This week sees The Rural and Regional Broadband Conference organised by the The Access to Broadband Campaign (ABC) which seeks to find out how high-speed internet services can be made accessible and affordable for all members of British society. The UK government remains committed to the objective of making the UK the leading broadband market… Continue reading UK Conference To Debate Broadband Divide
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The battle for control of Cordiant Communications has taken a bizarre new twist after it was revealed that a Syrian billionairess is the independent investor who recently purchased a 2% stake in the troubled advertising group (see Active Value And Unknown Investor Buy Cordiant Shares). Nahed Ojjeh is better known as a patron in the… Continue reading Endgame No Clearer As Chess Fan Makes Move On Cordiant
John Malone’s Liberty Media has agreed to pay $7.9 million for full control of the shopping channel QVC raising doubts about the company’s ability to make a competitive bid for the US entertainment assets of Vivendi Universal. Earlier this year Liberty, which already has a 42% stake in QVC, triggered a clause in its deal… Continue reading Liberty Buys Partner’s Stake In QVC
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has stepped up its fight against spam with the launch of a new set of guidelines designed to help consumers reduce the amount of unsolicited commercial emails they receive. The guidelines have been issued in response to the growing problem of spam, which now accounts for around 40% of global… Continue reading UK Authorities Take Measures To Can Spam
US online retail sales increased by 15% year on year in the second quarter of 2003, according to BizRate. Mediapost reports figures from the shopping comparison site which show that online retail expenditure rose from $10 billion in Q2 2002 to $11.6 billion in Q2 2003. Growth has therefore slowed since the same time last… Continue reading Online Retail Sales Grow In Q2
Broadband internet access will be installed in 50 million, or 30%, of European homes by 2008, representing 57% of the online population at that time, according to a new report from Forrester Research. The research group has revised its forecasts after stronger than expected growth in 2002, also taking into account continued price cuts and… Continue reading Broadband To Hit 30% Penetration In Europe By 2008
Active Value, the UK fund management service and the largest shareholder in Cordiant Communications, has again increased its stake in the group, this time buying 113.4 million shares. The purchase raises Active Value’s stake in Cordiant to 27.1%, comfortably past the 25% mark at which it has the power to block the proposed takeover of… Continue reading Active Value And Unknown Investor Buy Cordiant Shares
Business-to-consumer (B2C) ecommerce revenues in Europe are set to surpass $240 billion by 2006, representing a rise of 300% over 2003’s projected $60.7 billion spend. This is according to new figures from eMarketer‘s Europe E-Commerce: B2B & B2C report, which shows that there will be an annual growth of approximately $60 billion between now and… Continue reading European B2C Ecommerce To Pass $240bn By 2006
More than half of UK mobile users believe that there is nothing of interest that their mobile phone could offer other than the standard voice and text applications, according to a survey by Mediaedge:cia. However, the survey of 500 adults found that whilst the majority are not interested in any of the advanced services of… Continue reading Over Half Of UK Mobile Users Uninterested In Advanced Services
Mobile phone usage in Europe is likely to hit an 80% penetration saturation point around 2008, after which growth is likely to stall, according to new forecasts from Forrester Research. The research group predicts that there will be 310.7 million European mobile subscribers by 2008, representing a 79% penetration of the total population, as shown.… Continue reading European Mobile Penetration Will Hit 80% Ceiling, Says Forrester