Archive - 23 Oct 2000

Lucent needs lucidity, or it'll be Schacted

Another one bites the dust. Richard McGinn is now officially the former chairman and chief executive...

Linux growth boosts training market

The market for training IT specialists in the Linux operating environment could be worth as much as ...

Top adviser calls for data protection overhaul

A government adviser has called for data protection commissioner Elizabeth France to be given greate...

Blu infighting ends Italian UMTS auction

Italian mobile phone company Blu has withdrawn from Italy's UMTS auction after BT refused to take a ...

IT Relief gears up for the 'Greatest Show on Earth'

There is still time to get your hands on tickets to the IT industry's annual get together, the IT Re...

Sonera suffers sinking profits

Sonera has reported a fall in profits for the first nine months of 2000 compared with the correspond...

Lexmark announces job cuts after third quarter falls

US printer maker Lexmark is to slash 900 jobs and shift its laser printing manufacturing to Latin Am...

Blue chips fail to see beyond language barrier

Over 60 per cent of Europe's biggest multinational companies have failed to understand and address t...

Soaring PC sales create new problems for industry

The world's personal computer market is rising strongly, but the industry could face a build up of i...

McGinn steps down as Lucent boss

Telecoms equipment manufacturer, Lucent, today parted company with Richard McGinn, the company's cha...

Siemens scoops Wind contract

Siemens has won a contract to provide UMTS infrastructure to Italian mobile phone company Wind.

Feeling Blu: 3G auction restarts amid uncertainty

The Italian UMTS allocation process restarted this morning following the suspension of bidding on Fr...

WPP shares rise on third quarter success

Shares in ad agency WPP have risen by four per cent on news of third quarter results finding a stron...

Hewitt given BT ultimatum

UK e-minister, Patricia Hewitt, has been given an ultimatum by BT's leading competitors to speed up ...

GE wins $45bn race for Honeywell

General Electric (GE) has stolen aerospace and electronics giant Honeywell from under the nose of Un...

Morning Edition: Bad day for BT, new dog old tricks and laughing at Apple

This morning's Telegraph reaffirms that a dark cloud is still hanging over BT's ownership of ...

Sniff Out offers unmetered access to heavy users

ISP Sniff Out is offering unrestricted unmetered internet access for £24.98 per month, on the back o...

The Bloor Perspective: 3Com's radio, Sun's Linux détente and B2C shopping basics

In their latest look at three of the week's key issues, Robin Bloor and his colleagues consider 3Com...

Fair game: getting value for money online

Remember all those shops promising to match or better others' prices if consumers find better deals ...


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