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RSS regionHot stuff: A third of all software pirated
News This is mirrored elsewhere in the world, with piracy growing fastest in the Asia Pacific region and starting to decline in Russia, Eastern Europe and Greece. However, the biggest lost revenues for software companies came in the countries with the... [21 May 2001]
C&W splashes out on Digital Island
News Last year C&W recorded a £1.12bn profit, this year it's expected to be in the region of £760m. The move for the business that helps speed data over the web will ease the growing pressure placed on C&W by its shareholders who want the... [14 May 2001]
Reuters takes Bridge to 'virtual monopoly'
News Reuters admits that while the assets it has bought generate significant revenue, they are losing in the region of $70m a year. Bridge announced yesterday that Reuters was the winning bidder for the bulk of its business after it put itself up for... [01 May 2001]
Don't unbundle the loop, unbundle the UK
News Government contracts should be allocated to one company per region, he says, to give providers the necessary economies of scale. Professor Jim Norton, head of e-business policy at IoD, said: "I believe the key to driving broadband into the regions... [25 Apr 2001]
CeBIT Update: Past comes back to haunt US Robotics veterans
News That lone member of staff, Lars-Ole Hansen, has now recruited seven country managers with 50 employees between them in the EMEA region and next week a head of Asia Pacific operations will be announced. [29 Mar 2001]
IBM kills Lotus but keeps brand and products
News Lotus UK managing director John O'Hara will now report to Steve Cowley, VP northern region, IBM Software. IBM has been coy about the detail of its restructuring plans in the past, but has now admitted the Lotus structure will be totally dismantled... [26 Mar 2001]
Vodafone says: 'Pay more as you talk'
News The company said in a statement: "As a result of this change, Vodafone UK expects the price on the high street of its Vodafone 'Pay as you Talk' packages to be in the region of £70 for entry-level products, although distributors and service... [26 Mar 2001]
John Lamb's Week: Dell disarmed, Blunkett on the attack, CODA celebrating
Comment Curiously enough, skills shortages have neither stopped the UK being one of Europe's early adopters of IT nor prevented the country from remaining one of the biggest technology markets in the region. The company has promised to produce stripped... [26 Mar 2001]
Roam sweet roam for Vodafone partner star*home
News Sofer added that star*home's services are not exclusive to Vodafone and the company is already in talks with Deutsche Telekom as well as telcos in Italy and the Asia/Pacific region. star*home, a provider of services for mobile operators and their... [21 Mar 2001]
Business telco goes bust
News RSL Communications spent the early part of last year investing in infrastructure and telco firms to build up a sizeable international carrier business with annual revenues in the region of $1.4bn. The assets of the holding company - Bermuda-based... [21 Mar 2001]
Model Management: Stock market meltdown
Comment Japan threatens to lead the Asia-Pacific region into slump. Last year's management hero, John Chambers has just apologised to Cisco shareholders for his firm's performance. Sacking 3,000 workers was "the worst thing I have ever done in my life" he... [20 Mar 2001]
Model Management: Japan - "The whirligig of time"
Comment Not only is Japan's economy the motor for the whole Asia-Pacific region, but Japanese companies have been serious and committed overseas investors. Edwards Deming into Japan to help in the task of reconstructing the country's industrial base. [12 Mar 2001]
Gates in earthquake scare
News Other companies in the region sent their employees home after the quake. Gates was speaking in a downtown Seattle hotel when the earthquake, which measured 6.8 on the Richter Scale, struck just before 11:00 (PST) on Wednesday morning. [01 Mar 2001]
Napster: A gamble too far for Bertelsmann
News In the deal struck last year, the only money that changed hands immediately was in the form of a loan to develop a fee paying service - thought to be in the region of $2m. German media group Bertelsmann, which owns big five record label BMG, broke... [13 Feb 2001]
The Bloor Perspective: Cisco inferno, EU shelves spam, and Dell gets all premature
Comment For some reason, spam is treated differently and many countries across the region still operate an 'opt-out' requirement where individuals can be sent as much junk mail as a sender likes until they opt out. [12 Feb 2001]
