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May 20, 2008
by David Allen
It just does not get any better than this, broadband and pizza. But it is not as it would first appear as this is just a really a clever piece of marketing by the broadband supplier Be Broadband who are wholly owned by O2.
From now on anyone ordering a pizza from their favourite pizza place in Sheffield, yes unfortunately this is the only place in the UK where ...
May 19, 2008
by David Allen
Late last year, the government introduced legislation which meant that all phone companies would be required to keep records of their customer’s calls for landlines and mobiles.
But now this legislation is going to be stretched to include records of customers email usage, internet usage and even calls made over the internet through VOIP. T
he information is said to help in the pursuit of suspects under the anti terror ...
by David Allen
For some time there has been a worry about the amount of young children who have access to the internet, some in the privacy of their own bedrooms.
With so many threats out there on the internet to children, the UK Council for Child Internet Safety has been created, which is backed by children’s charities and internet experts.
The council was due to be launched in March 2009, but ...
by David Allen
With Dragons Den star, Peter Jones, replacing the no holds barred chef, Gordon Ramsey, BT Business Telecoms Services may have thought that they were onto a winner for the TV advertising campaigns, but within a week or so there have been some complaints already to the advertising watchdog the Advertising Standards Agency (ASA).
The advert which sees Peter Jones working late, stuck in a darkened office before it is ...
by David Allen
In order to stay in line with the competition on other channels, the BBC is looking for permission from the BBC Trust to allow the channel BBC 3 to start earlier than the current 7 pm weekday slot.
They believe that by starting a couple of hours earlier on the weekday schedule, this would give them a chance to capitalise on the teen market place which is their ...
May 16, 2008
by Janet Harris
US-based computer manufacturer, Dell Inc, is planning to incorporate HSPA mobile-broadband modules from telecom equipment manufacturer, Ericsson of Sweden, in its laptops.
This will allow the laptops to connect to high speed 3G networks, which are expected to account for 71% of mobile broadband connections by 2010, without the need for an external modem.
3G networks can provide data transfer ...
by David Allen
After the release of fourth quarter figures from BT it is clear that they have managed to keep hold of their strong market share of the UK broadband sector.
They now have nearly four and half million subscribers for their broadband services, which represents around thirty per cent of the UK market.
BT have put their success down to the increased services that they are providing. These include their ...
by David Allen
As the public service broadcasting question continues, both ITV and Five have ruled themselves out of receiving any cash from the licence fee pot.
However, this would mean that both channels could be considering pulling out of public service broadcasting altogether.
It has only been Channel Four who has been voicing openly about getting a share of the cash that is generated through the licence fee.
ITV may continue ...
by David Allen
The Nintendo Wii has seen a really good rise in the games console market, whether this is because of its quirkiness with controls that mimic the actions of the user or just that the whole package is better than the competition.
But whatever the reason for people to go out and get one, there is another reason now and that is downloadable games.
As from the 20th May Nintendo ...
by David Allen
Having just released their first quarter results, T Mobile are getting very optimistic about the future of mobile broadband.
T Mobile believe that the customers who subscribe to the T Mobile brand of mobile broadband will be quadrupling by the end of this year.
Why are they are they so optimistic about these figures?
Well it comes from their own customer base which has grown to a massive seventeen ...
May 15, 2008
by Janet Harris
Google is collecting 3D data for 'Street View', a feature of its Google Maps and Google Earth applications, which gives a ground level view of towns and cities.
As well as taking photographs, Google is using laser imaging technology to collect 3D data for the service, although the technology is still in the development stage.
Google has also confirmed that it is planning to expand 'Street View' to ...
by David Allen
In the Court of Appeal, three judges have ordered BSkyB to hand over documents to Virgin Media which relate to BSkyB’s market dominance and potentially how their position could be abused to influence the market.
The reason for BSkyB’s objection to handing over the documents, actually has nothing to do with the case, rather it has more to do with the lawyers working for Virgin Media.
It turns out ...
by David Allen
Following the complaint by 3 to the Advertising Standards Agency (ASA), Vodafone has decided to drop the claims that their mobile broadband service which is seen on the TV, internet and other media, can achieve speeds of up to 7.2 Mbps.
Although Vodafone recently announced that they would be upgrading their networks in several cities throughout the UK, this in order for those areas to be capable of achieving ...
by David Allen
Recently there has been a request from Channel Four for some cash help from the money that the TV licence brings in for the BBC, in order for them to continue making public service programmes.
But in reply to these requests the Chairman of the BBC, Sir Michael Lyons, has let it be known that there is no spare cash available.
The suggestion that Channel Four should get a ...
by David Allen
The thing about broadband is the ability to watch video online and the TV producers have realised this, which is why we have such a rich supply of shows available online to watch.
But sometimes a small piece of television history is uncovered and in an old ATV archive in London, an old tin containing a tape has soap fans frothing at the mouth.
The discovery is a lost ...
May 14, 2008
by David Allen
The UK based set top box manufacturer Pace Micro are to supply BT with the latest equipment which will enable users of BT’s on demand service to watch and record programmes.
The set top box will be known as the Pace V Box, which is in line with other similar equipment as it will use two tuners and is capable of connecting to seventy freeview channels as well ...
by David Allen
The BBC has a spending budget of around £500 million over a three year period. But this has been thought of as being far too high and so cuts of £75 million were put in place.
The BBC are virtually on target for these cuts. But instead of congratulating them, they have been told to make more cuts.
This has come from House of Commons Public Accounts Committee, who ...
by David Allen
As the market begins to heat up in the mobile broadband sector there are a few alliances being formed in order to combat the issues of providing a viable service that is truly available throughout the country.
One such alliance is a new five year deal between O2 and BT.
They are going to be rolling out a new mobile broadband service for business, which is the O2 service ...
by David Allen
It may have been full steam ahead on project Kangaroo a while ago, but recently the plans would appear to have run out of steam and the whole thing is slowing down.
Two problems are in the way of this project; one is the BBC as SeeSaw, as it will become known, is going to be a commercial exercise and all parties within the BBC are going to have ...
by Lin Freestone
A new series of quarterly articles, under the banner of Thought Leadership, is being prepared by two leading industry analysts.
The first in the series from ChangingWorlds is titled: Overcoming Subscriber Interaction Costs Using Personalisation to Increase the Value of the Mobile Internet.
Written by Prof. Barry Smyth, together with Peggy Anne Salz, the focus will be on personalisation and content discovery for the mobile Internet.
Prof. Smyth is the chief ...
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It just does not get any better than this, broadband and pizza. But it is not as it would first appear as this is just a really a clever piece of marketing by the broadband supplier Be Broadband who are wholly owned by O2.
From now on anyone ordering a pizza from their favourite pizza place in Sheffield, yes unfortunately this is the only place in the UK where ...
Late last year, the government introduced legislation which meant that all phone companies would be required to keep records of their customer’s calls for landlines and mobiles.
But now this legislation is going to be stretched to include records of customers email usage, internet usage and even calls made over the internet through VOIP. T
he information is said to help in the pursuit of suspects under the anti terror ...
US-based computer manufacturer, Dell Inc, is planning to incorporate HSPA mobile-broadband modules from telecom equipment manufacturer, Ericsson of Sweden, in its laptops.
This will allow the laptops to connect to high speed 3G networks, which are expected to account for 71% of mobile broadband connections by 2010, without the need for an external modem.
3G networks can provide data transfer ...
