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Six Broadband Providers Get Government Thumbs-up
News Under the Broadband Solutions Framework Agreement, operated by the Office of Government Commerce (OGC), public sector bodies can now buy high-speed Internet services from any of these six telecoms operators without going though a full tendering...
[May 15, 2003, 13:38]
Public Sector Spending To Boost Rural Broadband
News A second team, based within the Office of Government Commerce (OGC), will offer support and advice to the public sector on how best to buy broadband services. The e-commerce minister, Stephen Timms, has announced several initiatives to improve the...
[June 26, 2002, 17:04]
BT Boss Wants Government Support Not Subsidies
News The Office of Government Commerce (OGC), which is responsible for government procurement, placed an advert in the Official Journal of the European Communities last month asking for broadband companies who are interested in providing services on...
[September 11, 2002, 14:15]
New Homes To Be Primed For Broadband
News Builders could be forced to make all new homes broadband-friendly by installing cable ducts and chambers into the fabric of the building if government proposals published earlier this month become law.
[March 24, 2003, 16:47]
E-Commerce Minister Fleshes Out Rural Broadband Plans
News ZDNet UK reported yesterday that the e-Envoy's office was considering combining local government spending as a way of boosting broadband take-up across the country. Alexander will tonight say that "The public sector is the largest single consumer...
[November 6, 2001, 17:30]
Government E-commerce Figures 'massaged'
News The ONS survey found that just eight percent of UK businesses used a broadband connection to the Internet. The government needs to team up with its broadband stakeholder group, and put government money into marketing the benefits of online trade to...
[September 13, 2001, 8:30]
Stephen Timms Is New E-commerce Minister
News He had been been criticised for not making himself more available for to the media, but in his time as e-commerce minister he was deeply involved in the issue of broadband. Douglas Alexander, who was appointed as e-commerce minister last year, was...
[May 29, 2002, 15:12]
E-commerce Minister 'neglecting IT For Energy'
News Stephen Timms, government minister for energy, e-commerce and postal services, is so overburdened with responsibilities that he is being forced to put key IT issues such as broadband availability and electronic business on the back burner...
[October 28, 2003, 16:20]
Alexander Warned Over Broadband Complacency
News AOL has warned the new e-commerce minister that Britain is still facing big problems in the rollout of broadband Internet services. Douglas Alexander's comments were made in an interview with the Guardian newspaper, in which he said he disagreed...
[June 25, 2001, 15:27]
Tony Blair Warns Britain's Business
News The Cabinet Office's Performance and Innovation Unit report -- e-commerce@its.best.uk -- was welcomed by Mr Blair. The report recommends another OFTEL review of broadband services and the monopoly of BT and called on Don Cruickshank, through his...
[September 13, 1999, 16:32]
A Year Ago: Tony Blair Warns Britain's Business
News The Cabinet Office's Performance and Innovation Unit report -- e-commerce@its.best.uk -- was welcomed by Mr Blair. The report recommends another OFTEL review of broadband services and the monopoly of BT and called on Don Cruickshank, through his...
[September 13, 2000, 7:01]
How The Democrats' Win Affects Tech
News In the Senate, all the Republican committee members but one voted against extensive broadband regulations. Network operators say they may need to do this to recoup their vast investments in new broadband infrastructure.
[November 10, 2006, 10:20]
Bertelsmann: Making Music With Napster
News We took all the various aspects that we had related to e-commerce, related to broadband, related to mobile, whether they were stakes that we owned like Barnesandnoble.com or other subsidiaries and grouped it under the holding company.
[February 7, 2001, 13:57]
Election 2001: Tory Manifesto Embraces Freedom Of The Net
News High priority will be given to broadband fixed wireless access particularly in rural areas that are currently broadband "black spots". A report commissioned by the British Chamber of Commerce estimated RIPA could cost the British economy £46bn over...
[May 22, 2001, 12:46]
Bush Snubs Tech VC For Commerce Post
News Along with funding technology research and development, the department and some of its agencies are examining Internet issues such as closing the digital divide between those who have Net access and those who don't, and accelerating deployment of...
[December 20, 2000, 15:44]
Broadband Britain Moves Slowly Forward
News A fall in the price of broadband has led to a slight month-on-month increase in the number of UK households and businesses connected to the Internet, according to the latest figures from the Office for National Statistics.
[September 19, 2002, 14:42]
Politician Slams Broadband Uncertainty
News E-commerce minister Douglas Alexander has rejected the idea of offering tax incentives to boost high-speed Internet access in the UK -- despite the fact the suggestion came from his own broadband advisory group.
[January 18, 2002, 16:47]
Broadband And The City
News The Department of Commerce has said that what we regard as broadband today -- cable modem service and DSL -- are going to be the roadblocks for tomorrow as demand for bandwidth goes beyond the capacity that's available today.
[April 16, 2004, 10:35]
Wiretapping May Cost ISPs £17m - Report
News Now their own consultants think it will be more than £30m and that's only the beginning before the next wave of broadband e-commerce is rolled out in 2001, with 3rd generation mobile Internet (UMTS) following in 2002.
[April 26, 2000, 10:17]
Broadband Blunders Hit UK Online
News The UK online report issued by the Office of the e-Envoy claims that 60-65 percent of the UK population is now covered by an affordable broadband technology. Britain has the highest level of Internet penetration in Europe, but still has a long way...
[December 4, 2001, 12:52]
