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NEW ZEALAND — The Cape Telecommunications Users’ Forum (CTUF) submitted their response to Government’s proposed telecommunications policy, published just over a month ago. May 2nd was the final day allowed for responses. The association has strong reservations about the proposed policy, specifically the institution of a duopoly until 2005, the requirement that a second national […]

LONDON — Already established across the US and Europe with companies such as Nortel, Nokia, and Viacom Productions, the Broadband Content Delivery Forum (BCD) hopes to extend its operations further and in doing so help “unite the content delivery industry worldwide.” The European Group is currently seeking membership from companies interested in collaborating on the […]

SINGAPORE — Ericsson, Motorola and Nokia have established Wireless Village, the Mobile Instant Messaging and Presence (IMPS) initiative, to define and promote a set of universal specifications for mobile instant messaging and presence services, as well as create a community of supporters for the Wireless Village. A program of the IEEE Industry Standards and Technology […]

SINGAPORE — U.S.-headquartered Unisphere Networks, Inc., a provider of IP infrastructure enabling broadband data and voice services, has signed contracts with 14 service providers within Mainland China for its ERX-1400 edge routing switch. “We are extremely excited at the growth that we have experienced upon entering the Chinese market over eight months ago,” said Brad […]

SINGAPORE — Singapore-based Wearnes Technology has formed a subsidiary in the U.S. to develop, manufacture and market wireless communication and networking products based on Bluetooth technology. The formation of Windigo Systems, Inc. in California is a result of the company’s optimism that Bluetooth wireless technology will “revolutionize the way digital devices communicate and interconnect in […]

SYDNEY — How does a venture capitalist inspire market confidence so it can keep raising institutional backing over the years to provide seed money to emerging enterprises? The answer lies in baseball terminology. All you really need are one or two home runs. Sydney-based Technology Venture Partners (TVP), believes its three successful portfolio company exits […]

Jeff Dachis, one of the founders of digital consulting firm Razorfish , has stepped aside as chief executive of the company and will be replaced by chief operating officer Jean-Phillippe Maheu, the company announced today. Dachis’ childhood friend Craig Kanarick, with whom he launched the company six years ago, also said he would step aside […]

LONDON — Having experienced several setbacks over the past few months, Yellow Dog Linux 2.0 is to be unveiled by Kai Staats, CEO of Terra Soft, tomorrow. Yellow Dog is the Linux distribution for Power PCs, and is based on Red Hat version 7. Staats commented, “The timing could not be better. As this week […]

BERLIN — The German government wants to regulate Internet portals. This was reported by the magazine “Telebvrse” with reference to Alfred Tacke, State Secretary at the Federal Ministry of Economics. Tacke is reported to have announced to a group of telecommunications experts in Bad Honnef, “We will deal with business portals sometime this year.” The […]

TeraForce Technology Corporation this week announced the launch of Centauri NetSystems Corporation, which will be focused on the Internet server and storage markets with a line of products that, TeraForce claims, will afford Internet service providers, hosting service providers and content distribution networks new ways of addressing their infrastructure build-outs. “Centauri NetSystems epitomizes our focus […]

LONDON — UK mobile operator pays more than expected for stakes in Japan Telecom and Spanish mobile phone group Airtel Vodafone has paid 3.7bn for BT’s 20% stake in Japan’s third largest telecoms firm and 1.1bn for an additional 17.8% of Airtel, in which it already has a 73% stake. The deal increases Vodafone’s holding […]

Backup systems vendor Exabyte Corporation this week announced it has begun shipping the 430A AIT-2 tape library and will ship the 215A AIT-2 tape library within the next 30 days. The 430A and the 215A Exabyte tape libraries, featuring the second generation of Advanced Intelligent Tape(TM) (AIT-2) technology, are the first in a series of […]