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A stick to beat BT with

...breakthrough time for Vodafone in its attempt to build the largest mobile telecomms group in the world by the acquisition of German company Mannesmann. What... Read more

4 February, 2000 by Tony Westbrook

News Burst: BT-backed e-telco to launch Tuesday

A low-cost Internet-only telecomms company backed by BT launches Tuesday Read more

31 January, 2000 by Justin Pearse

Drop yer pet a line on the ol' dog 'n' bone

...that one of the firms helping to develop the devices was Japanese telecomms giant NTT DoCoMo, although no trace of the project could be found... Read more

28 October, 1999 by Dave Wilby

Ofcom won't act over data roaming rates

Roaming Rip-Offs: Despite expressing concern last year, Ofcom says that it has no plans to introduce regulation into the market for data mobile roaming services Read more

12 January, 2006 by Colin Barker

Intel aims at telco market with server kits

The chip maker moves towards bringing telecommunications equipment market into the PC hardware arena Read more

12 December, 2001 by Michael Kanellos

Britain is bottom in Internet development

What on earth has the launch of Microsoft Office XP software got to do with the Prime Minister? Read more

31 May, 2001 by Guy Kewney

The Accused - Oftel

The world is full of coincidences. I see no reason to assume that there's any connection between the growing rage over would-be broadband Internet users who want the faster links, and the reprimand of Oftel from on high. Read more

28 September, 2000 by Guy Kewney

Flat rate Internet trolls

"In ten years's time," as BT chairman Sir Peter Bonfield told me, "we will definitely not charge per call. It may be that in five years, we won't, either. It may be less; but it will be another two years before we can possibly switch across. After that, at some stage, it will all be flat rate. All services, including phone calls, will be carried over permanent TCP/IP connections." Read more

25 July, 2000 by Guy Kewney

ADSL ad nauseam

I know things are tough for BT right now; so perhaps I should offer a little help. Here it is, guys: "Get your story straight before the interrogation." Read more

6 July, 2000 by Guy Kewney

IDC Forum: Mobiles will kill Wintel

At the IDC forum Tuesday, the future of the TV, PC and telco was looking decidedly shaky. Jane Wakefield reports from Venice Read more

21 March, 2000 by Jane Wakefield

Rupert Goodwins' Diary

This week: Rupert gets sold, GSM gets cracked, Russia gets nosy, Bill gets Scandinavian and the Flying Vicar gets going Read more

12 December, 1999 by Rupert Goodwins

Rupert Goodwins' Diary

This week: old-fashioned journalism, stuck in space without a paddle, Her Majesty's Loyal Anarchist, saddening silliness from academia and asinine jurisdiction ahoy. Read more

26 March, 1999 by Rupert Goodwins

Ionica collapses as white knight bails out

The demise of UK wireless telephony start-up Ionica concluded yesterday when the company was handed over to administrators with debts of £300 million. Read more

30 October, 1998 by Chiyo Robertson

UK shrugs off American broadband troubles

...according to reports. Yet despite the experience over the pond, the UK telecomms industry is confident that it can sustain a high level of quality... Read more

20 March, 2000 by Justin Pearse

AT&T acquires Planet Internet

...step closer to offering an Internet service in the UK. The US telecomms giant has purchased Dutch-owned Planet Internet, which launched a high-profile... Read more

25 November, 1996 by Garret Keogh

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SoapyTablet

Wouldn't surprise me if Samsung actually really had problems producing the white model (as Apple did - it would make more sense) and this non-story...

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Lonnie

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BrownieBoy

"cites" even. Ouch!

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Horace Ontalhold

...... and PDP11s too

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BrownieBoy

I had a quick skim through the PDF. It seems to be that many of these so-called cost savings would be down to a hardware refresh. Although...

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apexwm

Jack : I was hoping you could provide us a summary since you are familiar with this report. I am not yet sure how much of my time I'd like to...

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SRist

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Jack Schofield

@apexwm Have you considered either (a) reading the story above or (b) reading the PDF? There are answers in both.

19 hours ago by Jack Schofield on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
apexwm

I would love to hear why Microsoft believes that "upgrading from Windows XP to Windows 7 pays for itself in a year, in increased productivity and...

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I have just changed mine to white they said 3 to 5 days

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BrownieBoy

Well done to IDC for producing a report that says using XP is a waste of money. Only 11 years too late with it is all....

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Jack Schofield

@Burn-IT ...which doesn't mean it isn't true ;-) I'll be interested if you can find any properly-researched, independent data from any of the...

24 hours ago by Jack Schofield on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Burn-IT

As said, sponsored by Microsoft........

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