WorldCom to drop wireless resale business
Embattled WorldCom Inc. said it will exit the wireless resale business amid rumors it will also lay off 20 percent of its workforce.
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Analysts: Cellular industry contractions likely soon
The number of major U.S. cellular carriers is likely to drop in the coming year, perhaps from seven down to five, analysts said this week.
Recovery unlikely for telecoms this year, analysts say
Announcements of more layoffs and share declines by major telecommunications companies Monday served as a warning that previous predictions of a telecom recovery in the second half of this year were off base.
PC market declines in 2001; slow turnaround expected
Everybody knew 2001 was a hard year for the PC market, but official numbers now show the year was a bloodbath.
Compaq expects surge in leasing business
Amid dismal technology market forecasts, at least one vendor, Compaq Computer, expects big growth in the leasing of computers and related gear next year.
Worldwide PC shipments down nearly 12% in Q3
Worldwide PC shipments dropped nearly 12 percent in the third quarter of 2001 over the same period last year, according to a report released yesterday by San Jose-based Dataquest Inc., a division of Gartner Inc.
HP/COMPAQ: Users, analysts more positive to merger
Reaction to the proposed merger between Hewlett-Packard and Compaq has slightly improved five weeks after the deal was announced.
HP, Compaq CEOs see revenue boost in wireless
Wireless integration projects and PC innovations will be big revenue drivers for the proposed merged entity of Hewlett-Packard Co. and Compaq Computer Corp., the CEOs of both companies said yesterday.
Fiduciary
Banks, brokerages and insurance companies are commonly said to have a "fiduciary duty," but that doesn't apply solely to the way they handle customers' investments. It also means they're responsible for earning a customer's confidence and trust in more general ways, and that involves satisfying customer expectations throughout all levels of an organization, including the IT department.
US ATTACK: Staying connected in a postattack IT world
During last week's tragic attacks in New York and Washington, mobile workers across the nation found themselves scrambling to make cellular connections work or scurrying to find new, inventive ways to get desktop work done on laptops or on handhelds equipped with e-mail.
Florida police, rescue squads test wireless technology
Motorola is conducting an ambitious wireless trial in Florida to allow public safety personnel to send color video wirelessly to vehicles in the field and to conduct wireless videoconferencing, complete with voice and data.
New guidelines to improve wireless Web services
Leading wireless Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) phone makers and operators announced guidelines Wednesday to provide more consistent handset features and services in next-generation devices.
Wireless messaging vendor to exit business
Struggling communications vendor Glenayre Technologies Inc. Wednesday disclosed plans to abandon its wireless messaging division and lay off about 700 workers, a cutback that would slash the company's workforce by about 55 percent.
IBM goes full-throttle with wireless technologies
Officials at IBM Corp. made a slate of wireless and mobile computing announcements yesterday, including a new colour-screen handheld and another in a line of ThinkPad laptops with antennas integrated inside for wireless LAN access. The company also announced new wireless customers, partners and wireless systems administration tools.
Streaming media goes mainstream
Many companies have deployed streaming media for at least a few applications, but The Boeing Co. in Seattle thrives on it. At Boeing, it's possible to see Web-based video of rocket launches or to hear streaming Web audio of quarterly reports. And many of the aerospace company's 198,000 workers worldwide also have access to video, audio and slide presentation training materials over Boeing's internal network.