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Tuesday 24 October 2000

E-government... e-minister... essential?

Electronic government. Mention it and people start to switch off. Match people's thoughts to it, and you'll get a list of key phrases that runs like this: pie in the sky; broken promises; failure to deliver; ministerial backpeddling; EDS; electioneering; spin doctors.

NTL boss calls for single communications regulator

NTL's chief operating officer, Leigh Wood, has called for a single regulator to govern the convergence of media and telecoms in the UK.

Eurim calls for cabinet level e-government paragon

Parliamentary lobby group, Eurim, has called for UK Prime Minister Tony Blair to appoint a cabinet-level minister whose specific role will be to modernise government.

Bull aims for lion's share of smartcard market

IT services company Bull plans to conquer 50 per cent of the smartcard market within five years, according to David Levy, CEO at Bull's Smartcards and terminals division.

Intel 'flexes its muscles' in name game

US chip giant Intel is threatening court action against a number of UK companies, accusing them of misusing Intel's name.

Poor Xerox results to prompt cost-cutting overhaul

Xerox has posted third quarter losses of $128m and a drop in revenue of 4 per cent, which it claims to be in line with expectations.

Foreign exchange deal creates $1.5tr per day business

Online foreign exchange platform Atriax has secured pre-launch backing from over 50 banks, representing half of the exchange market, and $1.5trillion per day in business.

NatSemi shares tumble

Chip specialist National Semiconductor has suffered a severe hit in its share value, which nose-dived by 30 per cent after the company issued a revenue and profit warning.

Jones floats on Neuer Markt

Serial entrepreneur Bob Jones hopes to raise £50m with the flotation of yet another company this time on Germany's Neuer Markt, as predicted by silicon.com.

Internet gets advertising kitemark

The Advertising Standards Agency has ventured into the administration of online ads by launching a voluntary kitemark scheme.

T-Online faces shake-up from Deutsche Telekom

German Telecom operator Deutsche Telekom is considering splitting T-Online into an international division dedicated to managing its internet business.

Mining giants launch B2B coal exchange

International coal giants and heavyweight internet venture firm Accel-KKR have launched one of the world's biggest B2B marketplaces and are already planning to set up more.

Proposal for online tax heard by EU

German finance minister Hans Eichel has proposed a VAT that can be used by all European countries to tax products bought on the internet.

Compaq files breach of contract law suit

Compaq has filed a $17m suit against a Canadian consulting firm for breach of contract.

Morning edition: Toodle-oo Blu and a wireless mess

The Italian 3G wireless licence auctions are the big topic of the day for all the national newspapers. The dramatic exit of the BT-backed Blu consortium brought bidding to a premature end, and left all sides doing a lot of shouting.

Universal MP3 trial branded 'half hearted'

Universal Music has begun trials for an internet subscription service which it hopes to develop into a fully commercial service by early 2001.


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