Archive - 17 Jan 2001
UK internet traffic triples in one year
The London Internet Exchange (Linx), which claims to handle 90 per cent of the UK's internet data fl...
BT takes free net access to the public
BT is offering five months' free internet and email access to customers using its Multi.phone termin...
Bouygues mulls withdrawal from French 3G bid
French telecom operator Bouygues Telecom will plunge itself into debt if it continues its bid for a ...
Call centre failure blamed on customer expectations
Customer expectations are to blame for the poor results of many customer service strategies, accordi...
BT to battle Vodafone for Airtel spin off
British Telecom said yesterday it hopes to raise up to £2.5bn by selling its 17.8 per cent stake in ...
German industry gets portal boost
The German utility and transport sectors are set to begin trading on a tailored e-marketplace that w...
Dresdner launches WAP share trading service
Dresdner Bank is to set to launch secure share trading over WAP phones at the end of this month, pre...
UK e-tailers claim bumper Christmas
Most UK e-tailers claim to have had a booming Christmas according to a new survey from research comp...
This lady is for turning: the unjustifiable French PC tax
It's been a long 24 hours for French culture minister Catherine Tasca after her U-turn in the Nation...
Macromedia merges with Allaire to broaden developer allure
Flash technology pioneer Macromedia beat analysts' expectations as it announced a deal to make itsel...
Globalstar shirks debts causing shares to tumble
Satellite telecommunications company Globalstar sounded its own death knell on the stock market yest...
Letsbuyit.com files for bankruptcy
Letsbuyit.com has finally filed for bankruptcy following a rocky and eventful month, according to re...
Juniper results demonstrate meteoric growth
Juniper Networks, touted by its backers as the 'Cisco killer', has moved firmly into profit and boom...
Acquisitions bring profit for Anite
UK-based consultancy and services company Anite has bucked the current technology downturn and boost...
Interliant and Sun in ASP alliance
ASP Interliant has teamed up with Sun Microsystems to deliver an ASP solution based on Lotus QuickPl...
Bull reshuffles business in light of loss
Bull is to regroup its consulting and systems information services into one organisation called Inte...
Linux leader forecasts slowdown
VA Linux, the open-source software and support company, has revised 2001 revenue forecasts from 125 ...
Autonomy provides portal for Ericsson
Ericsson has bought corporate portal software for 100,000 users from British knowledge management sp...
Palm seeking technology head
The chief technical officer of Palm resigned yesterday, leaving the company without a replacement.
Intel warns of more woe in 2001
Intel has managed to narrowly beat reduced earnings estimates but has warned that 2001 will see its ...
Microsoft's methods causing contempt
Microsoft's plans to use hardware data from individual PCs to fight pirated software could fall foul...
First-e boss takes swipe at online rivals
Online banks Cahoot, Smile and IF will disappear by 2003 as they run out of money and hit management...
'PC tax' scrapped as French minister makes U-turn
French Culture Minister Catherine Tasca was last night forced to publicly retract her proposals for ...
Harmonising Mean Fiddler music and BT's Spanish spin off
The Guardian this morning reports a surprising U-turn being performed by Meanfiddler.com. The...
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