ASP99: BT's Peter Cochrane sees info-chaos
News In a well-received keynote at ASP99 Thursday morning, BT's Chief Technologist, Peter Cochrane OBE, outlined a vision of the future in which 95 percent of global communications will be machine-to-machine, as the world shrinks and distance and...
[September 30, 1999, 14:10]
Broadband campaigners: the job's not finished
News But after receiving no financial support from government or industry for the conference, called "The End Game for Broadband Britain", ABC has been forced to auction off the sponsorship of its keynote speech, to be given by former BT futurologist...
[November 10, 2005, 16:00]
Smart chips get under our skin Pt II
News For cybernetic enthusiasts such as Professor Kevin Warwick, head of cybernetics at Reading University, and Peter Cochrane, ex-chief technologist at BT, the worries about privacy take second place to the benefits to human understanding.
[January 23, 2001, 14:09]
Expert predicts 3G collapse
News Leading figures in the telecoms industry are casting fresh doubts on the future of next-generation wireless technologies, with disparaging comments from British Telecommunications' former chief technologist Professor Peter Cochrane and BT (quote...
[March 27, 2001, 13:12]
Paper is the technology of the future
News BT's own chief technologist Peter Cochrane believes the telco's days are numbered. Cochrane finds it hard to believe that consumers will be satisified with the bandwidth currently offered by broadband companies, and claims there is no reason why we...
[October 5, 2000, 15:26]
Two development streams needed for next mobile killer-applications
Blog I spoke to ‘technology futurologist’ Professor Peter Cochrane on this subject some time ago now and he told me that since all new mobile phones in Japan must ship with GPS technology, that this enhancement will mean that firms can track repair...
[November 10, 2008, 12:03]
Jane Wakefield: I am the network
News It was not, however, enough to encourage Martlesham's most famous export, technologist Peter Cochrane, to stay. I suggested a life-sized bust of Sir Peter Bonfield in the centre might be rather nice but judging by the loud silence that followed...
[March 26, 2001, 15:30]
Uncommon Sense: Out of the Box Thinking for an In the Box World
Member Review Peter Cochrane's columns for Silicon.com, which form the basis for this book, examine the interface between technology and society in a stimulating yet easily digestible way.
[May 4, 2005, 13:22]
Diary sadly missed...
Talkback RG'sD was regular reading along with BOFH, Peter Cochrane and Daily Dilbert. I was going to bend Tony Hallett's ear at a recent conference- and then I remembered he was Silicon.com editor!
[February 23, 2007, 16:26]
100Mbps broadband a reality by 2007
Talkback According to Peter Cochrane fibre is within a mile of 80+% of the homes in this country today. C'mon on baby, light my fibre. All these guys should stop pratting around and get the fibre lit and give us unlimited bandwidth and stop pretending it's...
[September 30, 2005, 20:41]
Rural-broadband campaigners sell out in the City
News There will also be a keynote speech from Dr Peter Cochrane, co-founder of ConceptLabs and former chief technologist at BT. Next week's Rural and Regional Broadband Conference could play an important role in shaping the roadmap of Broadband Britain...
[July 4, 2003, 14:38]
VoIP tipped to drive down mobile prices
News My mobile phone bill has dropped from $500 a month to $50," said Peter Cochrane, a futurologist at ConceptLabs. Mobile phone service providers are coming under increasing pressure to cut prices as free Internet telephone services start to become...
[April 18, 2005, 15:15]
Agenda set for rural broadband push
News The keynote speech will be delivered by Professor Peter Cochrane, chief technologist of ConceptLabs and formerly chief technologist at BT. Government, industry and rural campaigners will come together at an event next month that will attempt to...
[June 6, 2003, 15:20]
IBM urged to lead green-technology charge
News The winner of the Outstanding Contribution to the UK Technology Industry award was silicon.com columnist Peter Cochrane, recognised for his contribution to the field of international communications. IBM was presented with the Green IT Initiative of...
[September 25, 2007, 15:12]
BT to sell broadband-multiplying software to ISPs
News Peter Cochrane, formerly head of BT Research, is a non-executive director of Sharedband. As BT and others vacillate about fibre, there is an opportunity to make use of what you've got," said Cochrane, who suggested that the product would still...
[December 6, 2007, 0:00]
Exploring the human-machine frontier
News Peter Cochrane, chief technologist at BT Labs, is working on his idea of the "wired man" and examining what the potential of these combined communications will mean for humankind. So committed is Cochrane to the idea of a bionic man that he...
[December 28, 1999, 6:00]
A Year Ago: Exploring the human-machine frontier
News Peter Cochrane, chief technologist at BT Labs, is working on his idea of the "wired man" and examining what the potential of these combined communications will mean for humankind. However Cochrane foresees a time when this would be done via a...
[December 28, 2000, 6:03]
Uncommon Sense: Out of the Box Thinking for an In the Box World review
Reviews In Uncommon Sense, Cochrane critiques the 3G auctions that have left mobile network operators struggling and tries to look into the future. Still, there are things Cochrane is happy to accept that a lot of us aren't.
[May 4, 2005, 13:25]
