Revenue growth at France Télécom SA is accelerating, the company announced today. It reported consolidated operating revenue figures for 1999 up 10.5 percent from the previous year to 178.6 billion francs (US$27 billion), compared with growth of 5.2 percent one year earlier.
France Télécom SA plans to offer business customers access to their corporate databases over its GSM (Global Systems for Mobile Communications) mobile phone network, using portable terminals such as the Palm V connected organizer from Palm Inc.
Stability and security concerns are driving the French Ministry of Culture to switch its mail, file and Web servers to the open-source operating system Linux, the ministry announced today.
Thirsty Finns frustrated by not having the correct change for a vending machine will soon be able to pay for Pepsi over their mobile phones.
Finnish soft drink distributor Oyj Hartwall Abp has signed a deal to install GSM mobile phone terminals from network operator Sonera in about 100 vending machines, the companies said in a statement at the GSM World Congress.
Akamai Technologies Inc. has signed a definitive agreement to acquire streaming audio and video streaming company Intervu Inc. in a stock-for-stock transaction worth around US$2.8 billion, the company said in a statement today.
Akamai Technologies Inc. has signed a definitive agreement to acquire audio and video streaming company Intervu Inc. in a stock-for-stock transaction worth around US$2.8 billion, the company said in a statement today.
The profits of the future are in the games of the past, according to Scottish startup Digital Bridges.
The company has launched a package of games for mobile phones supporting WAP (wireless application protocol).
French smart card manufacturer Gemplus SCA has struck a deal with Microsoft to embed a version of the Windows operating system in smart cards destined for the GSM (global system for mobile communications) mobile phone market, the companies announced here yesterday.
Mobile phone operators should think of becoming more like post offices or banks.
U.K. mobile phone network operator Virgin Mobile Telecoms Ltd. will allow its subscribers to browse the Internet from any of its mobile phones using a smart card-based browser supplied by Gemplus SCA, the French smart card manufacturer announced here today.
The French and U.S. telecommunications regulators congratulated each another here today on the success of their efforts to create a global, free market for telecom services -- but behind the smiles, concerns over the protection of national interests are still lurking.
France Telecom SA's takeover of Global One Communications Inc., the telecommunications alliance it shares with Deutsche Telekom AG and Sprint Corp., will expand the French carrier's international reach, company executives said here today.
With just one shareholder to report to, network operator Global One Communications Inc. will become a more agile, more profitable operation, said Michel Bon, chairman and chief executive officer of the company's new owner, France Télécom SA, at a press conference this morning.
Spanish mobile phone network operator Telefónica Móviles is to expand its range of information services delivered by WAP (Wireless Applications Protocol) -- although few users are yet able to access the services.
Claiming eight consecutive quarters of year-on-year revenue growth, AT&T Corp. said its pro-forma revenue for 1999 was US$64.141 billion, up 6.2 percent from 1998. Citing strong wireless and business services growth, the company also capped off the year with a fourth quarter that beat analysts' expectations.