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BT Has Signed a Multi-Million Pound Contract with Oracle
Oct 25, 2013BT has signed a multi-million pound contract with Oracle, for the technology giant's human capital management (HCM) software suite. The exact financial terms were not disclosed. Further reading Rural broadband rollout slammed for ...
Tags: Computer Products, software
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PAC Have Criticised The Rural Broadband Rollout Intended
Sep 29, 2013MPs on the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) have criticised the rural broadband rollout intended to provide fast internet access to 90 per cent of UK homes by 2015 for favouring BT and adding as much as £20 to council tax bills. In a ...
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BT Has Hit Back Against Press Criticism Generated by The National Audit Office's Report
Jul 8, 2013BT has hit back against press criticism generated by the National Audit Office's report into the rising costs and delays that have affected the government's rural fibre-broadband rollout. The company says, in particular, that it has not ...
Tags: Computer Products, software
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Australian Shares Opened Half a Percentage Point Weaker as Mining Stocks Fall
Jun 3, 2013Australian shares have opened half a percentage point weaker as falling commodity prices hit mining stocks, and banking shares rally. At 10.30am AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 26.6 points, or 0.54 per cent, at 4900 points. ...
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The Government Needs to Regulate High-Speed Broadband Networks
Apr 3, 2013The government needs to regulate high-speed broadband networks to end the dominance of BT, according to rival telecoms group TalkTalk. BT is currently responsible for rolling out the national broadband fibre network, which - according to ...
Tags: Computer Products, telecoms
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Technology Is Expected to Play in Boosting The UK's Ailing Economy
Mar 21, 2013Despite much talk during the preceding 12 months about the pivotal role that technology is expected to play in boosting the UK's ailing economy, there was precious little in today's Budget to add flesh to the bones. There is to be an ...
Tags: Computer Products, software
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BT Has Created More Than 1,000 Engineering Jobs
Mar 8, 2013BT has created more than 1,000 engineering jobs at the company's infrastructure arm Openreach. The vast majority of the roles will be installing broadband in customers' homes, BT said, with the roles being occupied by a mix of ...
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GLA Has Issued Prior Notice of Its Plan to Select a Supplier or Suppliers
Mar 1, 2013The Greater London Authority (GLA) has issued prior notice of its plan to select a supplier or suppliers to help with its Super Connected Cities Plan (SCCP) initiative. The government's broadband delivery team, BDUK, awarded GLA an ...
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Bt Has Announced The Next Stage of Its £2.5bn Fibre Broadband Rollout
Feb 17, 2013BT has announced the next stage of its £2.5bn fibre broadband rollout, which will extend availability to a further 1.2 million premises. The company said 99 new fibre-enabled exchanges will bring fast broadband to 600,000 premises ...
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Work on The Welsh Government's Superfast Cymru Programme Is Under Way
Jan 23, 2013Work on the Welsh government's Superfast Cymru programme is under way, the Welsh business minister Edwina Hart has announced. The project looks to deliver high-speed and "world class" broadband access to 96 per cent of Welsh homes and ...
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The U.N. Should Embrace Free and Open Broadband Markets and Allow Individual Countries
Dec 26, 2012The U.N.'s International Telecommunications Union should embrace free and open broadband markets and allow individual countries to reform their telecommunications regulations instead of attempting to centrally regulate the industry, the ...
Tags: U.N., ITU, telecommunications regulations, U.S.delegation
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The Government Hit Back Against Comments From Former BT CTO Peter Cochrane
Dec 24, 2012The government has hit back against comments from former BT CTO Peter Cochrane that it is 'visionless' in its attempt to implement broadband across the UK, by insisting that it has a clear plan. Meanwhile, BT has slammed Cochrane over his ...
Tags: BT, Peter Cochrane, broadband, UK's'visionless'broadband
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Former CTO of BT Has Responded to The Government
Dec 24, 2012Former CTO of BT, Peter Cochrane, has responded to the government and BT who had hit back at his claims that UK's broadband plans were "visionless", by sarcastically encouraging the government to show off its plans to fast-growing economies ...
Tags: Peter Cochrane, BT, UK's broadband, broadband rollout
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Investment of Pound 32m to Get Superfast Broadband to Rural Areas Is Brought Into Question
Dec 17, 2012Lancashire County Council’s investment of pound 32m to get superfast broadband to rural areas is being brought into question by a local MP, who claims other, more pressing social issues should take priority. Graham Jones, Labour MP ...
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The UK Is to Have The Fastest Broadband Network of All Major European Countries
Dec 17, 2012The UK is to have the fastest broadband network of all major European countries by 2015,culture secretary Jeremy Hunt has claimed. Speaking at the Google Campus in Tech City,Hunt defended the government after criticism from a Lords ...