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Government defends wireless broadband plans
News Several members of the Welsh Assembly are reported to be furious over the structure of the forthcoming 3.4GHz auction and are even considering intervening to block the bidding process. The auction is due to take place in May, but Dafydd Wigley is...
[February 4, 2003, 16:11]
Wireless broadband auctions: Round 2
News Only 16 of the 42 licences were awarded after the earlier bidding process, which ended in November 2000. Companies will then have to compete against each other in a series of bidding rounds. This process will begin later this month and run for up...
[October 5, 2001, 16:39]
US companies abandon UK broadband schemes
News It said the bidding process meant only 360 of the least popular exchanges would be available to newcomers and BT, the former state telecoms monopoly, would not have to bid to receive capacity for its own retail offerings.
[September 21, 2000, 8:32]
UK operators miss out in wireless broadband auction
News According to one insider, PCCW erred during the bidding process. The Southern licence, covering rural Southern England, is currently under the control of another company bidding under the name Public Hub.
[June 16, 2003, 17:15]
ICANN proposes new Net tax
News Because VeriSign's contract to operate the master database for the .net top-level domain expires in June 2005, ICANN took the opportunity to insert the 75-cent fee in the bidding process that solicits proposals to run the .net database in the future.
[December 16, 2004, 14:50]
Lockheed pulls out of NHS IT bidding
News The flagship £2.3bn IT modernisation programme for the NHS has been dealt a major blow with one of the leading suppliers pulling out of the bidding process. Other bidders contacted, including BT, declined to comment while the bidding process is...
[September 1, 2003, 15:55]
All hail the mighty and bounteous government trough
Talkback Why don't we create a huge fund of money that the usual suspects (the ones who have the will and manpower to fill in the inevitable 1000 page form and withstand the excruciating bidding process) can line up and slurp from.
[June 30, 2009, 20:04]
Sellers sue eBay over double-billing
Talkback I am in the process of suing ebay in the UK for £5000 due to inadequate investigation into my supposed shill bidding. They will not contend it because it could set a president which could cost million in restructuring and employment.
[July 7, 2006, 20:51]
Euchre
Downloads The skill level for the computer players can be adjusted from novice to expert and the bidding style can be set between cautious and reckless. Note: The "Download Now" link directs you to the iTunes App Store, where you must continue the download...
[December 17, 2008, 6:24]
Software vendors bid for schools IT contracts
News Open-source vendors are among the companies bidding for schools IT supply contracts worth approximately £80m. The tendering process, which finished last Wednesday, was part of Becta's Software Licensing Framework.
[August 18, 2008, 17:16]
Radical Idea: Charge Vendors for Software Deployed in Schools
Blog Much like television and radio stations offer up a bidding system to advertisers who want to capture the eyes and ears of the 'audience', schools could operate a bidding process where vendors bid for accessing student's attention for their software.
[May 28, 2009, 9:46]
Flak flies over ICANN contract renewal
News Malamud said the Department of Commerce should conduct an open, competitive bidding process to see if other organisations could better promote the stability, security and reliability of the Internet. The US Department of Commerce has come under...
[February 10, 2003, 16:54]
DTI to give SMEs help online
News The OGC hopes it can ease the process of bidding for potential public tender opportunities whilst allowing public sector buyers to get ready access to a very broad range of potential suppliers. Chief secretary to the Treasury Paul Boateng said: "I...
[January 11, 2005, 14:50]
More 3G sales lined up for this year
News The Taiwan government is looking to release bidding rules by July and start the process by October of this year. G licences, selling the right to use a high-speed wireless technology called UMTS (Universal Mobile Telecommunications System), will...
[February 16, 2001, 14:28]
Change of bids for wireless broadband auction
News An announcement, including a starting date for the bidding process, is expected later this week. This prompted an investigation by the RA, as this approach could have given an unfair advantage in the auction process.
[May 13, 2003, 15:32]
Union urges caution over gov't outsourcing plans
News The government has also pledged to make the public-sector bidding process fairer and simpler, and promote public-sector contracts at home and abroad. The review quotes estimates that £12.4bn is spent on IT by the public sector and that the IT-heavy...
[July 14, 2008, 8:33]
IT consultants: your government needs you
News The process involves registered suppliers bidding online for a piece of work, with the possibility of revising their bid in an effort to win the business Our challenge is to make e-auctions an integral part of the procurement process toolkit," he...
[June 6, 2005, 15:55]
Broadband fixed wireless auction flops
News But Energis, which won six licences in the November 2000 bidding process, has already told ZDNet UK that it is not planning to bid for any more. The auction will remain open for bids until October 2002, and the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI...
[January 11, 2002, 17:25]
Startup Spotlight: mondus.com
News It would be impossible for the bidding process to take place by telephone. We are actively making the further steps and taking the leg-work out of the process. The company was founded by Alexander Straub and Rouzbeh Pirouz, two Rhodes Scholars who...
[November 3, 1999, 15:28]
Microsoft foresees ad revolution after Powerset buy
News If people aren't bidding on keywords, and are bidding on concepts, it could completely change the ball game," Prevost said. That can be an onerous process, given how many keywords are involved with a particular segment.
[August 20, 2008, 14:14]
