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Reding: Telecoms Package to survive clause row
Blog Europe's telecommunications commissioner, Viviane Reding, has told ZDNet UK that the Telecoms Package, a collection of new laws that many fear will be sunk by a contentious net-neutrality clause, will not all have to go to a conciliation process.
[June 25, 2009, 13:22]
Telecoms market still not competitive says Oftel
News Oftel admits Thursday that BT's prices are too high and that the telecoms market is still not competitive as it confirms it will maintain price controls on the telco. The telecoms regulator admits it has been forced to maintain the controls because...
[February 2, 2001, 11:01]
Telecoms convergence brings revolution
News The next major advances in telecoms will come through the increased integration between mobile and fixed networks, according to network operators and equipment manufacturers speaking at the 3GSM World Congress in Cannes on Monday.
[February 14, 2005, 13:25]
Intel talks up telecoms, TV and Stephen Hawking
News Intel is keen to tap into the telecoms sector of the market, and sees wireless and optical technologies as the key. In a reprise of his recent speech at IDF in the US, Gelsinger said that the technology industry had been through a period of...
[April 20, 2004, 11:40]
End of the line for LogicaCMG telecoms
News UK IT services firm LogicaCMG has pulled out of the telecoms market, an area where it once enjoyed huge profits thanks to the popularity of text messaging. On Tuesday, LogicaCMG announced that it had sold its Telecoms Products business to a...
[February 21, 2007, 16:00]
Telecoms superpower plans...claims UK newspaper
News A coalition between all three telecoms could be worth as much as £25 billion. Press reports that Cable and Wireless Communications is planning to merge with NTL within the week, published in the Observer on Saturday, have been dismissed as "pure...
[July 12, 1999, 11:02]
Ofcom announces telecoms review
News New communications regulator Ofcom has announced its intention to put the telecoms industry under the spotlight for the first time in over a decade. As well as undertaking research itself, Ofcom will be having a word with telecoms experts and the...
[December 15, 2003, 9:30]
Converged services could slash telecoms bills
News Telecoms watcher Analysys predicts the cheaper bills will be heralded by the advent of converged services, as businesses begin to route more of their voice traffic over Wi-Fi rather than cellular connections, helping them avoid fixed-to-mobile...
[March 9, 2007, 17:19]
Firms unprepared for telecoms disasters
News Despite most companies admitting that a telecoms failure would massively impact their ability to do business, only one in ten firms have a back-up telecoms system in place, according to research published by the Business Continuity Institute (BCI...
[March 17, 2005, 10:15]
UK to escape EC telecoms wrath
News ZDNet UK understands that a European Commission report due to be published on Monday will say that Britain is making better than average progress in many areas of the telecoms market, despite reports that the EC will express deep concern about the...
[December 6, 2002, 13:20]
EC pares down plans for telecoms super-regulator
News The European Commission has agreed to pare back plans for a telecoms super-regulator, following a European Parliament vote in September. Telecoms commissioner Viviane Reding had wanted a large body that could manage and potentially overrule...
[November 11, 2008, 11:38]
Analyst: Beware the telecoms mini-bubble
News Analysts have warned of an imminent "mini-bubble" as telecoms companies rush into the converged world of triple-play services. Forrester telecoms analyst Lars Godell, who published a major report on triple-play strategies on Friday, told ZDNet UK...
[June 9, 2006, 14:35]
Telecoms takeover frenzy as Thus targets Energis
News C&W is reported to be offering around £710m for Energis, which is the third-largest UK telecoms firm behind BT and C&W. Thus and Cable & Wireless (C&W) have clashed in a battle to buy fellow telco Energis, as both strive to compete better against...
[August 15, 2005, 16:30]
EU telecoms vote prompts file-sharing fears
News The vote concerns the passage of a parcel of laws called the 'Telecoms Package'. The Telecoms Package contains several amendments — recently added by British Conservative MEPs Malcolm Harbour and Syed Kamall — that cover copyright issues.
[July 7, 2008, 17:12]
EC telecoms overhaul sparks alarm
News Brussels is threatening a complete overhaul of the way the telecoms sector is controlled. Among the changes Reding proposed are a single European agency to distribute spectrum to operators; increased pressure on telcos to adopt “structural...
[June 29, 2006, 15:50]
Cloud pushing telecoms into bandwidth boost
News Cloud computing and net neutrality are becoming major factors in forcing telecoms operators to upgrade their core network bandwidth, according to an industry analyst. In turn, top industry players such as Nortel, Cisco and Juniper Networks are...
[June 9, 2009, 16:36]
Ofcom pleads for Telecoms Package to pass
News The head of UK telecoms regulator Ofcom has urged European parliamentarians and telecommunications ministers to resolve an argument that has erupted over a raft of new legislation. At the European Competitive Telecommunications Association (ECTA...
[June 25, 2009, 11:38]
EU telecoms gets regulatory shake-up
News The European Commission has adopted a raft of proposals that will see Europe's telecoms infrastructure dramatically shaken up. At the heart of the proposals, which represent the biggest change in telecoms regulation for five years, is the...
[November 14, 2007, 13:24]
European telecoms set for growth
News The European telecoms industry, one of the hardest hit by the ICT slump of the past few years, is now in a healthier state and will show modest growth this year, according to analyst IDC. In a report published on Friday, the company said that the...
[February 16, 2004, 10:55]
BT-MCI merger will create world's second largest telecoms group
News BT this morning announced it has entered a $20 billion merger agreement with MCI the US's second largest telecoms group. BT is roughly twice the size of MCI and acquired a 20 per cent stake in 1993, creating the Concert Communications Services...
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