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US embraces secure mobile technology it cannot use
News The TopSec phone uses a combination of 1,024-bit encryption for authentication and 128-bit encryption for data transfer. A German company has launched a military-grade secure mobile in the US - the one country where it... [05 Jun 2001]
IBM shakes on $90m Telefonica deal
News The service will enable Telefonica's business users to transfer critical data in real time across its high-speed network to one of several data storage centres. Spanish telco Telefonica has signed a $90m deal with IBM to... [15 Apr 2002]
Deutsche Telekom and KPN fight to fund 3G licences
News German telco group Deutsche Telekom is considering issuing securitised debt, which would transfer future telephone customer bills into capital to help reduce current interest costs. Dutch telco KPN will unveil plans on... [21 Mar 2001]
SDSL pilot promises high-bandwidth data transfer
News Fibernet is to launch a pilot scheme of symmetric digital subscriber line (SDSL) networks for telcos and ISPs and will, unlike ADSL, herald the arrival of both voice and data transfer of up to 2Mbits upstream as well as... [11 Oct 2000]