next generation in comment and analysis
Industry comes to terms with Vodafone-Mannesmann merger
Comment Rupert Murdoch's firm is known to have already held talks with Nokia to explore the possibility of delivering content over next-generation phones. Within hours of Mannesmann succumbing to Vodafone AirTouch's record breaking E180bn merger offer... [07 Feb 2000]
Business process outsourcing to threaten the old world order
Comment But next-generation outsourcing is about business process outsourcing, and unless these companies address their business relationships they will lose out. A survey of 98 senior UK executives last November by research outfit, NelsonHall, showed... [02 Feb 2000]
Keeping up with the Joneses - the UMTS licence race
Comment Vodafone, for all its past growth and present takeover manoeuvring, has failed to articulate its next-generation plans. Then on Wednesday, the UK's Radiocommunications Agency (RA) kicked-off the auction process that will eventually see five UMTS... [17 Jan 2000]
Telecom 99 - the final analysis
Comment Marketers from one next-generation telco told Silicon.com that they already have their planning underway for next time, even though they don't know yet the precise nature of their involvement. Both Gates and Ellison, normally a sure bet for... [15 Oct 1999]
The Bloor Perspective: PDAs, ASPs and the end of magnetic disks
Comment Palm Computing's new Palm VII PDA is claimed to be the first of the new generation of palm-tops to give true Internet-anywhere capabilities - but it's not really a complete solution, and it's certainly not available everywhere. [11 Oct 1999]
Loyalty card schemes: an expensive waste of time?
Comment But Tesco and Safeway are on the verge of announcing their next-generation loyalty systems. Both Tesco and Safeway insist their second-generation systems will not make any of the original investment redundant. [27 Aug 1999]
The IT girl: E-gad! It's an ecommerce launch
Comment Blame shortened attention spans blame the Me generation blame the new narcissism blame anything you like. Next up was Martin Blakey, author of the Blakey Report. Maybe it's a by-product of the Disinformation Society (Copyright T Familiar, but you... [02 Jun 1999]
Why Oftel ruling won't worry mobile companies
Comment Also Cellnet and Vodafone are already looking ahead three years or so to the introduction of UMTS (Universal Mobile Telephony System), or third-generation (3G) mobile services, which will force down the price of today's GSM technology. [18 Dec 1998]
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