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Telecoms

Lloyds axes a further 300 jobs

Lloyds Banking Group
Call centre redundancies do not include any back-office IT roles
10 Jun 2011

O2: 4G spectrum auction is illegal under EU law

O2 logo with bubbles
The telecoms company claims that the taxpayer could be £1bn out of pocket
10 Jun 2011

Ofcom IT boss jailed for fraud

An Ofcom logo Jurgen Whitehouse sentenced jail fraud
Jurgen Whitehouse swindled more than £500k
09 Jun 2011

Vodafone chief demands tighter internet controls

Vittorio Colao argues that internet firms must comply with national regulations on privacy and copyright
06 Jun 2011

Tech Talk 32 - IT News and Debate

Join Tech Talk for informative debate over the week's top news stories affecting the UK IT industry
27 May 2011

Telecoms spending rises as firms prepare for 4G

Next-gen mobile services see first rise in telecoms spending since global downturn reports Yankee
26 May 2011

Skype bug affects users worldwide

System crash provides salutary warning about enterprise use of cloud services
26 May 2011

MPs urge Ofcom to move goalposts on spectrum auction

Motion to encourage Ofcom to mandate 98 per cent population coverage was signed by 100 MPs from all political parties
20 May 2011

GCHQ in U-turn over power line networking interference

Spy agency no longer believes the technology will hinder its activities
18 May 2011

EU Communications Directive could cost UK £133m

UK government assesses the costs of implementing the EU's revised Electronic Communications Framework
17 May 2011

Kent invites tenders for rural fast broadband scheme

Council hopes three-year, £44m initiative will bring remote communities up to speed
17 May 2011

Cloud use among multinationals up by 60 per cent

Ovum research also suggests enterprises are increasingly willing to use telcos for their cloud needs
16 May 2011

Lancashire County Council forms joint ICT venture with BT

Council seeks savings and efficiencies through 10-year, £400m deal with BT Global Services
16 May 2011

BT’s year-end profits jump 71 per cent

The telecoms company also adds over 1 million homes to its broadband network
12 May 2011

Holy calling


11 May 2011

Strength through unified comms

IT leaders from the public and private sectors talk about the challenges and benefits of deploying unified communications
11 May 2011

All talk and little action

The government is failing to connect ICT with maintaining global competitiveness
09 May 2011

Co-operative signs up O2 to offer location-based marketing

Customers within half a mile of a store will be offered freebies
05 May 2011

Two-thirds of ICT workers like the idea of a four-day week

Staff want to kick back after grafting through the recession
28 Apr 2011

Unite joins fight to save Nokia jobs

The mobile phone giant has announced 700 UK job cuts
27 Apr 2011

Council awards £160m contract to build two high-tech schools

Halton Borough Council signs one of the last Building Schools for the Future (BSF) deals
27 Apr 2011

Mobile operators urged to rethink content strategies

Trends in emerging markets highlight vulnerability of operators' offerings
27 Apr 2011

Force10 Networks launches Open Cloud Networking

ISPs and multinationals offered low power, high network capacity datacentre-focused infrastructure
26 Apr 2011

TalkTalk and 3 top Ofcom’s complaints list

The communications regulator receives 450 telecoms complaints a day
21 Apr 2011