Jim Wagner

Although officials won’t name any numbers, Cable & Wireless began its U.S. overhaul this week, culminating in a letter to its employees Thursday warning them of their pending unemployment. The job cuts, as well as the cancellation of its low-margin customers, are part of the U.K.-based carrier’s strategy to shore up costs that attributed to […]

Sprint announced Friday an enhancement to its business-class digital subscriber line (DSL) service, available in 32 markets and tailored to larger companies. The enhancement gives enterprises an alternative to pricey T-1 lines. The announcement caps a year of slow but steady DSL growth for the carrier, which re-launched business DSL services last year through its […]

United Online is retooling its image as a pure-play Internet service provider (ISP) with the announcement Thursday to offer long-distance telephone service (of a sort) nationwide through its NetZero brand. Users will have the choice of two plans: the “Unlimited 0 Cent Per Minute Plan” offering users unlimited calling for $29.95 a month, or the […]

3G Americas, a coalition of North American digital wireless phone carriers and vendors, announced Thursday its support of the Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) Forum’s vision for a worldwide interoperability standard. Not a moment too soon: unlike the rest of the world, much of the 3G deployment throughout North America is based on code-division multiple […]

This version corrects an inaccurate report that was originally published on June 5, 2002. WorldCom Inc.’s wireless resale division is hitting the scrap pile, officials announced Wednesday, potentially putting more than 2,000 out of work as the carrier desperately struggles to get back to the basics. The announcement comes after a day-long swirl of job-cutting […]

Another SAPPHIRE conference means another change in strategy for SAP executives over the direction they’re taking with a company that ended 2001 with a bang. If possible, the German enterprise software giant is expected to do even better in 2002, according to analysts; not faint praise in an industry trying to shake off the dot […]

Sierra Wireless is canceling $29 million in contracted sales of its upcoming AirCard 710, officials announced Tuesday evening, thanks, they say, to continued delays by AT&T Wireless . Because of the cancellation, officials adjusted financial expectations for the current quarter, to $14 to 16 million in revenues and a net loss of $3 to 3.5 […]

Lindows, Inc., officials released Tuesday the “broadband operating system (OS)” feature of its Linux/Windows hybrid, letting customers buy and customize their applications entirely on the Internet, a vision of many software makers but one that’s been largely unrealized. This is the latest iteration of Lindows.com’s “sneak preview” features, a move designed to build up interest […]

Google, the popular search engine that’s become the choice of Internet users worldwide, gained another corporate client Monday after an agreement penned with AT&T WorldNet. Ma Bell’s Internet service provider (ISP) arm became the third provider in recent months to incorporate the Google engine on it Web site, following major national ISPs AOL and EarthLink […]

The committee charged with finding a way to reform the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) came out with several proposals Friday evening, ostensibly to provide a framework for improvement but mainly aimed at placating its critics. The committee on evolution and reform, created and made up of ICANN directors, finds the organization […]

The price of surfing the Internet with a cable modem continues to rise, and according to the hints and innuendos of cable executives, that price will just get worse for broadband’s heavy hitters. Bandwidth costs money, just ask any free Internet service provider (ISP) customer of the past three years who saw their service disappear […]

Juno, a division of popular dial-up Internet service provider (ISP) United Online is going high-speed in two U.S. cities Thursday, the first step in the company’s strategy to provide cable modem service throughout Comcast Corp.’s network. No timetable has been announced for Juno expansion into other Comcast markets, as this agreement is merely a “template” […]