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Broadband's inspectors sport varied track records

...in issues such as ADSL rollout and the creation of Ofcom. The Trade and Industry select committee launched its investigation into the UK's broadband... Read more

16 September, 2003 by Graeme Wearden

MPs to scrutinise broadband

...committees will put Broadband Britain under the spotlight later this year. The Trade and Industry Select Committee announced on Friday that it is beginning an... Read more

15 September, 2003 by Graeme Wearden

Local loop unbundling 'farcical' say MPs

...and roll out nationwide broadband services. The damning criticism comes from the Trade and Industry select committee set up last December to investigate local loop... Read more

21 March, 2001 by Jane Wakefield

Bonfield deflects government grilling

...the process. Managing director Sir Peter Bonfield faced a grilling from the Trade and Industry select committee as part of its investigation into unbundling of... Read more

20 December, 2000 by Jane Wakefield

A tale of a telco, a regulator and a frustrated government

Earlier this week, silicon.com reported on the UK Trade and Industry Select Committee hauling telecoms watchdog Oftel over the coals. Here... Read more

16 November, 2000 by silicon.com staff

ID card scrutiny under threat

...committee ceased to exist in its present form. "I doubt whether the Trade and Industry select committee would look at it," he said. "The Public... Read more

12 July, 2007 by David Meyer

BT wants an end to rivals' bickering

...a serious option. Carter was appearing at a hearing organised by the trade and industry select committee. A number of senior executives from UK telecoms... Read more

5 April, 2005 by Graeme Wearden

BT fights back against break-up calls

...be painful, costly, very slow and cumbersome," said Verwaayen, appearing before the trade and industry select committee at parliament. Ofcom is weighing up this issue... Read more

10 March, 2005 by Graeme Wearden

BT network upgrade sparks competition fears

...Turner, chief executive of ISP and broadband provider Tiscali UK, told the trade and industry select committee last week that there was "very little clarity... Read more

7 March, 2005 by Graeme Wearden

Ofcom keeps axe hovering over BT

...is to look for a more structurally separated solution," Carter told the Trade and Industry select committee. BT made its proposal at the start of... Read more

2 March, 2005 by Graeme Wearden

Ex-Oftel chief quits Ofcom early

...Edmond's organisation for not being tough enough. In December 2000, the trade and industry select committee accused Oftel of "appalling complacency" over local-loop... Read more

10 December, 2004 by Graeme Wearden

BT unmoved by C&W broadband broadside

...is hampering broadband competition. C&W chief executive Francesco Caio told the Trade and Industry select committee on Tuesday that BT was keeping market share... Read more

14 July, 2004 by Graeme Wearden

MPs unhappy over ADSL dominance

...company capable of running a national high-speed network at present. The Trade and Industry select committee, in a report published on Tuesday, said that... Read more

10 February, 2004 by Graeme Wearden

BT broadband strength sparks Parliament fight

...vigorously rejected claims that it should be broken up. Members of the Trade and Industry select committee angered Ben Verwaayen, chief executive of BT, by... Read more

12 November, 2003 by Graeme Wearden

Broadband Britain nears three-million milestone

...users signing up for high-speed Internet services than ever before. The Trade and Industry Select Committee heard on Tuesday that take-up of broadband... Read more

12 November, 2003 by Graeme Wearden

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