Beth Cox

The Vancouver Stock Exchange (VSE) has incorporated a range of new services into its Web site offerings over the past few weeks, including an e-commerce application that allows users to buy VSE publications online. The restructured site now has improved navigation and information designed to improve browser access to VSE data. New features include a […]

Indian ISP Embroiled in Internet Telephony Controversy Indian monopoly Internet service provider Videsh Sanchar Nigam Ltd. (VSNL), which is also India’s monopoly international telecom carrier, is blocking Web sites that offer Internet calling, and has threatened to cancel users’ Internet accounts if they make calls or send faxes via the Internet. Activists have petitioned the […]

Dublin, Ireland-based Esat Telecom announced an agreement with Cisco Systems under which it will use Cisco’s Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) multi-service broadband switches for its national backbone fiber optic network. Billing the new contract as the largest of its kind in Ireland, Esat Telecom said it will employ Cisco ATM technology to provide customers with […]

Transend Corp., the US-based subsidiary of South America’s largest modem manufacturer, announced a breakthrough in modem technology that enables the doubling of throughput over analog phone lines. Using chip-level, channel bonding techniques that combines the capacity of two phone lines, the vendor is the first to maximise long data block transmissions in a point-to-point environment. […]

At Internet World UK, global communications provider TelePost introduced its suite of value-added services to the UK market. The services include Web-initiated conference calling, unified messaging, and a telephone response service that lets Web site visitors schedule a return, person-to-person call. The TelePost services are being offered to Internet Service Providers (ISPs), telecommunications companies and […]

May 13 PC-TV Devices Likely to Make Only Small Impact in European Market Britain-based research company INTECO’s latest report on Internet trends claims devices like WebTV will make a relatively small impact on the British Internet market over the next few years. The major area of Internet growth will continue to be people who own […]

According to a new research study conducted by the Internet Advertising Bureau of Canada (IAB Canada), Canadian Internet advertising revenues have almost reached the $10 million mark and are growing at better than 500%. The $10 million in revenues for 1997 was up from $1.6 million in 1996. According to the report, industry revenues are […]

According to Web21’s 100hot, a resource that lists the most popular Web sites in dozens of categories, several sites focused on UK sports now occupy the Top Ten in the sports section. In the joint number two position are Soccernet and CricInfo, with CarlingNet at number three and Sporting Life at number five. All the […]

Multimedia Solutions and MicroVideo Learning Systems today released their MicroVideo Desktop Trainer 3.01 Interactive Video Training for NetShow. The CBT application allows users in a corporate network environment, or over the Internet, to receive video-based training using a Web browser. “We have built the most extensive video-on-demand training application the Internet has seen with respect […]

Toronto, Ontario-based TD Bank Financial Group launched TD Access Web Banking, a secure Internet service that allows customers to do their banking online 24 hours a day. “TD Access Web Banking builds on the foundation of our successful TD Access PC service which currently serves over 180,000 customers,” said Steve Gesner, Vice President, Interactive Services. […]

May 7 IBM Rolls Out Aggressive E-Business Launch in Asia IBM recently launched ONEWeb in Singapore, a one-stop solution for small and medium-sized enterprises looking to quickly get involved in the emerging e-business market. IBM also implemented a Secure Electronic Transaction (SET) system for Citibank in Singapore and a Net commerce system for NTUC FairPrice, […]

Canada’s National Capital Region is set to become a showcase for cutting-edge interactive services and high-speed telecommunications access through an initiative launched by a group of BCE companies. President and CEO Jean Monty made the announcement at the BCE annual meeting, saying the new services will be delivered in late 1998 and early 1999 through […]