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News EU politicians have backed measures to help create a wireless broadband service that could work across Europe. It follows calls by the European Commission yesterday to cut mobile data roaming charges in... [24 Sep 2008]
Yahoo! Europe sees its MD say a fond farewell
News I am proud to have been part of the team that has built one of the leading internet companies in Europe," she said in a statement. Arredondo is one of Europe's most high-profile female internet... [15 Feb 2001]
Europe gears up for an electronic Christmas
News Online spending this Christmas is up 71 per cent across Europe, beating a 68 per cent increase for the year as a whole, despite the economic downturn and fears of a full-blown recession in the new year. [07 Dec 2001]
Europe faces Y2K blackout
News Europe's infrastructure is at risk from the millennium bug, according to a report the European Commission is expected to present to European leaders at their summit in Cologne this week. The report speculates that... [03 Jun 1999]
Europe ahead on Internet and call centre integration
News Europe is leading the world when it comes to the use of technology in call centres, according to this year's Merchants Group Call Centre Benchmarking report. The full report is due out in January 2000, but the interim... [24 Nov 1999]
Stockwatch Daily: Europe opens on a downer
News Upon opening this morning, Europe's indices responded accordingly. The picture was the same across Europe with the DAX down almost 1.5 per cent in Frankfurt and the Paris CAC 40 down almost 0.4 per cent. [23 Apr 2001]
Europe dishing out more spam than US
News While most spam relays are in Europe, botnets are global phenomena, Sjostedt pointed out. Sjostedt said: "The penetration of broadband is tremendous in Europe. Symantec also believes many spammers are... [07 Feb 2008]
Europe bucks outsourcing trend
News Europe is bucking the "tough and uncertain" global outsourcing trend with increases in the number and size of deals, according the latest market statistics. While large contracts in the US are tracking behind 2002... [10 Oct 2003]
US mobile growth booming: Europe all boomed out
News The US mobile market has continued to grow year on year and will not reach the saturation-point that Europe is currently experiencing until around 2005. Michelle de Lussanet, telecommunications analyst at Forrester... [11 Apr 2002]
Europe slow to show interest in m-commerce
News The survey of 1,215 companies across Europe found only seven per cent currently buy or sell goods through mobile devices and 35 per cent of respondents claimed they had no plans to develop m-commerce services at all. [06 Feb 2001]
Europe holds back on IT investment
News The US is the most optimistic with six per cent, but Europe is more cautious with the UK on 4.7 per cent and France lagging behind at only 2.6 per cent. And this compares unfavourably to last year when a 6.8 per cent... [08 Dec 2003]
'Europe is the best place for ecommerce' - Bezos
News Jeff Bezos, the founder and CEO of online bookseller Amazon.com, believes the US will prove to be the most difficult place to do business on the internet - and Europe the best. It will turn out in the end that the US was... [11 Feb 2002]
Pay-as-you-go grids for all: Europe says you're worth it
News Pay-as-you use grids available to everyone in Europe with a computer or PDA could be on their way. The Commission hopes to see Europe move towards a unified grid body, where all grid planning, strategy... [01 Jun 2005]
US, Europe tighten IT spend as India, China boom
News IT budgets are being slashed in the US and Europe as bullish growth in China, India and Russia leaves the Western tech industry in the shade. Europe and the US, meanwhile, are facing the credit crunch by... [11 Sep 2008]
Europe must embrace more R&D
News The Key figures 2007 on Science, Technology and Innovation report shows the percentage of GDP spent on research and development in Europe has stagnated since the mid-1990s. The report suggests this is due to... [13 Jun 2007]
