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RSS data growthEricsson chairman warns of lean months ahead
News In October, CEO Sven-Christer Nilsson said Ericsson would focus on IP (Internet Protocol) and wireless technologies, enabling growth of 20 per cent per year. While Scandinavian rival Nokia has almost doubled its sales to become the world's largest... [21 Dec 1998]
Why Oftel ruling won't worry mobile companies
Comment The UK market still has a long way to go before it is saturated and most of that growth will come from price-conscious consumers as the business market levels off. UMTS will enable services that make use of video and high-speed data transfer in... [18 Dec 1998]
Zergo and Baltimore merge to form PKI giant
News Two rival security vendors today announced plans to merge in preparation for immense growth in the PKI (public key infrastructure) market. Zergo expects to receive shareholder approval for the merger before January's RSA data security show in San... [16 Dec 1998]
AT&T pays £5bn for IBM Global Network
News In a statement, AT&T chairman and CEO, Michael Armstrong, said the deal boosts the company's four key targets for growth: global services, data networking, IP technology and network outsourcing. In return, IBM Global Services will provide $4bn... [08 Dec 1998]
C&W invests $1bn in pan-European voice and data network
News The expansion is part of the UK company's aggressive growth plan that has seen it recently spend $1.75bn on Internet services in the US - making it the second biggest carrier of Net traffic in the country. [16 Nov 1998]
Teleworking gets vote of confidence from UK workers
News I think we will see a remarkable growth in teleworking over the next few years," said Gee. He added that the most likely candidates to take up teleworking are departments with quantifiable results, such as sales, while data-heavy industry sectors... [09 Nov 1998]
Storage market faces Y2K supply crisis
News We are seeing a steady increase, but if that growth rate is exceeded because of the Year 2000, manufacturers would be unable to meet it. Plans are in place for a growth in the market and so is the equipment. [29 Oct 1998]
BT kick-starts ADSL trials in London
News Gavin Parnaby, analyst at Datamonitor, said: "The growth of the Internet means people need more bandwidth and in a couple of years ADSL will be widely available, but ISDN is the stepping stone. Big corporates would go for fibre optic cable or HDSL... [15 Oct 1998]
Italian telco sets out three-year strategy
News The plan, which takes effect next year, includes a L40,000bn investment programme and a projected growth in turnover of 7 per cent per year. Telecom Italia has announced a three-year business plan which will see it focus on international markets... [28 Sep 1998]
Nortel slashes 3,500 jobs
News He explained: "We are focusing on the high growth businesses and markets, and Europe has real growth potential. Over the last nine months we have also been very focused on IP protocol and networking because there is 30 to 40 per cent growth in that... [17 Sep 1998]
In brief: Indian services firm comes to Europe
News This year, the company has forecast a 70 per cent growth rate with revenues in excess of £200m. It specialises in ERP, ecommerce, data warehousing and engineering design services. Top Indian technology company, Wipro Infotech, has launched in Europe. [08 Sep 1998]
BT revamps UK operations
News BT's Cockburn said the reorganisation is "all about driving for growth, effectiveness and seamless world class customer service". The revamp, overseen by group managing director, Bill Cockburn sees a new BT UK Markets division responsible for £10bn... [12 Aug 1998]
Ecommerce for everyone
Comment The Brussels meeting successfully managed to identify the core barriers to growth in the ecommerce sphere: data protection, taxation, tariffs, intellectual property rights, encryption, authentication and liability. [10 Aug 1998]
Norweb promises IP over power lines by year end
News Last October, Norweb and Canada's Nortel announced they were working on the technology, and have since formed Nor.Web DPL as a vehicle to "unleash the next wave of Net growth". Data sent over ordinary power lines will travel at more than one... [25 Jul 1998]
Business chiefs call for ecommerce dialogue
News Delegates agreed that the main barriers to growth are taxation, tariffs, intellectual property rights, encryption, authentication, data protection and liability. Business leaders have called for greater cooperation between the private and public... [03 Jul 1998]
