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ZDNet UK News interviews e-Minister Patricia Hewitt
News In a week when the debate between BT, Oftel, the government and industry over Internet access costs reached boiling point, ZDNet News is about to gain exclusive access to the woman behind the government's Internet policy -- e-Minister Patricia...
[February 18, 2000, 8:50]
e-Minister rushes to defend BT and Oftel
News At 8am Friday morning, ZDNet's Jane Wakefield boarded a train to Leicester with the e-Minister Patricia Hewitt to discuss BT, the local loop and those comments made by Gordon Brown. BT is not a monopoly, Oftel is doing a good job and people who...
[February 18, 2000, 16:44]
BT pricing under fire again
News BT found its pricing under fire again as business ISP Colloquium formally complained to e-Minister Patricia Hewitt and Oftel Thursday. Colloquium is calling on Patricia Hewitt to put pressure on BT to drop costs.
[November 18, 1999, 17:19]
A Year Ago: E-minister rushes to defend BT and Oftel
News At 8am Friday morning, ZDNet's Jane Wakefield boarded a train to Leicester with the e-Minister Patricia Hewitt to discuss BT, the local loop and those comments made by Gordon Brown. BT is not a monopoly, Oftel is doing a good job and people who...
[February 18, 2001, 6:03]
Broadband for all - government pledges
News In a report -- submitted to the PM by e-minister Patricia Hewitt and e-envoy Andrew Pinder -- the government sets itself the goal of becoming "the most extensive and competitive broadband market in the G7 by 2005".
[February 13, 2001, 16:19]
Union takes BT spin-off row to government
News According to union officials, a meeting between the CWU and Patricia Hewitt -- the secretary of state of the DTI -- will take place within the next two weeks, thanks to the intervention of chancellor of the exchequer Gordon Brown.
[September 3, 2001, 13:05]
'Disastrous' auction leaves half UK without broadband
News E-minister Patricia Hewitt looked forward to a "competitive" auction and anticipated its rollout would benefit both businesses and the "whole economy". E-minster Patricia Hewitt denies the auctions have been a disater, claiming in a press statement...
[November 20, 2000, 15:05]
Eye2Eye: John Pluthero talks to ZDNet, Part III
News We interviewed Patricia Hewitt recently, and we told her "BT appears to be dragging it's heels on ADSL". I met Patricia Hewitt myself, and I had a conversation with Tony Blair about it as well. Part II
[March 10, 2000, 13:22]
EU to look at cost of Internet access
News In a recent interview with ZDNet News, e-Minister Patricia Hewitt says BT "looks with envy at other European operators", and claims that the situation in Germany is worse than in the UK because Deutsche Telekom controls the ISP market as well as...
[February 29, 2000, 10:55]
Analysis: What Labour should do with the e-minister
News In phase one of narrowband access Patricia Hewitt was a tremendous ally of industry. Just as there was little surprise in the prime minister's announcement of a general election in June, so many industry commentators will be equally unsurprised to...
[May 10, 2001, 11:15]
Jane Wakefield: Come on BT, free the Net
News Wednesday CUT found a new friend in e-Minister Patricia Hewitt. While Patricia Hewitt and AOL, etc can wag their fingers at BT as much as they like, I am not sure BT will be moved. I personally am slightly doubtful about Hewitt.
[October 25, 1999, 14:03]
PM moves to Internet time - critics sceptical
News Patricia Hewitt is taking too narrow a view. The Prime Minister has chosen Patricia Hewitt to lead his e-commerce revolution and she reports directly to him," a spokesman says. We all agree that we need to think in terms of Internet years not...
[October 25, 1999, 16:12]
Jane Wakefield: Broadband Britain, please stand up
News It is investing millions of pounds of its hard-earned money in broadband, the e-minister Patricia Hewitt is keen on reminding us BT cynics, and for those who don't want to use its services there is supposedly a thriving competitive market in the...
[February 19, 2001, 15:28]
Jane Wakefield: BT caught in the offside trap
News E-Minister Patricia Hewitt has made it clear she is in favour of unmetered access. On Friday, ZDNet News interviewed e-Minister Patricia Hewitt -- who was less than willing to admit BT was holding back UK Net adoption.
[February 21, 2000, 14:37]
Jane Wakefield: Is it 1984, or just Lord of the Flies?
News The e-Minister Patricia Hewitt was at it again this week, full of earnest intentions about government plans for e-commerce but with little substance (should I be surprised? Hewitt promised the government was not interested in spying but just needed...
[September 27, 1999, 13:58]
Government urges BT to cut ADSL costs
News Alexander's predecessor, Patricia Hewitt, was criticised by a committee of MPs for the problems of local-loop unbundling. The Broadband Stakeholder Group was set up in February this year by the former e-commerce minister Patricia Hewitt and the e...
[September 26, 2001, 11:52]
Jane Wakefield: Will technology catch election fever?
News Patricia Hewitt -- the government's high profile eMinister -- is almost certainly not going to be around in her old role. As Hewitt is clearly good at her job (even though she errs to much on the party line and not enough on that of industry for my...
[May 15, 2001, 8:44]
2000 Roundup: A mixed year for mobiles
News In August e-minister Patricia Hewitt declared that hands-free kit reduced radiation and was therefore safe. By December the government and no doubt a red faced Patricia -- "I consider myself an expert y'know" -- Hewitt conceded that it was not...
[December 3, 2000, 6:12]
Wider role for e-commerce minister
News Alexander will have a slightly wider range of duties than his predecessor Patricia Hewitt, who has been promoted to secretary of state for trade and industry. However, small business -- previously the responsibility of Hewitt -- will be handled by...
[June 19, 2001, 14:07]
Eye2Eye: ZDNet interviews the e-Minister, Part 1
News When e-Minister Patricia Hewitt was appointed last July, Labour's Internet policy was a mess. While Hewitt has won over many industry watchers, there are still plenty of questions that need answering.
[February 21, 2000, 9:51]
