Stories by Peter Sayer

France's Voila to License Search Engine

Network operator and Internet service provider France Télécom SA has announced plans to license the search engine technology behind its Web portal site Voilà.

Deutsche Telekom to Take Over Debis Systemhaus

German telecommunications carrier Deutsche Telekom AG is to take a 50.1 percent stake and management control of German IT services company Debis Systemhaus GmbH, making it the second largest systems company in Europe, the company announced today.

Fujitsu Siemens Computers Seeks New CEO

Fujitsu Siemens Computers BV is to seek a new chief executive officer when its two co-presidents step down at the end of this month, the company announced today.

To Host or Not to Host: the Question for Carriers

Companies whose business is content should stay away from selling conduits -- while telecommunications companies should stick to shifting bits, according to George Gilder, president of Gilder Technology Group.

ASPs Aim to Put Apps on the Phone Bill

Application service provision may not just be for application service providers, and Microsoft Office, measured by the minute rather than the megabyte, could soon join bundled minutes, caller ID and voice mail on our monthly phone bills, if some in the industry get their way.

Back-end Is Key to Moving Telecoms Forward

While attention is focused on optical data rates and the growth in the number of mobile phone subscribers, the key to the future of telecommunications may be lying forgotten in the back office. This was the message from International Data Corp. (IDC) at the European Telecoms Forum 2000 here in Venice today.

ASPs Are Dead, Long Live Cybercarriers

One of the major technological challenges facing Internet ASPs (application service providers) as they attempt to deliver service to customers is how to move fast enough, according to Mark de Simone, global marketing vice president of Lucent Technologies Inc.

FVC.com Softens Path to Improved Videoconferencing

Broadband videoconferencing company Fvc.com hopes to cut the cost of videoconferencing for broadband network users through distribution of a high-resolution software tool developed by France Télécom SA which, the companies claim, can replace hardware equivalents at a fraction of the cost.

France Looks at Timing for More Mobile Competition

While its southern neighbor Spain hands out licenses for new multimedia mobile communications networks, France is still debating when to introduce new competitors to its three incumbent GSM (global system for mobile communication) operators.

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