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HP's Fiorina backs Net regulation
News Under Fiorina's leadership, HP has been trying to coax a reluctant industry for more than two months to get behind some form of federal regulation. Instead, major players like Microsoft and IBM are moving more towards self-regulation.
[August 23, 2000, 14:57]
Ofcom embarks on VoIP regulation
News If vendors are selling systems that don't offer connections to emergency services or which rely on a user's electrical power, the new regulation will ask them to flag it up to customers before they sign up.
[March 29, 2007, 15:16]
VoIP regulation hit by three-month delay
News The publication of Ofcom's proposed regulation for the burgeoning internet telephony industry has been delayed by at least three months. The communications regulator was expected to have made a statement regarding voice over IP (VoIP) regulation in...
[November 10, 2006, 14:22]
VoIP regulation hangs in balance
News But there are signs VoIP regulation could find resistance in the Golden State. In addition to battling state regulators, VoIP companies and long-distance carriers are lobbying the Federal Communications Commission for a moratorium on VoIP regulation.
[October 27, 2003, 13:55]
Bull warns against international e-commerce regulation
News The report -- Global Regulation of E-commerce -- warns that international regulatory bodies can not adapt quickly enough to respond to the fast moving requirements of e-commerce. Traditional attempts to regulate the Internet will fail, according to...
[October 6, 1999, 14:27]
EC: Cut data-roaming costs or face regulation
News The European Commission has threatened to introduce regulation if mobile operators fail to bring down mobile data-roaming costs voluntarily by July this year. But she warned the Commission would consider stepping in with regulation if the mobile...
[February 11, 2008, 13:46]
UN examines potential Net regulation role
News At a summit at the UN this week, delegates from around the world gathered to take a preliminary step toward UN involvement in some of the areas that are bedevilling Internet users and governments alike, including spam, network security, privacy...
[March 26, 2004, 13:50]
Auditing Requirements and IT Responsibilities for HIPAA electronic record security regulation
White Papers This webinar provides an overview of the regulatory evolution from 21 CFR Part 11 to include protected health information (PHI), the security standards, auditing requirements, IT responsibilities and workforce responsibilities for HIPAA electronic...
[January 18, 2008, 10:49]
EC plans to relax spectrum regulation
News Spectrum regulation is not keeping up with the pace of convergence, according to the European Commission — and it's time for change. Under the proposal, the Commission will examine some bands where regulation can be removed and agree on rights and...
[February 22, 2007, 9:01]
Ofcom warns on tighter Internet regulation
News The Internet could face tougher regulation unless the industry does a better job of sorting out pressing issues, the deputy chairman of Ofcom said on Thursday night. Speaking in Central London at the annual ISP Awards, or ISPAs, Richard Hooper...
[February 20, 2004, 7:40]
BT to call for broadband regulation changes
News Chief executive Ben Verwaayen is expected to tell MPs on Tuesday that lighter regulation would encourage BT's shareholders to support the creation of a "21st Century Network" that would mean better and faster services for businesses and consumers.
[November 10, 2003, 16:15]
VoIP industry fears over-regulation
News Ofcom's upcoming VoIP regulation is being anxiously awaited by the internet telephony industry, many of whom worry that the regulator will be too heavy-handed. Consultation for the proposed regulation ended in May and the rules themselves were...
[November 17, 2006, 16:10]
Public 'left out' as governments plot Internet regulation
News Dyson -- a founder chairman of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) -- told a debate in London that the United Nations is taking the wrong approach to Internet regulation. Dyson also argued that it was a mistake to...
[September 24, 2004, 16:45]
Pollution tsars call for 'urgent' nanotech regulation
News Nanotechnology needs 'urgent' testing and regulation to mitigate possible environmental damage, according to the Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution. In the report, the commissioners urged the testing and regulation of nanomaterials to...
[November 12, 2008, 16:34]
Ofcom hints at 21CN regulation
News That bottleneck would mean regulation was needed, much as happened when Ofcom forced BT to open up access to rival operators at its exchanges, a process known as unbundling. However, there may be differences between the type of regulation imposed...
[November 24, 2006, 12:33]
Thriving in the Face of Regulation: How to Accommodate the New Corporate Governance Regime and Achieve Optimum Financial Performance
White Papers Business regulation is the bane of US business today; it's public enemy number one for public companies large and small. Although debate continues among government officials, corporate executives, investors and academics about the utility and...
[October 20, 2005, 0:00]
US VoIP operators feel grip of regulation
News IP telephony providers are digging in their heels to fight the trend toward regulation, but they face an uphill effort against the well-oiled lobbying machines of the local-telephone companies. The FCC is moving much slower than the states are...
[August 26, 2003, 15:25]
Gov't committee launches ISP regulation inquiry
News An inquiry into possible regulation of the ISP industry has been launched by a government committee. The Internet Service Providers Association (ISPA) told ZDNet UK on Thursday that it would be submitting written evidence to the inquiry and would...
[April 23, 2009, 17:05]
NCC Vs NBC in the emerging convergence Regulation in Nigeria
Blog With the Federal Government of Nigeria’s consideration of merging the National Broadcasting commission and the National Communications commission, the Nigeria landscape is getting ready for convergence regulation that reflects the reality of 21st...
[May 7, 2008, 10:53]
Brum residents to have say in Net regulation
News The ITC (Independent Television Commission) is to consult 200 Birmingham residents over its potential role in regulation of Internet content. The commission will use the views of the Birmingham Citizen's Forum to determine whether it should carry...
[September 30, 1999, 10:43]
