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BT May Follow Freeserve With Price Hike
News Speculation increased on Thursday that BT Openworld is set to hike its broadband prices. It follows a price rise from ISP Freeserve, which has put up its broadband offering from £39.99 to £49.99, effective from next month.
[May 17, 2001, 17:29]
Microsoft To Hike Price Of Server Apps
News While Microsoft has talked up its history of keeping OS price hikes to a minimum, it's making no apologies for forthcoming price increases on its server applications. Our prices are higher across the board," acknowledged Stan Sorensen, group...
[June 19, 2000, 11:06]
Intel Plans Flash Memory Price Hike
News Yet the company expects price hikes ranging from 20 to 40 percent across the product line, he added. An AMD representative was not immediately available to comment on possible flash price hikes. The price increase might not be so dramatic as...
[November 26, 2002, 8:26]
Will PC Makers Copy Apple's Price Hike?
News Although Apple Computer raised the price of its new iMac by $100 (about £70) on Wednesday because of rising component costs, PC makers probably won't follow with similar increases. Despite price increases on flat-panel monitors and memory over the...
[March 22, 2002, 9:17]
Oracle Price Hike Irks Customers
News A pricing disagreement between Oracle and some of its database software customers has IT analyst firm Meta Group urging customers not to pay the database software maker additional licensing fees. The dispute relates to how Oracle charges its...
[March 20, 2002, 9:38]
AOL Raises Rates In The States
News Wall Street had anticipated the price hike as one way that AOL Time Warner could add further backbone to its aggressive earnings estimates. Jordan Rohan, an analyst at Wit Soundview, estimates that AOL Time Warner would add $300m in cash flow to...
[May 22, 2001, 16:17]
Symantec Raises Norton Prices
News The price hike could be seen as a "last hurrah" before Microsoft enters the security arena next year, analysts at Merrill Lynch wrote in a research note this week. Some of Symantec's rivals could see the price hike as an opportunity to win new...
[October 13, 2005, 10:40]
Apple To Ditch CRTs For Flat Panel Monitors
News But analysts warn that Apple's move carries risks and could be perceived as a price hike by some customers. But unlike these other innovations, analysts warn, the shift in monitors could mean a substantial price hike for customers buying new Macs.
[May 4, 2001, 7:48]
Price-fixing Probe Detects Obstructions
News While some attributed the price hike to shortages, others, such as Michael Dell, speculated that some companies were engaged in "cartel-like" behavior. A recently departed regional sales manager for memory chip maker Micron Technology has agreed to...
[December 18, 2003, 10:10]
Vista Versions Are So Last Century
Talkback The price hike for functionality not required in a small frirm with a stable workforce was more than we could justify. We wanted an NT replacement. NT did all we needed. We now have a Linux back end. In 5 years time when we are looking at new...
[March 7, 2006, 10:29]
Small ISPs 'face Ruin' Over BT Price Hikes
News ISPA said on Friday that its members are concerned by a BT proposal to hike the price of its IPStream package by around 30 percent. ISPs will face major problems due to price rises that BT plans for its wholesale offerings.
[August 27, 2004, 17:20]
New Article By Danielle Libine
Talkback Danielle Libine, the author of the petition has sent a letter to the European commission and written an excellent article (link below) describing the complaints against Adobe and refuting their justification for the price hike.
[April 25, 2007, 9:23]
The Price Isn't Right
Talkback The price difference quoted in this article is huge, but admittedly, Adobe isn't the only company to hike their prices for the UK market - most (if not all? .but it never is in rip-off Britain! companies in most (if not all?
[June 11, 2007, 15:36]
Recycling Directive Leads To Price Hikes
News Last weekend saw particular retailers use the first day of the new waste disposal charge as an opportunity to hike up prices disproportionately to the actual amount that was supposed to be added. The EU Waste Electronic and Electrical Equipment...
[August 15, 2005, 17:25]
Row Heats Up Over BT Broadband Price Rises
News BT's decision to hike the cost of some of its wholesale business-broadband packages has caused anger and alarm among many of the UK's smaller Internet Service Providers. Over 70 of these ISPs have banded together into a new organisation called the...
[August 12, 2004, 15:15]
Samsung Drive May Halt DRAM Market Recovery
News He said previously that the DRAM contract price hike for early April was "minimal. The healthy price gain confirmed the DRAM market has bottomed out after a 15-month slump, but analysts said a recovery this year could be short-lived due to a...
[May 6, 2008, 9:54]
A Year Ago: Asda To File Complaint Against Vodafone, BT
News Orange, which is also to increase pre-pay prices from September 1, said that the price hike was a reflection of the cost prices of the handsets, rather than increased demand for services. A Vodafone spokeswoman denied that it was responsible for...
[August 26, 2000, 7:01]
Asda To File Complaint Against Vodafone, BT
News Orange, which is also to increase pre-pay prices from September 1, said that the price hike was a reflection of the cost prices of the handsets, rather than increased demand for services. A Vodafone spokeswoman denied that it was responsible for...
[August 26, 1999, 15:25]
Analysis: Old Economy Takes Revenge On New Economy
News The price hike's effects were felt even in the rarefied world of telecoms and technology, which are seen to be squeezed out when consumers and businesses must spend more on transportation and heating.
[October 17, 2000, 9:30]
LCD Monitor Prices 'to Stabilise In 2003'
News Although LCD monitor prices have fallen for much of 2002, NEC/Mitsubishi's 15-inch displays underwent a price hike at the beginning of the year when the typical street price rose form about £290 to £310, according to the company's own figures.
[December 5, 2002, 9:39]
