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Teleworkers get new employment safeguards
News Four and a half million teleworkers in the European Union will have greater security, while keeping their flexibility, as a result of a consultation process between European employers and trade unions.
[July 18, 2002, 14:50]
Teleworking booms in Europe
News The number of teleworkers in Europe has doubled in the past three years to 20 million, according to a new survey published by the Bonn Empirica society for communication and technology research. Germany comes out top of the league with the number...
[October 8, 2002, 16:19]
Self-employed leading teleworking charge
News As of spring 2005, 8 percent of the country's workers were defined as teleworkers — people who work primarily from home and use a computer and telephone — according to the Office of National Statistics (ONS).
[October 6, 2005, 10:30]
Firefox achieves 10 percent market share
Talkback And, for businesses, helps to cut down support calls from teleworkers (maybe not at first but once the short learning curve is put behind you it just keeps on working). Also a good alternative for businesses that want to save on the teleworkers...
[November 4, 2005, 21:59]
Teleworking: Don't believe the hype
News The study, released this week, claims previous investigations into the issue have artificially inflated numbers of teleworkers by including tradesmen and other self-employed people who happen to sometimes use a computer and phone in their work.
[September 8, 2006, 13:55]
Teleworking 'is good for your health'
News More than 90 percent of BT's teleworkers who responded to a European Union-backed survey said they experienced less stress and that their productivity increased -- plus, they had more leisure time. Drawbacks for teleworking included concern at...
[October 14, 2002, 18:17]
Teleworking growth surges ahead in the UK
News The majority of teleworkers are men (67 percent), while they make up only 53 percent of the workforce. Teleworkers are predominately from the following industry groups: professional; managerial and senior officials; and associate professional and...
[June 6, 2002, 15:19]
Intel to expand BT broadband range
News It is generally going to be teleworkers buying this, or companies buying it on behalf of their teleworkers. Intel is to release a range of Ethernet ADSL modems and wireless LAN gateways for use with BTopenworld's broadband products, ZDNet UK has...
[March 1, 2002, 14:01]
SpeedTouch 716g review
Reviews One phone port is the norm in this price bracket, but SpeedTouch's product has two, making it of interest to small businesses as well as teleworkers and home users. It’s the voice facilities that, inevitably, attract the most attention on the 716g.
[April 11, 2005, 8:25]
New law could boost teleworking
News Avaya, which develops products to support teleworkers, has gone beyond the new legislation by developing a flexible working HR policy for all of its 900 employees in the UK -- not just those with young children.
[March 27, 2003, 10:18]
Companies failing to support home workers
News More than one-third of UK companies may be failing to look after home workers adequately, according to a survey of IT directors, the results of which were published this week which warned firms that they must include teleworkers' homes in their...
[September 15, 2005, 15:55]
Remote working booming
News According to research firm Point Topic, there are 3.8 million full-time teleworkers in the UK, with 5.5 million people spending some of their week working remotely. The highest level of remote working can be found in London, while Wales, the North...
[September 1, 2005, 17:20]
VegaStream Vega 50 review
Reviews Alternatively, VegaStream can supply one- or two-port Sipura telephone adapters for use by smaller offices and teleworkers (these start at around £50 ex. Available for either analogue or ISDN digital deployment, the analogue Vega 50 we tested comes...
[May 6, 2005, 12:25]
NCP Network Communications Products Engineering Case Study: MAN Nutzfahrzeuge AG
White Papers The challenge was to have easy usage by individual Teleworkers through 'Single sign on' and 'Always on' availability for toll free numbers. The MAN Nutzfahrzeuge AG is a subsidiary of the MAN Group with 50.000 employees worldwide and a turnover of...
[May 16, 2009, 1:17]
New ADSL trial - NTL teams with Alcatel
News The company also plans to trial an ADSL package for teleworkers. Cable company NTL on Monday announced plans to begin UK ADSL trials in association with telecommunications firm Alcatel. The trial will include the UK's first implementation of cable...
[November 29, 1999, 12:28]
DTI: Teleworking is good for your health
News Between 1997 and 2001 the number of teleworkers grew by 65 percent. The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has given its backing to a new initiative that aims to show how flexible working practices can reduce employee stress levels.
[September 2, 2003, 11:50]
LifeSize Passport: HD videoconferencing for SMEs with added Skype
Blog Aimed at primarily at small businesses, remote offices and teleworkers, the 450g Passport codec is certainly smaller and lighter than the last bit of LifeSize kit we looked at, the 1.29kg Express. To 30, St Mary Axe, a.k.a The Gherkin, to meet...
[October 12, 2009, 16:27]
Fear and laziness stunt Wi-Fi growth
News In general, user organisations must overcome issues related to office-bound Wi-Fi usage, problems while on the road and those that face teleworkers at home. The need for end-to-end security and users' laziness are the key obstacles blocking...
[March 26, 2003, 16:28]
Cheap employee-tracking service launched
News It's an area of technology tracking that Magnusson expects to grow with the widespread use of smart phones, mobiles and PDAs for teleworkers to help businesses recover expensive hardware as well as the often valuable data they hold.
[October 13, 2004, 14:45]
Avaya tackles 'economic reality' with unified comms
News Avaya's package comes in four flavours: one for teleworkers; one for home-worker call-centre agents; one for small businesses; and one for branch offices. Avaya has launched a cheap unified-communications suite.
[March 17, 2008, 15:18]
