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Stephen Timms is new e-commerce minister
News Douglas Alexander, who was appointed as e-commerce minister last year, was moved to the Cabinet Office on Wednesday and replaced by Stephen Timms MP, formerly the schools minister. The Department of Trade and Industry has confirmed to ZDNet UK that...
[May 29, 2002, 15:12]
E-commerce minister: No rural broadband subsidies
News In an exclusive interview with ZDNet UK, the e-commerce minister Stephen Timms said he supported the decision of his predecessor, Douglas Alexander, not to provide tax breaks to support infrastructure rollout -- as was recommended by the Broadband...
[June 24, 2002, 14:11]
Report: Timms to take over Digital Britain helm
News Junior minister Stephen Timms is set to assume responsibility for implementing the Digital Britain plan, according to a report in The Guardian. Timms, currently financial secretary to the Treasury, will replace Stephen Carter as communications...
[August 4, 2009, 12:13]
Broadband campaigners demand more govt leadership
News Broadband activists have called on e-commerce minister Stephen Timms to give a more powerful lead in the drive to create Broadband Britain 2010. Brian Condon, chief executive of the Access to Broadband Campaign, said on Wednesday that Timms is...
[April 8, 2004, 16:35]
Government backs anti-spam mission to US
News E-commerce minister Stephen Timms is giving his support to a delegation of UK politicians who are travelling to America next month to lobby for stricter spam controls. Well, no we didn't; we thought e-commerce minister Stephen Timms had some grasp...
[September 19, 2003, 14:50]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog As e-commerce minister seems to be a place to park bright young things on their way up, it tends to see a lot of new blood: Douglas Alexander gets the Cabinet Office, and his place is filled by another Stephen -- Timms, this time.
[May 31, 2002, 11:19]
Gov't confusion over national 2Mbps commitment
Blog However, communications minister Stephen Timms - Lord Carter's successor - then arrived to address all the delegates at the conference. Asked to clarify the significance of Digital Britain's 2Mbps references, Timms said 2Mbps was "a minimum basic...
[October 15, 2009, 16:07]
BT slashes hundreds of broadband trigger levels
News By cutting these trigger levels, which in some cases were as high as 750 broadband pre-registrations, BT says it is speeding up the rollout of high-speed Internet across Britain -- a statement echoed by e-commerce minister Stephen Timms.
[January 24, 2003, 11:35]
2010: A broadband odyssey
News How impressed have you been with the performance of e-commerce minister Stephen Timms? At the second ABC conference (in January 2004) we had Stephen Timms, Alun Michael (Minister of State for Rural Affairs) and Michael Fabricant (Shadow Minister...
[April 8, 2004, 16:30]
Vote for your UK tech titans
News E-commerce minister Stephen Timms has brought his working knowledge of the IT industry to his ministerial post, doing a huge amount of work to present an IT-friendly face of government. Stephen Timms, e-commerce minister
[September 8, 2004, 17:45]
Timms confirmed as Digital Britain minister
News The prime minister's office has confirmed that Stephen Timms will add work on extending the use of digital technologies to his portfolio. Timms will remain as financial secretary to the Treasury, but will also become a parliamentary under-secretary...
[August 10, 2009, 12:44]
E-commerce minister roughs it with Jenny Agutter
News E-commerce minister Stephen Timms is set to join film star Jenny Agutter and a host of top IT bosses by sleeping rough in London on Friday night at the fourth Byte Night. Timms, Jenny Agutter and around 130 representatives of technology companies...
[September 20, 2002, 15:28]
Timms targets 2010 for faster broadband
News E-commerce minister Stephen Timms is beginning to turn his attention to the challenge of rolling out broadband services much faster than those generally available today. Speaking at the Revolution at the Edge: Broadband Networks and Innovation...
[January 28, 2004, 15:15]
Slow Broadband Dampens Business Edge
Blog On September 18th, 2007, the Rt Hon Stephen Timms MP (the then Minister of State for Competitiveness), said: ‘Before too long, the wider economy is going to need high speed broadband. From Timms’ crowd-rousing speech to now there has been little...
[September 26, 2008, 14:03]
Government hails boom in e-commerce
News According to e-commerce minister Stephen Timms, this increase in online spending in 2001 is proof that even though the dot-com bubble has burst e-commerce has a bright future. Dot-com doom-mongers should eat their words," said Timms in a statement.
[October 9, 2002, 15:01]
Trigger-happy BT opposes calls for broadband subsidies
News Verwaayen also said that e-commerce minister Stephen Timms and his predecessors have done a "great job" in ensuring that the government is focused on broadband. By declaring that he does not believe the UK government should provide broadband...
[September 16, 2002, 14:33]
Timms: IT education key for a competitive UK
News Young people need to become more enthused about science subjects and the possibilities of a career in IT to make the UK more competitive in the future, according to Stephen Timms, minister for competitiveness.
[October 19, 2007, 18:32]
Europe crowned as Internet Villain
News On a happier note, the Internet Hero award went to Stephen Timms MP, for "for his effective work as e-commerce Minister, which will be missed by the Internet industry". Timms served as e-commerce minister between May 2002 and September 2004, during...
[February 25, 2005, 15:25]
Government faces grilling over rural broadband
News E-commerce minister Stephen Timms will also be taking part in the debate, which will be streamed live on the Internet. This issue will also be raised at Tuesday's debate -- where Stephen Timms will be urged to disclose more information about how...
[March 25, 2003, 12:09]
E-commerce minister upbeat on 3G's chances
News A growing public appetite for innovative mobile services and fast connectivity on the move is set to drive the take-up of third-generation (3G) phones, e-commerce minister Stephen Timms argued on Thursday.
[December 4, 2003, 14:00]
