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ISPs, telcos and police voice fears over data retention cost
Talkback I was very interested to see your article on compliance: ‘ISPs, telcos and police voice fears over data retention cost'. ISPs should not be wary of these proposals, but rather should be welcoming them.
[January 13, 2006, 15:17]
Telcos battle to control community wireless
News This proviso had been included as part of legislation that gives financial inducements to US telcos to roll out broadband services quicker. Pennsylvania state governor Edward Rendell approved the law on Wednesday morning, after the proposal giving...
[December 1, 2004, 14:50]
Telcos warned: Join Google's cloud
News Telcos looking to offer cloud services to their customers would do well to get into bed with Google, analyst house Gartner has warned. Such is the take-up of Google's online services that telcos looking to expand into cloud-computing services could...
[November 18, 2008, 16:34]
Telcos consider consortium to fight BT
News The few remaining telcos left in the local loop unbundling process may unite against BT in their effort to provided services Energis is considering forming a consortium with the remaining unbundling players to share costs, after talks between...
[May 8, 2001, 11:46]
Traditional telcos ahead in multimedia race
News In a future of combined data , voice and video, fixed line telcos will continue to dominate despite increased competition from other types of providers, according to a survey from NOP. Now that broadband is widely available, the digital TV market...
[October 19, 2005, 11:40]
Post Office tackles UK telcos
Talkback Skype will take down all telcos. Agreed.
[January 11, 2005, 9:33]
Incumbent telcos accused of plotting against VoIP
News Neil Anderson, senior director of services at telecom's testing firm Spirent, acknowledged that established telcos have big concerns about losing revenue to IP services, but he doesn´t think this will matter too much.
[October 8, 2004, 10:55]
Telcos tipped to dominate managed services
Talkback We would still need telcos though. In-house solutions often tend to have better quality, have better efficiency, be less costly, put in production more quickly, be part of a total solution and have a cheaper overall life cycle cost then when...
[March 21, 2006, 23:47]
Gartner: Expanding telcos heading for reality check
News As revenue streams for seasoned services such as broadband and mobile decline, telcos are investing in new markets such as media or IT to compensate. But more than half of new ventures are expected to flop because telcos do not fully understand the...
[January 15, 2007, 14:48]
DSL will threaten telcos, driven by porn - Ovum
News The emergence of DSL technology , driven in the consumer arena by a lust for porn, will have a "drastic effect" on the revenues and tariffs of telcos and service providers according to Tim Johnson, the founder of research firm Ovum.
[November 3, 1999, 16:58]
Skype 'to seriously cut into telcos' profitability'
News Popular voice-over-IP application Skype is going to rob revenues from incumbent telcos as they're forced to give away voice services, according to a recent study by market researcher Evalueserve. European telcos are particularly vulnerable to Skype...
[January 10, 2005, 16:45]
Telcos could lose out on mobile IM
News Enck also pointed to IM’s capacity for showing other users’ online status as one of several discouraging factors for telcos. Analysts have warned that mobile operators may fail to capitalise on the full benefits of instant messaging (IM), which has...
[May 25, 2006, 14:30]
Nortel: Video will drive telcos towards 20Mbps broadband
News Competition from cable companies means that rival fixed-line telcos will soon be forced to offer significantly faster ADSL services than are on the market today, according to Nortel Network's chief technical officer.
[May 10, 2004, 18:15]
Even tech-savvy telcos can't look after data
Blog Aside from banks, supposedly tech-savvy organisations such as telcos are also failing to keep control of their data according to Thomas. As if being crunched by credit wasn't bad enough, some banks,and other firms, are facing more shame on Weds...
[October 29, 2008, 8:50]
Telcos: forget 'original sin'
News The first of these, discussed this morning, is seen by experts as a wake-up call to telecom watchdogs like Oftel to get their act together, but incumbent telcos see the proposed legislation as unfair.
[May 10, 2000, 14:25]
Will we believe the telcos?
Talkback Which is all very well, but if 3G technology, which has been around for some 10 years, can't deliver faster speeds than 56k dial-up in a densely populated, heavily used commuter corridor, will we believe the telcos when they start selling 50Mbit...
[November 20, 2009, 2:43]
Incumbent telcos losing grip on EU broadband
News As the EU gets ever more broadband-enabled, the incumbent telcos are losing their grip on Europe's fat pipes. According to research from the European Commission, the incumbents' control over European broadband is continuing to drop as fewer lines...
[December 2, 2008, 8:50]
IPTV may help telcos fight mobile-broadband threat
News Bundling an IPTV service is looking like an increasingly savvy strategy for telcos seeking to stem the flow of customers ditching their fixed lines, according to market researcher Informa Telecoms & Media.
[November 28, 2008, 10:16]
Telcos bring broadband to Scottish isles
News A partnership between two UK telcos and a regional government agency is bringing broadband to three local communities in remote areas of Scotland. BT and Thus are combining their networks to allow some residents on the islands of Orkney, Shetland...
[October 6, 2003, 17:20]
VoIP to cost telcos 'billions'
Talkback yea! consumers are finally getting a break due to technology.
[November 9, 2004, 19:23]
