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Lord Carter on playing politics with Digital Britain
News Stephen Carter, the former communications minister who wrote the Digital Britain report while in government earlier this year, opened this year's IP Expo show in London with his first public appearance since leaving office.
[October 7, 2009, 13:07]
Privacy activists first to criticise Carter
Blog The first reactions to Lord Carter's interim Digital Britain report have been flooding in, and almost all have been packed with as many fuzzy platitudes as the report itself. Perhaps predictably, given the government's stated intention to force...
[January 29, 2009, 16:07]
End in sight for spectrum refarming debate
Blog Lord Carter, of Digital Britain fame, has summoned all the mobile operators to a series of meetings, to be chaired by Broadband Stakeholder Group chief Kip Meek. In effect, the issue is holding up the 2.6GHz spectrum auction that was supposed to...
[February 11, 2009, 10:06]
Reports: Comms minister to stand down
Blog Lord Carter, the communications minister, intends to leave the government, according to a report in The Times. The government has not commented on the possibility, other than to say Carter is hard at work on his Digital Britain report.
[June 12, 2009, 16:52]
2012 Olympics may see Tube mobile coverage
News Communications minister Lord Carter has put the idea of mobile coverage on the London Underground back on the government agenda, only months after it was revealed that a planned Tube mobile trial had been shelved indefinitely.
[June 18, 2009, 9:17]
No next-gen broadband for 25-30pc of UK
Blog Communications minister Lord Carter, who is preparing the extensive Digital Britain report, has said that much of the country is unlikely to get high-speed, next-generation broadband. Carter told the Telegraph on Monday that there will "certainly...
[April 22, 2009, 12:27]
Gov't confusion over national 2Mbps commitment
Blog Confusion has broken out within government circles over the 2Mbps universal broadband coverage that was called for by Stephen Carter's Digital Britain report. Andy Carter (no relation to Stephen, Lord Carter) said in a discussion session that...
[October 15, 2009, 16:07]
Interim Digital Britain report: First impressions
Blog So, we finally have our hands on Lord Carter's interim report, which has been billed as the biggest shakeup for the UK's knowledge economy since the formation of Ofcom (which Carter, funnily enough, used to head up).
[January 29, 2009, 12:03]
Ofcom chief executive quits
News Stephen Carter, the chief executive of telecoms and media regulator Ofcom, announced his resignation on Friday morning. Carter, the former head of NTL, joined Ofcom on its formation in 2003, when five regulators were combined into a single watchdog...
[May 26, 2006, 12:30]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog Had a cracking Sunday, mostly spent at Carter's Steam Fair. Powered by a variety of steam engines and original electrical gear that makes you wonder how anyone survived the 1920s, it's got the lot -- from galloping horses, dodgems and divebombers...
[April 11, 2003, 17:02]
Digital Britain report delayed
Blog Comment The delay has been reportedly delayed because Lord Carter had problems uploading the pdf version of the report, after several hours he realised that BT's upload speed was only 'upto' 384Kbps. It was quoted that a Lord Carter became Angry after...
[June 14, 2009, 6:10]
Can Digital Britain survive a general election?
Blog One of the most striking themes of yesterday's Westminster eForum on Lord Carter's Digital Britain report, entitled "Dear Stephen", was the widespread uncertainty over whether the report's recommendations will ever be carried out.
[July 10, 2009, 16:34]
Cisco beats estimates, revenue jumps
News The networking equipment company also revealed that Chief Financial Officer Larry Carter, 59, plans to retire next May. If Cisco sales increase, it will be a percentage growth in the single digits, Carter added.
[August 8, 2002, 16:54]
Digital Britain report delayed?
Blog The government has said that the Digital Britain report may be delayed, and has confirmed timing for when Lord Carter will step down. Lord Carter will present his report to Cabinet on Tuesday before it is published later next week," said the...
[June 12, 2009, 17:56]
Ofcom leans towards Government with chief exec
News Ofcom has named chief operating officer Ed Richards as its chief executive, filling a vacancy created by the resignation in May of former chief Stephen Carter. In a blog posting written on Thursday, Gibbs said Richards will take on a different role...
[October 5, 2006, 13:50]
Ofcom may free up more room for mobile broadband
News The consultation follows Lord Carter's pledge to offer universal broadband access of up to 2Mbps by 2012 via fixed and wireless networks in the interim Digital Britain report. However, O2 and Vodafone are pinning their hopes on discussions between...
[February 16, 2009, 8:18]
Report: Timms to take over Digital Britain helm
News Timms, currently financial secretary to the Treasury, will replace Stephen Carter as communications minister, the newspaper said on Monday. Reports of Lord Carter's departure emerged just prior to the release of his Digital Britain report, a...
[August 4, 2009, 12:13]
Hot spot pricing 'should be halved'
News Mark Carter, the business development director of Connect Spot, told ZDNet UK on Friday that pre-pay access — which continues to dominate the market due to users wanting to use the nearest hot spot regardless of the operator — should be priced at...
[September 8, 2006, 17:15]
Gov't urged to consider 'spectrum for speed' swap
News The lottery-funded National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts (Nesta) released a policy briefing on Monday, ahead of the launch of Lord Carter's interim Digital Britain review, in which it called on Carter and the government to...
[January 20, 2009, 13:29]
Certification prep: Learn to navigate the Cisco IPS Device Manager (IDM)
White Papers This chapter download from CCSP IPS Exam Certification Guide, by Earl Carter, explains how to navigate the graphical configuration tool that comes with each network sensor. Author: By Earl Carter This chapter from CCSP IPS Exam Certification Guide...
[May 18, 2006, 1:00]
