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All Legislation and Regulation News - November 2006

Bush backs Alcatel-Lucent merger

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Author: Tash Shifrin
Date: 20 November 2006

US president George Bush has approved a £6.2bn ($11.8bn) merger between French telecommunications equipment manufacturer Alcatel and US firm Lucent Technologies.

Ofcom to make it easier to switch mobile operator

News
Author: Antony Savvas
Date: 16 November 2006

Communications regulator Ofcom is to make it easier for users to take their mobile number with them when they switch their mobile operator.

IT integration promises exchange savings

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Author: blank blank
Date: 15 November 2006

Pan-European exchange Euronext has said that savings in IT costs from the proposed merger with the New York Stock Exchange could allow it to cut trading fees by 10% to 15%.

New payment body will usher faster cheque clearing

News
Author: Antony Savvas
Date: 15 November 2006

The government has announced the establishment of the Payments Industry Association to oversee the governance of payment systems, as new rules are rubber-stamped to introduce a quicker cheque-clearing process.

EU gives Microsoft 23 November deadline for daily fine

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Author: Antony Savvas
Date: 15 November 2006

Microsoft has until 23 November to deliver satisfactory code for its workgroup server protocols to rivals, or otherwise face a daily fine of up to £2m from the European Commission.

IT cost cuts fund change at Barnsley

Case Study
Author: Will Hadfield
Date: 14 November 2006

Barnsley Council has begun work on the first of a series of business transformation projects that it plans to fund from back-office efficiencies created by an outsourcing deal.

Councils sign broadband deal for southern Scotland

News
Author: Antony Savvas
Date: 10 November 2006

Scottish councils have signed a £32m contract to bring broadband to hundreds of schools, libraries and council offices throughout southern Scotland.

Vodafone undercuts BT broadband

News
Author: Antony Savvas
Date: 10 November 2006

Vodafone has announced details of its new fixed-line broadband package for its mobile contract customers.

Microsoft and Novell’s surprise collaboration

News analysis
Date: 09 November 2006

In a move that could be as profound as it is surprising for two former rivals, Microsoft and Novell have announced a set of broad business and technical collaboration agreements that affect server-based computing.

IBM peels insecurity off RFID tags

News
Author: Antony Savvas
Date: 09 November 2006

IBM has developed a technology to limit the data breach threat in radio frequency identification (RFID) tags.

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