May 14th 2005
By: monica
Damien Mulley found the internet usage report under the Science and Technology Section. You can download it here.
Thanks Damien!
May 14th 2005
By: Luke
Qinetiq to police the airwaves - vnunet.com:
Ofcom has awarded a GBP500,000 contract to Qinetiq to develop a system for pinpointing illegal radio transmissions.
Qinetiq will be charged with combating wilful abuse of the spectrum from pirate radio stations, but will also be looking to identify accidental use by poorly configured wireless ...
May 13th 2005
By: monica
A report released by Eurostat (the Statistical Office of the European Communities) has just presented the results of surveys of internet usage in the 25 EU Member States as well as Bulgaria, Romania, Turkey, Norway and Iceland (the report also covers broadband connections, e-commerce and e-government). The reference period was ...
May 13th 2005
By: Amit
The Canadian Radio-Television and Communications Commission (CRTC), Canada�s communications industry regulator, published yesterday its decision on the regulatory regime applicable to VoIP services in Canada.
The decision taken by the CRTC is that VoIP services will only be regulated when such services are provided and used as a local telephone service. ...
May 13th 2005
By: EuroTelcoBlog
In a few recent posts I've expressed concerns that, through SkypeOut and SkypeIn, Skype may have exposed itself to a number of regulatory complications at national level in many of the countries where its users live. Andy has found evidence that they are moving to shape the regulatory debate in ...
May 13th 2005
By: Russ
Having just returned from TelecomVideo Europe 2005, I thought it might be a good idea to round-out the week with some IPTV regulation thoughts:
* During two separate conversations at the conference, people conveyed to me the idea that telcos aren't really that interested in IPTV, but that they are moving ...
May 12th 2005
By: Luke
Ofcom has appointed Independent on Sunday deputy business editor Clayton Hirst in the newly created role of head of corporate relations.
I quickly searched the archives and Hirst has been writing supportive things about Ofcom for a long time. Only one slip up - he tipped Patricia Hodgson for the CEO ...
May 12th 2005
By: Russ
A follow-up to our post(s) of earlier this week:
The folks at Ofcom have contacted OfcomWatch and clarified the following about the European Commission's inquiry into the FA Premier League's football broadcast rights package. Ofcom say that the investigation is being conducted and run by the European Commission, and that ...
May 12th 2005
By: ChrisMarsden
Alun Michael must have had the roughest ride of any minister in the last Parliament: fox hunting supporters constantly harassed him. So he's ready for BT, but with his new boss, Secretary of State and QPR fanatic Alan Johnson, a former Joint General Secretary at the Communications Workers Union ...
May 12th 2005
By: Luke
Following on from Chris' post below and Intellect's call for a dedicated knowledge economy minister...
Alun Michael - Minister of State for Industry and the Regions - will have responsibility for the communications and information industries at the newly named Department of Productivity, Energy and Industry. He has a wide remit ...