U.K. mobile phone operator BT Cellnet, a subsidiary of British Telecommunications PLC (BT), today started offering its first circuit-switched WAP (wireless applications protocol) services, with additional services to be launched over the coming year.
German ERP (enterprise resource planning) software giant SAP AG has made SAP R/3, a major component of the company's mySAP.com site, available for the Linux operating system, the company announced yesterday.
Akamai Technologies Inc., which makes software to speed up Internet traffic, will acquire e-broadcast company Network24 Communications for US$200 million, Akamai announced today.
Utah based-Linux distributor Caldera Systems, has filed for an initial public offering, the company announced on Monday.
Gateway Inc. will resume using processors from Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD) in its PCs beginning immediately with the Gateway Select 600, the company announced today.
Consumer Electronics sales will reach US$85 billion this year, according to the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA).
Ericsson Inc, the US subsidiary of L.M. Ericsson Telephone Co., plans to sell its private radio systems operations to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania-based Com-Net Communications, for an undisclosed price.
Nortel Networks Corp. intends to purchase Promatory Communications Inc., a California-based developer of DSL (digital subscriber line) platforms, for an estimated US$778 million in Nortel common stock, the Canadian company announced yesterday.
Storing encryption keys on servers is not as safe as previously thought, according to a report issued this week by U.K. security solutions company nCipher.
Freeserve PLC now has 1.68 million active registered accounts, the U.K. ISP (Internet service provider) announced today.
The worldwide chip market experienced double-digit growth in 1999, for the first time in four years, according to a report from research company Dataquest Inc. released today.
All four mobile network providers in the U.K. saw their number of subscribers skyrocket in 1999, almost doubling the number of mobile phone users in the country, the companies announced yesterday.
America Online Inc. saw its online retail sales more than double this season over the previous holiday season to US$2.5 billion dollars, the company announced this week.
British Telecommunications PLC and AT&T Corp. announced today the financial closure of Concert, the final step in tying the knot on the deal for the global communications joint venture between the two companies.
As more companies turn to outside hosting providers to create and manage Web sites, the Web hosting and servicing market is continuing to grow at a breakneck pace, according to a report from International Data Corp. (IDC).