Sep
05Ofcom is making available a 5th HD channel on the HD Digital Terrestrial TV multiplex. The existing 4 HD channels are BBC HD, BBC One HD, ITV1 HD and Channel4 HD (4HD).
Sep
02Ofcom has opened up new spectrum in the C and Ka bands for use by Transportable Earth Stations (TES) i.e. portable satellite communications devices.
Aug
31Ofcom the super regulator has issued a notice under section 128 of the Communication Act 2003 to HomeServe (HomeServe Plc) for persistant breaches pertaining to automated dialling equipment making silent calls and redialing within 24 hours when the call was answered by an answered by an answering machine.
Aug
23The following companies have been put on notice for non payment of broadcast license fees: -
Aug
18Ofcom has fined TalkTalk and Tiscali 3m each for mis-billing customers after they had been previously warned to get their systems in order.
Aug
16Nuance who are buying up everyone involved in text-to-speech (TTS) and speech-to-text (STT) have just purchased Loquendo from Telecom Italia for $75m.
Aug
10Finding information about companies has always been complicated, basic information is available at Companies House, but to get anything useful you have to pay.
Aug
04Though there are over 15m US Moshi Monster users, so far they’ve only been able to play on-line.
Aug
03Aug
01Many businesses are starting to deploy or already have deployed IP PBX’s (private branch exchanges) which are the guts of VoIP that route calls to local telephones or allow employees to make external calls.