Will Congestion Charging Boost Teleworking?
News There are signs that London's impending congestion charge, being keenly watched by other cities that would like to bring in similar schemes, could alter the way we do business. Apart from the added costs for individual car drivers, no one really...
[February 11, 2003, 12:10]
Euro Satellite Navigation Takes To The Skies
News Current congestion charging technology is too expensive to roll out everywhere, while GPS is not accurate enough to use to charge motorists, he said. But the applications most likely to benefit are road charging and vehicle speed limiting systems.
[July 27, 2006, 12:10]
First WiMax Products Certified
Talkback Great idea but unfortunately it would seem the real drive behind congestion charging is more about swelling local government coffers than actually reducing congestion. Just ask any London driver and they'll tell you the streets are just as busy now...
[January 22, 2006, 10:40]
First WiMax Products Certified
Talkback Ken - how about using some of that congestion charging money to blanket London in free WiFi, courtesy of a network of WiMax base stations? London has crap transport and a mayor who likes bold solutions to the problems of congestion.
[January 20, 2006, 19:55]
A Business Model For Charging And Accounting Of Internet Services
White Papers Since bandwidth is and will remain a scarce network resource in the future, the demand for charging and accounting mechanisms for the Internet arose. Besides from the implementation of charging and accounting mechanisms for Internet services, it is...
[January 1, 1970, 0:59]
Livingstone And Blair Scoop Big Brother Awards
News Other awards went to Capita -- the company behind London's congestion charging scheme, among other projects -- which scooped 'Most Invasive Company', while The Association of Chief Police Officers walked away with 'Most Heinous Government...
[March 25, 2003, 15:46]
IT Services Chief Dragged Into Labour Loans Row
News Aldridge's donation has come under scrutiny in the media because Capita runs many high-profile government IT projects, including the London Congestion Charging scheme, TV licensing and the Criminal Records Bureau.
[March 21, 2006, 15:20]
Government IT 'unfairly Slated'
News But he told the committee that congestion charging, despite teething problems, was both a "big bang" project and a massive success. Sir Peter Gershon said that such projects are quietly delivering greater efficiency across the public sector...
[February 4, 2005, 15:05]
2002 Shows Its Silly Side
News London drivers found themselves stuck in serious traffic in July (and they noticed the difference from the usual traffic jams somehow), sparking rumours of Ken-induced gridlock designed to inspire them to welcome congestion charging with open arms.
[December 30, 2002, 6:14]
Net-based Voice Calls On Hold In Niche Market
News Voice-over-IP (Internet Protocol) services are theoretically at a competitive advantage over the traditional PSTN (public standard telephone network) market in that they can offer cheaper call rates, a result of the Internet's flat rate charging...
[November 26, 1999, 12:37]
MPEG-4 Gets A New Rival
News It also suggests charging a per-minute use fee with no cap, equivalent to 2 cents for each hour encoded. He added that the quality of service available to provide these streams is the key ingredient because "once you achieve a certain amount of...
[February 25, 2002, 10:57]
Rupert Goodwins' IDF Diary
Blog Before answering, the candidate is advised to consider the international situation (tanks outside Terminal One), the current state of London's infrastructure (congestion charging: oui! Monday, 17/02/03It's Intel Developer Forum time again.
[February 19, 2003, 16:51]
Congestion Charge For Spam?
Talkback I just heard on the news that now there is a proposal to start charging one cent per email a person sends. I think that is a very bad idea. Most people that send email are just keeping in touch with family and friends.
[March 5, 2004, 21:54]
Congestion Charge For Spam?
News What's more, he worries that charging to send messages would ruin the email system's status as a forum for freewheeling ideas. Two IBM researchers are proposing a new method of fighting spam that would force unfamiliar senders to donate to charity...
[March 27, 2003, 9:31]
Never Mind The Brits, Here Are The ISPAs
News It might not have been the Brit Awards, but master of ceremonies and Robot Wars presenter Craig Charles, along with most of the audience, was happy of the fact. Like Robot Wars, your industry looks really geeky from the outside," he told the ISP...
[February 21, 2003, 8:25]
The Week In Review: The Joy Of Text
News Well, you've seen one of these stories every year around mid-February, and we'd hate to disappoint you. Authorities say more than 60 million Valentines day text messages are expected to be sent in the UK on Friday.
[February 14, 2003, 16:27]
