Government subsidies 'would harm Broadband Britain'
News That is the view of Jan Dawson, Ovum analyst, who believes that those who are calling for government intervention to address the UK's broadband divide are wrong. Such a move, Dawson warns, would be counter-productive in the long-term as it could...
[November 15, 2002, 15:10]
Government 'interested' in universal broadband
News Some in the industry, such as Ovum analyst Jan Dawson, believe that telcos should not be forced to make broadband universally available because take-up is too poor in areas where it is on hand. Dawson told ZDNet UK News recently that if broadband...
[November 22, 2002, 11:28]
Cisco and Microsoft: Happy ever after?
News But Jan Dawson, vice president at analyst Ovum, said the announcement is "useful as a statement of intent from both companies about their plans to interoperate", but it didn't go much further than that.
[August 23, 2007, 10:22]
BT pokes toe into VoIP market
News But by choosing a technology which is more common among cable users, BT cannot be accused of launching a discriminatory service, while at the same time ensuring that the majority of take-up will come from non-BT customers," said Ovum analyst Jan...
[December 9, 2003, 15:25]
Mobile pricing cut hits BT revenue
News Jan Dawson, senior analyst at Ovum, believes BT should look to its German peer, Deutsche Telekom, to see how things should be done. Dawson told ZDNet UK's sister site silicon.com that BT's mature fixed line market will have hurt the telco, with...
[November 14, 2003, 9:50]
Plan C for failed broadband auction
News Jan Dawson, an Ovum analyst, believes that the government's proposed changes will encourage interest in the 28GHz licences. You can't write this third auction off by saying that it will fail just because the first two auctions did, because the...
[October 15, 2002, 13:48]
Cable & Wireless surges back into broadband unbundling
News Jan Dawson, senior manager at Ovum, believes that the takeover is a smart move for Cable & Wireless because it gets its hands on four years of unbundling experience. All of which should help to fill up what is still the UK's second-biggest fixed...
[May 28, 2004, 13:40]
Microsoft set to steal a march on Cisco
News Jan Dawson, an analyst at Ovum said: "A war between Microsoft and Cisco is breaking out, especially in the unified communications market. Dawson said, "The behaviour of Cisco's and Microsoft's salespeople on the front lines and their engineers in...
[August 23, 2007, 15:02]
BT results show 'new wave' growth
News Jan Dawson, senior analyst at Ovum, said: "This is pretty predictable. BT has confounded its critics by boosting profits, cutting debt and maintaining its turnover despite falling revenues from its fixed-line semi-monopoly.
[May 20, 2004, 9:55]
