Natasha Lomas

Recent Articles by Natasha Lomas

December 28, 2009

BT Ties British Fiber Rollout to Olympics

BT (BT) is aiming to complete its £1.5bn deployment of superfast fibre broadband in time for the 2012 Olympic Games in London. In an interview with the Financial Times...

December 15, 2009

The Technology Marketers Need in 2010

With budgets unlikely to grow next year, it's perhaps unsurprising that one of the dominant themes for sales and marketing departments in 2010 will be doing more with ...

November 23, 2009

IT Jobs: Wages Hold Up, but Fewer Openings

In the main IT industry wages look to be weathering the economic storm, according to this year's silicon.com Skills Survey, but there are signs that first-time tech ...

November 3, 2009

Nokia's Plans for Symbian vs. Maemo

While Symbian continues to dominate the smartphone market it could soon be facing increasing competition from a new quarter—Maemo. There's no debating that the Symbian...

November 2, 2009

Orange Reveals UK iPhone Pricing

The iPhone 3G and 3G S will go on sale to Orange customers from 10 November, the operator has revealed today. Orange (FTE) has also unveiled its pay monthly, ...

October 20, 2009

How British Bobbies Use BlackBerrys

Getting chewed—and eaten—by dogs. Getting run over by cars. And Land Rovers. It's not an easy life being a police BlackBerry (RIMM) out on the mean streets. "Nothing ...

September 23, 2009

E-Tailers' Bumper Sales Amid Recession

Online shopping continues to be a beacon of hope for retailers as high street sales stall. UK shoppers spent £3.8bn online last month—16 per cent higher than in August...

September 22, 2009

Britain Urged to Upgrade Tech Skills

Businesses must do more to help boost the numbers of students taking science, technology, engineering and maths (Stem) degrees in order to ensure the UK does not lag ...

July 30, 2009

Female Pay Inequality Persists in U.K.

Progress on gender pay equality in the UK has stalled, says the government's Women and Work Commission (WWC) but senior female tech workers at least have reason to ...

July 17, 2009

Symbian Launches Unit to Aid Developers

Developers working on apps for Symbian OS are to be offered a helping hand. The Symbian Foundation, the organisation which steers the development of the open source ...