A lack of robust regulation and obstructive behaviour by BT is undermining the introduction of broadband services in the UK, according to telecoms and new media advisers Analysys.
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A lack of robust regulation and obstructive behaviour by BT is undermining the introduction of broadband services in the UK, according to telecoms and new media advisers Analysys.
Buyers need to collaborate more fully with suppliers if they are to reap the full rewards offered by e-procurement, says a report by e-business consultancy Axon. It claims buyers spend too much time investing in systems development and forget to involve their suppliers. For a copy of the report, call 01784 480 800.
WH Smith has backed down on plans to create its own national magazine distribution system in partnership with supermarket group Tesco, following criticism from publishers and newsagents.
Passengers do not appreciate how much culinary skill and logistical know-how goes into making in-flight food, according to Peter Jones, newly appointed as the world’s first professor of airline food at the University of Surrey in Guildford. Jones’ post is funded by the International Flight Catering Association, which represents in-flight food organisations.
Railtrack has started to award contracts and preferred bidder status for maintenance of its infrastructure as it sends out its new contracts to replace those put in place at privatisation.
Abbey National has become the first UK bank to outsource its credit card entirely after the sale of its in-house operation to credit card firm MBNA for £289 million. MBNA will issue Abbey National-branded cards.
Lucent Technologies has asked us to point out that Jose Mejia, whose views we reported in our 15 March issue (Editorial and News) is not in fact the company’s chief operating officer.
The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has cleared software and hardware maintenance provider ICL of anti-competitive charges. Rival group Synstar Computer Services had said ICL was abusing its dominant market position by not providing access to its full diagnostic service.