Archive - 06 Dec 2000

Job cuts in the offing as ICL's new boss makes his mark

ICL's newly appointed CEO, Richard Christou, today promised to turn round the fortunes of the ailing...

EU to set up cybercrime forum

EU Justice and Home Affairs Commissioner Antonio Vitorino gave details yesterday of a European initi...

IPO in the air for Wind

Franco-Italian telco Wind will make an initial public offering after the Italian government reduces ...

Four licences awarded in Swiss UMTS auction

The Swiss government restarted and closed bidding for four UMTS licences today, three weeks after su...

Opera goes free

Opera is giving its famous browser away free to users, choosing instead to carrying banner ads to re...

Babygear.com goes bust

US e-tailer Babygear.com posted a notice on its site late last night warning customers that it is no...

Freeserve CEO aims to please with Wanadoo deal

The CEO of Freeserve today claimed that existing shareholders were getting the best possible deal fo...

Bouygues Telecom network to lift skiers

Bouygues Telecom is to invest FF750m (£70m) in building up its network in the Alps region of France.

DKTV plans public service digital TV

UK start-up, DKTV - a Different Kind of Television - has today announced an interactive public servi...

Dell turns up the heat under Compaq

Computer maker Dell today unveiled a raft of announcements designed to topple rival Compaq from the ...

Sage pre-tax profit up by 46 per cent

Accountancy and payroll software vendor Sage Group has announced pre-tax profits up 46 per cent on l...

Pentagon pulls Iridium back from the brink

The Pentagon has stepped in to become the first customer of almost defunct satellite communications ...

Freeserve and Wanadoo confirm merger

French ISP Wanadoo this morning confirmed that it is to acquire the UK's largest ISP, Freeserve, in ...

E-envoy role creates government rift

The changing role of the e-envoy looks set to cause a rift inside the Cabinet Office, silicon.com ca...

Weapons online, judgement day and good news at last

The Guardian reports that the government may intervene in arms trading via the internet after...

Shares suspended ahead of Freeserve/Wanadoo announcement

Freeserve and Wanadoo have both suspended trading in their shares in London and Paris before an expe...

Is this the end of the road for Amazon?

Amazon is in trouble again. Back in September, the world's most recognised e-tailer was accused of f...


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