$100bn
RSS $100bnUK wastes £100bn annually - online procurement firm claims
News The UK is losing £100bn per year in wasted procurement costs, according to ecommerce specialist, Infobank. The company specialises in electronic procurement systems and claims the average cost of making a purchase... [17 Aug 1999]
Oracle reaches $100bn mark on raised stock prices
News Oracle's share price jumped to an all time high yesterday on US stock markets, according to US wires. The price rose $6.50 to $71 per share taking the database company's market value above the $100bn mark for the first... [18 Nov 1999]
Cisco reaches $100bn milestone
News Cisco Systems has reached the magical $100bn mark for market capital in under twelve years. In doing so, Cisco has comfortably surpassed even high-flying Microsoft. Bill Gates' firm took nearly 20 years to reach the same... [22 Jul 1998]
3G, or not 3G? That is the $100bn question
News In a Financial Times article, Keiichi Enoki, director of NTT DoCoMo's iMode arm, said European telecom operators would struggle to justify the $100bn spent on securing licences for Europe's 3G airwaves. [23 Nov 2000]
Vodafone prepares £100bn hostile bid for Mannesmann
News In what could lead to Europe's biggest ever takeover, Mannesmann has rejected a 'friendly' bid from the UK mobile operator, Vodafone Airtouch. Mannesmann said in a statement that the offer was 'extremely unattractive'. [15 Nov 1999]
‚¬100bn of consumer cash wasted on mobile termination fees
News The European telecoms regulatory lobby group ECTA (European Competitive Telecommunications Association) has urged the European Commission information society and media commissioner Viviane Reding to force mobile operators to cut mobile... [26 Jun 2008]
Europe battling €100bn health fraud losses
News The head of counter fraud within the NHS has told silicon.com Europe is losing tens of billions of euros each year to criminals but added that high-tech analysis and solutions are helping to turn the tide in favour of organisations such... [28 Jun 2005]
Fakes cost IT industry $100bn per year
News The IT industry is losing up to $100bn per year from counterfeit products, audit firm KPMG estimates. Based on the firm's interviews with electronics industry executives, as many as one in 10 IT products sold is... [16 Aug 2005]
Banks "race" to spend €100bn on updates
News Banks are spending €100bn in a "race to renew their IT platforms" by 2010. According to a report from analyst Forrester, 69 per cent of European banks either have plans to update applications or are already doing so to... [13 Oct 2005]
Mobile data busts $100bn milestone
News While it might not be the bloated cash cow that the operators were once hoping for, mobile data is still, it seems, raking in not insignificant amounts of cash. Researcher Informa Telecoms & Media has found that during the course of 2005... [27 Jul 2006]
Ker-ching! Europeans to spend €100bn online
News Europeans are spending ever more money online with research out today suggesting the total spent online during 2006 is likely to hit €100bn. That works out at an impressive average of €1,000 per person for a staggering... [10 Jul 2006]
$100bn outsourcing bonanza could see Indian breakthrough
News Almost $100bn in outsourcing contracts will be up for grabs in the next two years - and big players including Accenture, EDS and IBM could feel their grip on the market weakened by more competition from offshore companies. [12 Jan 2006]
MCI WorldCom buys Sprint for over $100bn
News MCI WorldCom (MCI) and Sprint have signed a $129bn deal - $115bn in stock plus $14bn in debt and preferred stock - making them partners in the largest merger agreement in corporate history. Once ratified, MCI will control over 30 per... [06 Oct 1999]
Q&A: Dell CEO Kevin Rollins
Comment It has been just six months since Kevin Rollins took over the reigns at the helm of PC giant Dell last year after founder Michael Dell stepped aside as CEO.silicon.com caught up with Rollins on a visit to Dell's enormous sprawling... [18 Jan 2005]
Peter Cochrane's Uncommon Sense: Don't make life harder than it already is
Comment In his second column for silicon.com, Dr Peter Cochrane looks at what he thinks is the common nonsense the telecoms industry - from vendors to analysts - is pinning its future on. Could it be the principal players have misread a world... [11 Jul 2002]
