more

14 January, 2010 by David Meyer
Web giants attack Digital Economy Bill

Web giants attack Digital Economy Bill

Google, Yahoo, eBay and Facebook ask Lord Mandelson to remove a clause that would give future ministers 'sweeping powers' to amend copyright law Read more

2 December, 2009 by Rupert Goodwins

Union asks Mandelson to stop Ericsson closure

Unite calls on the government to intervene in Ericsson's closure of a Coventry R&D plant and probe foreign tax credits Read more

19 November, 2009 by David Meyer

Bradshaw: Courts must OK P2P disconnections

People suspected of unlawful file-sharing will not have their broadband service cut off without a court order, culture secretary Ben Bradshaw has told a House of Commons committee Read more

22 October, 2009 by David Meyer

EU consumer groups, ISPs plead for net neutrality

As negotiations continue over an amendment to major EU telecoms reform, ISPs and consumer rights groups have called for web access to be a fundamental right Read more

20 October, 2009 by David Meyer

Opposition mounts against P2P disconnection plan

Lord Mandelson's proposals to disconnect the broadband service of suspected illegal file-sharers have come under fresh attack from ISPs, rights groups and creative artists' groups Read more

4 September, 2009 by David Meyer

ISPs, rights groups react to gov't P2P proposals

Lord Mandelson's proposals to disconnect the internet service of illegal file-sharers have come under criticism as disproportionate and worrying for businesses Read more

25 August, 2009 by David Meyer

Gov't proposes disconnecting file-sharers

Internet users suspected of illicit file-sharing could be disconnected under proposals by Lord Mandelson's Department for Business, Innovation and Skills Read more

25 August, 2009 by David Meyer

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