Petr Koubsky

Czech independent software vendor Software602 has offered a $1.7 million proposal to the Czech government to use its 602proPC office suite. As part of the “unlimited multi-license” agreement, the government can upgrade its software forever and can use it on an unlimited number of computers. Under the terms of so-called “unlimited multi-license,” Software602 offers its […]

The Czech Republic has traditionally been a leader in the information technology market among Eastern European countries, but due to a downslide in the Czech economy over the past two years, the International Data Corp. (IDC) predicts slower growth until 2001. Once the darling of central Europe, the Czech Republic now faces a period of […]

Sun Microsystems Inc. has teamed up with Prague-based NetBeans Inc. to create the first authorized Java Center in Eastern Europe. It is part of the chain of Java Centers built by Sun Microsystems all around the world. Java Centers are facilities devoted to propagate the Java language and environment. They provide Internet users with consultations, […]

More than 100,000 Czech Internet users signed petitions and several thousands took part in rallies to protest a proposed increase in local phone rates by Czech monopoly phone company SPT Telecom. The company wanted to increase phone rates by more than 60 percent starting the first of the year. Groups of protesters began to form […]

Hundreds of Web operators and more than 30,000 individual users are preparing a one-day boycott on November 18 against the Czech monopoly telephone company, SPT Telecom. Users are upset over high telephone and Internet access charges that the government-run agency has imposed. At issue are the fees for the local calls used to access the […]

Czech government regulatory authority Czech Telecommunication Office (CTO), decided that Paegas Internet Call, a recently launched Internet telephony service, is unlawful and has banned its service to customers. The service was unveiled in October, and is run by Czech GSM operator Radiomobil. It is designed to offer discount international phone calls to mobile phone users. […]

Uniglobe Travel Online is reporting strong growth during the second quarter of 1998. “We are pleased with the advances we are making,” said Martin H. Charlwood, president and COO of the Vancouver-based company. “Our sales for the second quarter of 1998 have increased by 150 percent compared with the first quarter of 1998 and by […]

The BT Awards for Innovation in E-business have been announced by organisers ABFL, including the premier award, which this year went to the Thomas Cook Commercial Foreign Exchange (CFX) service. The same site also took the Hitachi Europe Award for Innovation in e-business in the finance sector. “Winning this award firmly establishes Thomas Cook as […]

“The amount of world trade taking place on the Internet doubles every three months, and Korean companies are only beginning to realise it,” said Shim Eun-sub, president of Internet marketplace company Korean Source. The government-funded Korea Investment Trade Promotion Agency is matching up 6,400 companies with potential buyers worldwide. On a recent visit, Louis Gerstner, […]

Ministry of Sound, the entertainment company that runs London’s most popular dance venue, will offer Internet connectivity and a content subscription service, beginning December 16. It will join the ranks of David Bowie, Tesco supermarkets and Dixons electronic stores, as “ISP haves”–whereas most other discos, pop-stars and retailers are “ISP have-nots.” Subscribers to the service […]

More than 136,000 visited this year’s Invex-Computer fair in Brno, Czech Republic, making it one of the largest computer fairs in Central and Eastern Europe. The fair, which was held from October 5-9, was dominated by local vendors presenting their products and services. Most were importing hardware, software and telecommunication equipment from the U.S., Western […]

United MTA Ltd, today launched SearchHK (http://search.hk.org) a Hong Kong-based search engine. “Unlike the major foreign-based search engines, which cannot keep pace with growth of the Internet in Hong Kong, SearchHK focuses on the interests of our community, addressing the needs of Internet users in Hong Kong,” said Maren Leizaola, an executive at United MBA. […]