John Lewell

[June 23] Germany’s GSM network operator T-Mobil announced Friday the launch of General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) on the T-D1 network to provide a rapid mobile data capability to all its subscribers. T-Mobil’s service launches with the Motorola Timeport p7389i GPRS phone — the world’s first GSM tri-band GPRS handset. Jeff Gordon, corporate vice president […]

[June 22] European travel agent BookThat.com announced Thursday that it has expanded its site to offer over 200,000 peak season holidays in villas, apartments and quality mobile homes. Having started in February this year with holidays in France, BookThat.com has grown rapidly and has expanded to the U.K and Ireland, Spain, Italy and Portugal. Chief […]

[June 22] Women.com announced Thursday that it has become the first U.S. women’s Internet company to form a major alliance overseas, forming a joint venture with Hearst subsidiary National Magazine Company (NatMags) in the U.K. NatMags publishes such print magazines as Cosmopolitan, Good Housekeeping, Country Living, Company, She, Having a Baby, and Harpers & Queen. […]

[June 21] Telecom software supplier Comverse Technology announced Wednesday the merger of its Israeli subsidiary Telemesser with the U.K-based IP messaging company e-go systems plc. No terms of the deal were disclosed, but it is understood that the new firm, 30 percent owned by Comverse, will trade under the e-go brand. Although many companies offer […]

[June 21] Broadband developer Virata announced Wednesday the launch of its voice-over-DSL technology to the European market. Virata, which is notable for having trademarked much of the periodic table — including the names Azurite, Beryllium, Boron, Helium, Lithium and Magnesium — is launching its Azurite Voice IAD (Integrated Access Device) chipset and Magnesium Voice Processor […]

[June 20] European food e-marketplace efoodmanager announced Tuesday a tie-up with two top distribution companies, enabling the site’s users to request quotes, book transport, and print out all necessary documents. The alliances are with Lebensmittelverkehre GmbH, a subsidiary of the giant Danzas Group, and Nagel Airfreight, which specializes in the delivery of perishable products such […]

[June 20] Pan-European Internet group Firstream announced Tuesday an investment of $77.5 million to expand its operations in Europe and the United States. Among Firstream’s premier sites are the European student portal icicampus.com which provides Internet access for 1.2 million students; befoot.com, a French football statistics site (“Tous les jours, tout le foot — c4est […]

[June 19] Nortel Networks said Monday that it will create 2,000 new high-technology jobs in Europe before the end of the year. Already employing 20,000 people in 33 European countries, Nortel Networks is to build two new Wireless Centers of Excellence in Spain and Germany and open two high performance Internet laboratories in Norway and […]

[June 19] Digital payment specialist iPIN announced Monday a partnership with pan-European music site NetBeat that will bring an array of flexible payment methods to the global music market. Using iPIN’s technology, NetBeat’s visitors can pay for online purchases via direct debits from a bank account, or by being charged on their ISP, telephone, mobile […]

[June 16] European travel specialist ebookers.com said Friday it has entered a two-year WAP alliance with Mviva, the mobile Internet portal announced this week by Carphone Warehouse. The deal will give ebookers.com pride of place as the preferred supplier of travel services on the Mviva portal which is due to launch later in the summer. […]

[June 16] E-learning company Insite, of Sweden, announced Friday its acquisition of the Swiss business consultancy MTSI. The terms of the acquisition were not revealed, although Insite said it involved a new issue of shares and a smaller portion of cash. Specializing in interactive education, Insite has grown rapidly in recent months, expanding its operations […]

[June 15] Nortel Networks announced Thursday that it has secured a contract with Global Crossing to supply technology for Europe’s first metropolitan, ring-based network using dense wave division multiplexing (DWDM) fiber. Nortel Networks says it has entered into a consortium agreement with European project management group MKI to construct the network, commencing with London, Paris […]