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British Gas, Grey Cell Deal Hikes GSM's Profile
News The biggest UK wireless connectivity contract ever has been landed by network connectivity expert Grey Cell Systems which will supply British Gas Service field engineers with 6,000 GSM data cards to connect to the control centre.
[December 4, 1996, 16:27]
British Gas Switches On Email Billing
News The first British Gas email bills hit customers' inboxes on Wednesday after almost 100,000 people signed up to receive e-bills instead of regular paper bills. British Gas said the move will cut down on paper and postage costs and will also give...
[October 29, 2003, 16:45]
British Gas Takes On BT In Telecoms Market
News The UK's dominant gas supplier, British Gas, takes on BT Monday as it offers a cut-price telephone service to compete with the telco. In a bold first step, British Gas claims users will save up to 33 percent on local calls, 50 percent on national...
[September 4, 2000, 10:19]
Amerada To Cut Gas Rates For Net Customers
News The company claims that the new tariff will offer consumers savings of up to £76 a year over the average British Gas Standard Credit bill of £350. The tariff will allow customers to record their meter readings online to calculate what savings can...
[December 14, 1999, 10:56]
Centrica Snaps Up One.Tel UK
News Centrica, which owns British Gas and Scottish Gas, the AA and the Goldfish credit card company, already runs a telecoms service through its British Gas Communications arm. Service provider Centrica announced on Tuesday that it had bought One.Tel UK...
[July 3, 2001, 10:57]
IT Firms Commit To Fighting Carbon
News The programme, a collaboration between BT, energy company npower and British Gas, has been running since 2004. Under the terms of the contract, npower and British Gas Business will provide BT with one terawatt hour (TWh) of renewable energy and...
[January 22, 2007, 15:56]
Startup Spotlight: Ihavemoved.com
News With a company as large as British Gas that has two and a half million customers, this can amount to a huge sum of money being "wasted". Before setting up the company, I conducted research with companies such as British Gas, and discovered that it...
[May 4, 2000, 15:45]
Big Brother Frowns On Vodafone And The Home Office
News The award for Most Invasive Company is between British Gas, the early favourite, for its claim that the deaths of two elderly customers was due to the Data Protection Act, which it said prevented it informing the authorities that their gas had...
[July 5, 2004, 12:10]
Cooking With Gas: Pitney Bowes Insertion Integrity At British Gas
White Papers British Gas fulfills its print and distribution commitments from one 'virtual' center - albeit a center located across two sites. British Gas is using Direct Connect, along with other complementary software, for tracking and reporting purposes.
[June 10, 2005, 0:00]
Cheap Virgin Gas Available Online
News The online company -- a joint venture between Virgin and London Electricity -- will provide gas and electricity which it claims will save British households an average of £50 per year. British Gas, which promises an "all singing, all dancing...
[July 4, 2000, 12:17]
Knowledge Transfer And On-Site/Offshore Coordination Are Key To The Success Of Transco's Application Maintenance And Support Program
White Papers In this case study, Aberdeen ex-amines how the British gas network operator Transco worked with Wipro Technologies (Wipro) to successfully transition responsibility for maintenance and support of its business-critical Shipper Services System to...
[December 14, 2004, 23:00]
News Burst: Virgin Energy Service Launched
News The Internet-based company -- a joint venture between Virgin and London Electricity -- will provide gas and electricity which it claims will save British households an average of £50 per year. Net enthusiast Sir Richard Branson launches an online...
[July 4, 2000, 11:52]
Virus Fears Topple Microsoft From Home Office Software Top Spot
News Would you prosecute British Gas for making it possible to put your head in the oven and turn the gas on? The recent outbreak of the LoveBug computer worm appears to have helped push beleaguered software giant Microsoft from the top spot of the home...
[May 31, 2000, 17:03]
Lovebug Author May Get 6 Months Jail
News Would you prosecute British Gas for making it possible to put your head in the oven and turn the gas on? The National Bureau of Investigation is currently holding an inquest using Republic Act 8484 to try suspect Riomel Lamores.
[May 9, 2000, 12:56]
ILOVEYOU Suspect Says It Was An Accident... Maybe
News Would you prosecute British Gas for making it possible to put your head in the oven and turn the gas on? The Filipino student linked with the creation of the ILOVEYOU virus says he may have released it into the wild by accident, according to press...
[May 11, 2000, 10:02]
Worm Alert! LOVELETTER Gets Nastier
News Would you prosecute British Gas for making it possible to put your head in the oven and turn the gas on? Security software maker Symantec warned computer users and businesses of a new, destructive worm -- apparently based on ILOVEYOU -- that had...
[May 19, 2000, 8:33]
Centrica To Challenge BT Over Broadband Services
News Centrica, which owns British Gas and Scottish Gas, the AA, the Goldfish credit card and recently bought One.Tel UK, has considerable experience in the consumer market. Services group Centrica looks set to challenge BT's dominance of the broadband...
[January 9, 2002, 12:03]
Virgin Kicks Off £50m Cyber Commerce Plan
News According to Virgin's boss Branson, more than 95 percent of British consumers said they were aware of the Virgin brand, putting the company in a "unique position of trust and strength. Branson explained the decision to put Virgin Group online: "We...
[February 17, 1999, 16:06]
Roundup: UK Online Banking Security Crisis
News Thu, 20 Jul In the wake of Powergen's security scare, experts argue not enough is being done to protect consumers who spend online.in 5 British firms suffer security breach -- report Fri, 3 Apr Report suggests British business is far from being...
[August 11, 2000, 17:00]
Can You Hide From Accenture?
News I used to be teased by my British colleagues about how sloppy Americans are with their personal data on Web sites. So, the next one we built was an RFID system to track the life cycle of a gas cylinder: everything from filling to "do not fill this...
[August 15, 2005, 14:25]
