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Determined to create breathing room in the hotly-contested IP telephony marketplace, New Jersey-based Net2Phone Inc. (NASDAQ:NTOP) announced separate deals with Motorola Corp. and Broadcom Corp., all aimed at improving the way telephone calls are processed on the web. Financial terms of the deals were not disclosed. Under terms of the Motorola pact, the telco-equipment manufacturer […]

Routers, Switches, Firewalls, and T1s – those of us in the industry may be comfortable with these technologies, but most of America is not. While technologies seem to advance on a daily basis, it is a necessity that more people begin to understand the basics of the IT revolution in which we stand. The Tacoma […]

[Berlin, GERMANY] The ISPBusiness 2000 trade fair opened its doors yesterday in Frankfurt, Germany. Halls 4.1 and 4.2 on the Frankfurt Trade Fair grounds, where the 2-day trade fair with an accompanying convention is taking place, were completely booked up. Over 5,000 ISPs, ASPs, and other interested parties have already pre-registered via Internet as professional […]

New Edge Networks and Microsoft announced that they have reached an agreement designed to accelerate the national deployment of MSN HighSpeed consumer broadband DSL service. Under the terms of the agreement, Vancouver, Washington-based New Edge Networks will serve as DSL service provider in small cities, towns and semi-rural areas served by the company. The service […]

Intersil (Nasdaq:ISIL) said it will co-develop chipsets that combine wireless Local Area Network (LAN) and Bluetooth capabilities. Intersil previously developed IEEE 802.11b wireless LAN technology. It said it will work with Silicon Wave, which has developed Bluetooth products, for the joint chipset. Intersil said the goal of the collaboration is to take a major step […]

In the wake of their September merger, Mediapassage.com and Broadcastspots.com have announced the integration of their two sites, as well as a name and logo change. Effective immediately the name of the merged company will be Mediapassage. As is the trend these days, the company has chosen to avoid the dot-com label in their name. […]

[Berlin, GERMANY] In a recent interview, Stephan Schambach of Intershop strongly criticized the supervision by banks in the introduction of Internet firms to the New Market. In a conversation with “Net-Business” on the growing number of companies who have missed their turnover and earnings goals, the CEO of Intershop said that finance capital had “failed […]

Excite@Home on Monday announced plans to to offer software via subscriptions across the @Home service, hoping to reinvigorate broadband Internet access. The company said the software-on-demand service allows @Home broadband subscribers to purchase use of hundreds of today’s popular software without a lengthy download; however, users will still need to perform a one-time download for […]

French Internet service provider Wanadoo admitted Wednesday it has considered snapping up British rival Freeserve Plc. Published reports said the deal would establish Wanadoo as one of Europe’s top three ISPs. Freeserve, 80 percent of which is owned by UK retailer Dixons, wouldn’t confirm the deal but did say it was in talks with a […]

[Berlin, GERMANY] According to the German president Johannes Rau, political education must now also take place using new media, and above all through the Internet, with its opportunities for interactive communication. In a conversation with the president of the German Federal Center for Political Education, Thomas Kr|ger, on Tuesday in Berlin, Rau said that the […]

NTT DoCoMo Inc., Japan’s largest wireless phone company which pioneered the popularity of the wireless Web, is preparing to announce the acquisition of 20 percent of AT&T Wireless, the wholly owned subsidiary of AT&T Corp., according to published reports on Wednesday. The acquisition, which is reportedly valued at up to $9 billion, would represent the […]

There is nothing more annoying than getting off of work on a Friday afternoon, getting ready for a good night of clubbing, arriving and finding out that the DJ is already sold out. SHOWBOX Showplace and Lounge has become the latest club to avoid such clutters by offering online ticket purchase. The downtown Seattle club […]