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TIMESTAMPS

CWI News Listing for Issue 171, 23 September, 1996

Europe set to miss its competition deadline Europe is set to miss the 1998 deadline for telecoms competition. (First in a series of reports on European telecoms deregulation and liberalization.)

Security experts expose flaws in Internet safety There is a man at AT&T; who can bring down the global Internet from his desktop-and he's not alone.

BT reacts to cable threat with ADSL BT, faced with cable TV companies promising not just cheap phone calls and multi-channel TV but also high-speed Internet access, is to boost its own local network.

Telia drops fixed-mobile convergence Sweden's dominant carrier Telia is to ditch a 1994 plan to converge its fixed and mobile networks.

Industry backs legal route to pan-European watchdog Backers of a pan-European telecoms regulator have opened a new line of attack in their battle to get the proposal adopted by the European Union.

Arab nations in investment quandary Arab nations faced with a $40 billion shortfall in telecommunications investment over the next decade cannot agree on a unified "Arab way" forward.

BT increases its presence in France UK dominant carrier BT has stepped up its presence in the French market by launching a new domestic long distant voice service for closed user group business customers.

Power struggle over Net's fate A two-part report by Kenneth Hart
Part1: A group of high-profile carriers is backing efforts to contruct a policy framework capable of shepherding the Internet through further massive growth.
Part 2: The man known by the Internet community as the "DNS terrorist" recently sneaked into a special conference on the global network to lobby for an end to the "Internet old boys network."

Bid opens Dutch can of worms Global One did more than surprise the Dutch government on 9 September when it submitted a last-minute bid to run one of the country's two new national networks.

Vucins switches his alliance For someone like Viesters Vucins, former chief executive officer at Unisource, there was only one place to go...Global One.

Motorola looks to the stars Motorola Inc. has unveiled an ambitious bid to bolster its position as a global satellite service provider with the launch of 72 low-earth orbit (LEO) satellites serving businesses and carriers.

APEC news: Asia forges ahead with APII projects China is pushing ahead with plans for a direct $500 million undersea fiber optic cable to North America-its first ever and the latest link in the emerging Asia Pacific Information Infrastructure (APII).

APEC news: China keeps a tight rein as Japan and Korea open up Two issues dominated the agenda when telecoms ministers from 17 APEC economies held their second summit in Australia's Gold Coast on 2-6 September: getting the Asia Pacific Information Infrastructure off the ground and the looming World Trade Organization telecoms liberalization talks in Geneva. Three of the key conference players-from China, Japan and the Republic of Korea-explained to CWI how their domestic agenda is shaping their approach to sector reform.

Callback operators diversify to survive Allen Sandler returned to California last week after a nine-day shopping trip that cost him and his partners several million dollars.

Utility to challenge France Telecom French utility Compagnie Generale des Eaux of Paris plans to partner major carriers and alternative infrastructure providers in its bid to become the second national operator in France.

Pricing revamp for Net users Many organizations know nothing of their Internet service provider's plans to abandon fixed prices and introduce new classes of service at higher prices.

Defiance greets new domains plan The Internet Society continues to draw fire over its plans to create Internet "real estate" and recruite other international organizations.

Trial puts faith in Net appeal Telus Corp. is convinced that high-speed Internet access is the key to the future of broadband consumer applications.

Japan to push CDMA for future mobiles Japan is set to back wideband code division multiple access (CDMA) in a move that could pit Asian players against those from Europe and the United States in the race to establish a global standard for third-generation mobile technology.

Inmarsat targets travelling executives The second of five Inmarsat 3 satellites is now in orbit, taking the London-based international satellite organization another step nearer to introducing its new smaller, cheaper mobile telephones.

Twyver signs for Teledesic Billionaire entrepreneurs Bill Gates and Craig McCaw have lured a leading light of the wireless world to their six year-old satellite company Teledesic Corp.


Feature
Convergence of convenience As competition intensifies in the global telecoms market, the coupling of fixed and mobile services to make life easier for customers will be a major factor in the battle for market share. But the convergence timetable is encountering delays because of regulatory, financial and technological barriers

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