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News I haven't seen wireless LAN products that provide the bandwidth to beat cable," he explained. Saab Combitech Network, the IT services unit of Saab Group, has announced plans to move all its voice communications to a wireless platform. [15 Apr 1999]
AT&T puts UK business up for sale
News Communications group, MediaOne has also confirmed plans to leave the UK mobile market by selling or floating UK mobile phone company, One2One, which it jointly owns with Cable & Wireless. US telco, AT&T has put its UK business up for sale... [25 Mar 1999]
The mobile future: more than just a smart phone
Comment Traditionally, the spotlight has been on the promise of the all-in-one 'smartphone' - a wireless phone-cum-computer running a compact operating system from (probably) either Microsoft or Symbian, the joint venture formed last year by Ericsson... [23 Mar 1999]
Phew! What a dial-up: UK tabloids take to the Net
News BT will provide the Internet backbone for the Sun's yet-to-be-named ISP (Internet service provider) service, while the Mirror is teaming up with Cable & Wireless Communications (C&WC). Daniel Bieler, analyst at Ovum, commented: "This would... [31 Jan 1999]
Nortel boosts One2One UK coverage
News Pascal Debon, president of GSM wireless solutions at Nortel networks, said: "We are delighted that One2One has renewed its confidence in us. UK mobile operator One2One has signed a $54m deal with Nortel as part of an expansion programme for its... [28 Jan 1999]
ISPs sign Web cache deals
News Network Appliance has won a £1.6m contract from Planet Online, the Energis-owned ISP which runs fast-growing Freeserve, while Cable & Wireless USA has licensed Inktomi's Traffic Server technology. [12 Jan 1999]
Lucent buys Kenan and eyes Ascend
News Kenan specialises in flexible billing, order processing and customer analysis software that enables service providers to produce a single bill for wireless, voice, data, Internet and broadband cable services. [12 Jan 1999]
AirTouch-Bell Atlantic-Vodafone: a ménage-à-trois made in heaven
Comment Bell Atlantic (BA), the US Baby Bell that serves most of the North-East of the country, covets AirTouch because a stronger mobile business would allow it to challenge AT&T, Nextel Communications and Sprint PCS Group as a nationwide provider of... [02 Jan 1999]
Why Oftel ruling won't worry mobile companies
Comment But for those operators that do win, what with mobile entering the data age as IP goes wireless, their world will change drastically. Commenting on the battle for 3G licences as players such as United News & Media and possibly Virgin begin to... [18 Dec 1998]
Toys R Us offers free Net access
News And just as Dixons teamed up with Planet Online - owned by business telco, Energis - to provide Freeserve, Toys R Us is partnering with Cable and Wireless Communications, ICL and Martin Dawes Telecommunications. [15 Dec 1998]
IT and the call centre - a recipe for success
Comment At a recent cable communications conference in London, the heads of the big three cable players - Cable & Wireless Communications (C&WC), NTL and Telewest - said things have to improve. But at the heart of many customer service operations... [12 Dec 1998]
C&W launches official complaint on AT&T/BT venture
News Cable & Wireless (C&W) will tomorrow submit a detailed complaint to the EC about the proposed tie-up between BT and AT&T. According to Stephen Pettit, executive director of C&W global business, BT and AT&T account for more than... [25 Nov 1998]
ESB sets timetable for Irish telecoms launch
News A spokeswoman stressed that countless services have registered in Ireland over the past six years - including Cable & Wireless, AT&T and Esprit. Ireland's leading telco, Telecom Eireann, woke up to serious competition today as the country's... [08 Nov 1998]
Ionica hits the rocks
News Ionica, which has spent the last few months talking up its future while searching for investors, sought to break BT's stranglehold on the local loop by providing fixed wireless services, mainly to residential customers and small businesses. [30 Oct 1998]
Oftel U-turn gives Ionica breathing space
News A spokesperson for Oftel said: "It follows from the Wireless Telegraphy Act. At present it has only installed infrastructure for the Midlands and East Anglia. An analyst at Ovum commented: "From Ionica's point of view, it may not make a lot of... [19 Oct 1998]
