FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA (08/15/2000) - Latin America is being flooded with
Internet-based marketplaces that promise to make it easier and cheaper for
companies to buy and sell supplies, a situation that will force many
marketplaces to merge, according to an International Data Corp. (IDC) study
released on Tuesday.
The promise of wireless Internet access
in Latin America has brought together one of the world's top software vendors
and one of the region's leading Internet companies.
FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA (08/09/2000) - Struggling online retailer CDnow Inc.
on Tuesday announced a partnership to facilitate the shipping of videos, DVDs
and music CDs to Latin America and the Caribbean, a region where e-commerce
holds much promise but is hampered by many barriers.
FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA (07/31/2000) - Lucent Technologies Inc. will provide
US$300 million worth of telecommunications equipment and services through 2002
to Brazilian carrier Telemar, including switching wares, software products and
billing systems, Lucent announced Monday.
FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA (07/31/2000) - The rising demand from companies in
Latin America for help with Internet-related activities has significantly
boosted Electronic Data Systems Corp.'s IT services revenue in the region this
year.
Lucent Technologies will provide $US300 million worth of telecommunications equipment and services through 2002 to Brazilian carrier Telemar, including switching wares, software products and billing systems, Lucent announced yesterday.
MIAMI (07/26/2000) - Faced with trickling revenue streams, with few and
reticent users, and with a saturated market still drawing competitors, Latin
America's Internet executives are beginning to sound more like the cast of the
TV show "Survivor" than like high-flying entrepreneurs.
MIAMI (07/26/2000) - Resellers in Central America and the Caribbean can't get
no satisfaction as far as support from PC vendors is concerned.
FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA (07/17/2000) - Latin Americans are enthusiastically
embracing the option to pay in advance for wireless services to the point where
prepaid plans will overwhelmingly become the preferred payment method in the
coming years.
FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA (07/13/2000) - AT&T Corp. plans to pump US$500 million
into its Argentina subsidiary during the next four years to beef up its network
so that it can provide advanced telecommunications services to businesses.
FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA (07/13/2000) - Four multi-billion dollar Latin
American companies have banded to create an Internet marketplace where
companies from the region will be able to buy and sell goods and services.
FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. (06/29/2000) - The U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission (SEC) will investigate Xerox Corp.'s business in Mexico, the company
announced Thursday afternoon as U.S. financial markets closed. The news is the
latest in a string of setbacks for the struggling U.S. maker of printers,
copiers and document management software.
In the US, some handheld computers from Palm and TRG Products carry a faulty memory chip that can damage stored data, a problem users can fix with a free software download, the companies announced separately yesterday.
FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. (06/27/2000) - Telefónica de Argentina SA has decided to
outsource most of its computing operations to IBM Corp. and has awarded Big
Blue a six-and-a-half year contract worth US$252 million, the companies said.
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) will hold a press conference today at 11 a.m. EDT in which it is expected to announce it will file a lawsuit to block the planned US$129 billion merger between WorldCom Inc. and Sprint Corp.