Is Disaster Planning failing to keep up with communications technology?
Why, in an era when we have never been so rich in all the means of communications, have we seen three instances in the UK at the end of 2010 where a total breakdown in communications has occurred between major organisations and tens of thousands of their affected customers? The centre piece of a disaster communications strategy is not just to inform those affected what is happening but what the victims need to do for themselves to assist in the disaster recovery process…
Read more →The Difference between Copyright & Patents Period of Protection is Obscene
How does society rewards its deserving artists compared with its deserving engineers for their intellectual creativity? The answer is a massive discrimination against its creative engineers. The European Commission has just added insult to injury by extending copyright protection for music from an already incredible 50 years to a truly featherbedding 70 years. One or other is seriously out of line.
Read more →Lies, damn lies and advertised broadband data speeds
Ofcom has just published the results of the UK
Read more →Is Mobile Regulation only about draining profits from the Mobile Phone Companies
There have been three major changes of regulatory structure for the mobile phone industry over the past 30 years…a new structure every 10 years. Next year is the 10th anniversary since the 2003 Communications Act gave Ofcom a primary duty to further the interests of citizens in relation to communications matters and…where appropriate by promoting competition. It is timely to look at the powers and duties of Ofcom to see if they are “fit for purpose” for the next 10 years.
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