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EC approves localised broadband deregulation
News The European Commission has given its approval to the proposed deregulation of the wholesale broadband market in parts of the UK. Ofcom, which recently ended a consultation on the deregulation, will now go through a "period of review", after which...
[February 18, 2008, 9:08]
Romande Energie Increases Operational Efficiency in Preparation for Swiss Electricity Market Deregulation
White Papers Romande Energie wanted to reduce the amount of time-wasting manual work caused by employees copying geographical and asset data between the company's different mapping and network design systems. The challenge was to provide better - and faster...
[December 8, 2006, 0:00]
BT freed from retail price controls
News A spokesperson for BT Retail told ZDNet UK that its prices could go up or down as a result of the deregulation. One analyst agreed that deregulation would give BT Retail "more room to manoeuvre both up and down".
[July 19, 2006, 13:45]
Telecom Giant Seeks to Maintain Market Leadership Through Superior Customer Service
White Papers With deregulation Canada's telecom sector became highly competitive. Aliant serves more than two million consumers and over 80,000 enterprises. Smaller companies were challenging Aliant's market share.
[July 11, 2006, 0:00]
TXU Energy Capitalizes on e-Billing by Bringing It in House
White Papers Facing utility deregulation and a range of potential new competitors, TXU Energy needed to differentiate itself, while also building stronger relationships with its customers. The company, which is the largest provider of electricity and natural...
[July 9, 2009, 3:05]
UK poised to legalise faster Wi-Fi hot spots
News This move is part of the government's drive to make appropriate spectrum available to the telecoms industry, and follows a similar deregulation of 2.4GHz last year. The UK government is poised to amend the regulations governing wireless spectrum...
[January 17, 2003, 16:45]
A Service-Oriented Architecture to Conquer New Telco Markets in France
White Papers After a successful launch on the back of the deregulation of telecoms services in France, followed by a consolidation period which cemented its profitability, Completel decided to target new markets in order to maintain double-digit growth.
[September 11, 2008, 1:01]
How Expert Call Centre Solutions and Support Are Helping the Number 118-118 Maintain Its Competitive Edge
White Papers With the deregulation of the UK directory assistance market only few months away, a complete high-performance contact centre capability was needed to successfully challenge the incumbent provider. Greenfield implementation of two IP-connected...
[September 5, 2006, 0:00]
BT close to cutting business prices
News However, this deregulation will only take place once BT has proved to Ofcom that it is giving its rivals a the opportunity to compete fairly, by providing wholesale products that let them target BT customers.
[April 13, 2006, 17:05]
Italian Postal Service Enhances Decision Making for Increased Competitive Advantage
White Papers As a result, they make better business decisions, increasing the company's competitive advantage in the face of industry deregulation. Poste Italiane provides postal and financial services across Italy.
[December 19, 2007, 0:01]
Strategic Sourcing of Transaction Processing: From the Back Office to the Boardroom
White Papers The financial services industry is undergoing a radical transformation driven by globalization, deregulation, consolidation, and deconstruction of the vertically integrated business models common to transaction-processing businesses.
[May 21, 2008, 1:01]
Consolidating Data Protection and Business Continuity Operations With Symantec Software
White Papers Deregulation and the Internet revolution provided the opportunity for SBI Holdings to offer customers one-stop shopping for financial services over the Internet. However, the company had to take steps to streamline its data protection operations...
[January 18, 2008, 0:01]
Ofcom deregulates two-thirds of UK broadband
News Ofcom has announced the deregulation of almost 70 percent of the UK wholesale broadband market. The plan, which received approval at the European level in February, will see competition-boosting regulatory restrictions lifted in areas of the UK...
[May 23, 2008, 13:23]
Oftel to take on new role, industry reacts
News Telecoms watchdog Oftel is due for the biggest shakeup in its 15 year history in an attempt to hasten the deregulation of telecommunications market, it emerged Monday. Oftel has long been criticised for its slow reaction to government, industry and...
[January 17, 2000, 15:48]
Industrial Wireless Network Security: The MDS Solution
White Papers Deregulation, mergers, competition, and increased customer demand for services, are forcing utilities to demand more from their information networks. As global corporations continue to grow their businesses, the ability to manage information flow...
[September 20, 2008, 0:00]
Opportunities in Scalable Windows for Business Intelligence
White Papers Driven by increased competition due to changing business models, deregulation, or, in some cases, increased regulation in the form of new compliance requirements, organizations in all industries and of all sizes are turning to Business...
[September 2, 2009, 1:22]
Oracle Case Study: Lafayette Utilities System
White Papers Deregulation was also presenting major challenges that LUS's system could not support. Lafayette Utilities System (LUS), serving the people of Lafayette for more than 100 years, realized that its 30-year-old legacy system wasn't keeping up with the...
[February 22, 2007, 0:00]
Startup Spotlight: uSwitch.com gives you the power
News Thanks to recent deregulation, householders have a fair bit of choice as to where they get their gas and electricity from. ZDNet readers looking to save money by changing their electricity or gas provider, or by moving to a different mobile network...
[February 1, 2001, 16:20]
A Year Ago: Oftel to take on new role, industry reacts
News Telecoms watchdog Oftel is due for the biggest shakeup in its 15 year history in an attempt to hasten the deregulation of telecommunications market, it emerged Monday. Just when the industry wants Oftel to stay firm in its dealings with the telco...
[January 17, 2001, 6:02]
Analysis: BT under pressure to do the right thing...
News Two powerful forces are at work here: the global play of international markets and capital on some of the world's largest companies and the deregulation of the territories in which they operate. Now is a critical time for BT.
[April 3, 2000, 12:34]
