On-line providers protest European license scheme
Loopholes in a proposed EC licensing regime for network service providers could stifle Europe's burgeoning on-line and multimedia industries, which are largely unregulated at present.
Cellular phones get data, graphics upgrade L.M. Ericsson and Nokia are developing intelligent devices that bring the data capabilities of personal digital assistants to digital cellular handsets, adding their substantial industry clout to the lackluster PDA market.
Japan backing away from NTT breakup The long-awaited breakup of Nippon Telegraph and Telephone will likely be postponed indefinitely, following the appointment of a new prime minister and a cabinet overhaul, according to senior Japanese industry insiders and telecoms analysts.
India's entrants may team on long distance India's new-breed telephone companies are banding together to take on the country's telecoms bureaucracy and are threatening to bypass the national long distance monopoly through a series of private interconnect agreements.
Microsoft, MCI in partnership Microsoft Corp. and MCI have struck a marketing deal to push each other's on-line, Internet and network products and services.
Netscape, VeriFone team to secure systems In an effort to spark on-line commerce, Netscape Communications Corp. and credit card authorization company VeriFone Inc. have agreed to integrate their secure systems for merchants and financial institutions.
France Telecom puts its stamp on Internet market France Telecom is hoping to extend its Minitel savoir faire to the Internet.
Columns and Feature
WebWatch
Camelot to bundle telephony in Net service;
General Magic shifts to Web
Editorial
A tax by any other name How much is an orbital satellite slot worth? Almost $700 million, according to MCI, which paid the U.S. government that sum last month to secure a slot it wants to use for direct broadcasting. In doing so, it established the beginnings of a market in orbital slots that will doubtless be seized upon by other governments.
Network Review
Frame relay, semi-fast and steady, is winning the networking race Prices must fall and bandwidth requirements must rise before most networking users will consider leaping to ATM.
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