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Liberty Surf hits out at over-priced Internet charges
News French ISP Liberty Surf hits out at rip-off Internet charges this week as it launches its own unmetered service in Britain. The ISP -- which took over the X-Stream Network in March -- offers a £20 a year service for off-peak Internet use.
[May 19, 2000, 11:09]
Bridging charges for conference calls come under attack
News BT, should ditch bridging charges that are ripping off firms to the tune of £30m a year, according to the mobile conferencing vendor Mobix. Typical charges are from 3p to 19p per minute per user for the bridging charge on top of the 8p or 9p per...
[November 21, 2005, 13:30]
EC to clamp down on mobile roaming charges
News EU Competition Commissioner Mario Monti said on Tuesday that he is concerned the international roaming charges levied by mobile operators are a rip off. Oftel recommended last year that termination charges -- the amount that mobile operators charge...
[February 28, 2002, 11:02]
Tesco abolishes Net charges
News Dixons, which charged £1 per minute for its helpline, today halved its telephone support charges. The supermarket chain launched TescoNet last year with an £8.99 monthly charge. But with the growing trend towards free Web access, Tesco hopes to...
[February 1, 1999, 13:18]
Demon founder in court over email interception charges
News Clifford Stanford, the founder of Demon and Redbus, went on trial on Tuesday over charges of unlawful email interception. The trial at Southwark Crown Court began with the counsel for the defence asking for the judge to rule on certain legal...
[September 13, 2005, 16:05]
EU calls for 60 percent roaming charges cut
News On Tuesday, the European commissioner responsible for telecoms revealed her long awaited shake-up in the structure of mobile roaming charges. Viviane Reding, the EU commissioner for the information society and media, said in "it is high time that...
[March 28, 2006, 18:10]
Intel responds to EC antitrust charges
News The European Commission has spent years investigating Intel's tactics to determine whether it has acted unfairly to preserve its dominance over AMD, and finally issued formal charges against Intel on Thursday for allegedly using illegal tactics...
[July 30, 2007, 13:24]
Criminal charges filed in HP case
News California's attorney general filed felony criminal charges on Wednesday against former HP chairman Patricia Dunn and four others in connection with the company's internal probe into boardroom leaks to the news media.
[October 5, 2006, 8:50]
US charges email scammers
News A quartet of suspected email scammers — three of them Nigerian citizens — could face scores of years in prison if convicted on fraud and conspiracy charges, the US Justice Department said on Thursday.
[March 24, 2006, 9:45]
Broadcasters revolt against spectrum charges
News Without charges there is less incentive for broadcasters to help drive forward the analogue switch-off," insisted Cave, who believes that charges are the best way to stop the current situation where the same programmes are broadcast in both...
[June 19, 2002, 17:27]
Oftel gets tough over prefix charges
News Telco watchdog Oftel announced Tuesday that it will impose charges for permanent carrier pre-selection (PCPS or CPS), if telecoms companies fail to agree costs amongst themselves. Albera concluded that many of BT's projected costs were reasonable...
[October 11, 2000, 10:26]
News Burst: Prosecutors asked to reconsider Love Bug charges
News Justice Department prosecutors in the Philippines were urged Tuesday to reconsider a decision not to press charges against the ex-computer student suspected of releasing the catastrophic "I Love You" virus in May, according to reports.
[September 6, 2000, 10:38]
CartaSi Uses SAS 9 to Forecast and Contain Financial Charges
White Papers Therefore the company must bear financial charges for up to 45 days for each credit card transaction, and a great deal can happen between purchases being made and the respective charge being debited to CartaSí cardholders.
[July 7, 2006, 0:00]
Internet entrepreneur denies fraud charges
News Appearing at a court in Tokyo, Horie denied the charges. The Japanese businessman who created the Livedoor Web portal appeared in court on Monday charged with violating the country's securities laws. Takafumi Horie, 31, is accused of illegally...
[September 5, 2006, 15:15]
Singapore Oracle execs fired over fraud charges
News Three key sales executives of Oracle Singapore were dismissed recently under hushed proceedings, following charges of fraudulent conduct, sources said. The trio started a company in their wives' names, and registered the local firm as a certified...
[January 24, 2002, 16:52]
BT could face more anti-competitive charges
News Includes ISP charges and value added tax Includes modem and ISP charges. Add $198 for installation, $325 for modem, $10/month for ISP charges Add $149.95 for installation, $295 for external modem, $17.95 for ISP charges
[April 28, 2000, 15:31]
FBI looking into questionable credit card charges
News Mysterious charges to the credit card accounts of dozens of online shoppers may be linked to the online theft of more than 55,000 credit card numbers last week, an FBI official said Thursday. People have flooded the Internet message board FatWallet...
[December 22, 2000, 8:35]
US Internet access charges could rise
News Juno charges $14.95 for its flat-rate service. AOL, already the world's largest Internet service, with 27 million subscribers, could potentially raise rates by a couple of bucks without fearing a major customer exodus, Merrill Lynch Internet...
[January 18, 2001, 8:11]
Vodafone to drop roaming charges over summer
News Vodafone is to temporarily drop its voice, SMS and picture message roaming charges across 35 countries over the summer, the operator announced on Thursday. As to why data-roaming charges were not also being dropped over the promotional period...
[May 14, 2009, 14:30]
Sun's revenue rises but charges cause a loss
News Restructuring charges helped push Sun to a loss of $301m in Jonathan Schwarz's first three months as chief executive. The $228m restructuring charge, which funded 4,000 to 5,000 job cuts at the server and software company, was one of nine charges...
[July 26, 2006, 14:55]
