Stories by Douglas F. Gray

Nortel to Acquire CoreTek for $1.43 Billion

Continuing its high profile buying spree, Nortel Networks Corp. has agreed to acquire optical component manufacturer CoreTek Inc. for US$1.43 billion in common stock shares.

Euroweb Acquires Romanian ISP

Euroweb International Corp. has signed a letter of intent to acquire Romanian ISP (Internet service provider) Mediator SA, the company said in a statement issued yesterday.

Study: Euro Mobile Phone Users Overcharged $4B

European mobile service providers could be overcharging customers for incoming calls from fixed lines by up to 4.5 billion euros (US$4.4 billion) annually, according to a study commissioned by the European Competitive Telecommunications Association (ECTA).

Siemens Buys Bosch GSM Facitilies

Munich-based Siemens AG will purchase the GSM (global system for mobile communications) phone manufacturing business of Stuttgart-based Bosch Telecom GmbH and Pandrup, Denmark-based affiliate Bosch Telecom AS, Bosch said in a statement yesterday.

BT Refuses to Comment on Telefonica Bid Rumors

British Telecommunications PLC (BT) today refused to comment on reported speculation over the weekend that it would make a bid for Spanish telecom company Telefónica de España SA.

MS Publishes Free Online Encarta Dictionary

The online dictionary market will soon face new competition with word today that Microsoft Corp. will launch a free online version of its Encarta World English Dictionary beginning next month.

Europe Has WAP Advantage Over U.S.

Although nobody was denying that Europe is lagging behind the U.S. in online access, most executives here at ISP2000 agreed that Europeans will soon catch up thanks to their advantage in mobile technologies.

Study: PKI Revenues Will Reach $3.5B in 2003

Spurred by current growth patterns in e-commerce, the PKI (public key infrastructure) market will be worth US$3.5 billion by 2003, according to a study from U.K.-based market research company Datamonitor PLC.

Unified Messaging is Still a Hard Sell for ASPs

Making the transition from ISP (Internet service provider) to ASP (application services provider) by implementing a unified messaging application isn't that much of a problem: the challenge is getting customers to understand why they need the service, according to one service provider.

ISP Pricing Models Due for a Change

With all the changes the ISP (Internet service provider) market is going through, one question sometimes seems to get lost in the conversion. What should ISPs charge for, and how do they charge it?

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