Telecom Asia articles from April 2003

Telecom Asia archives from April 2003

Global--it's a 3G thing. (Inside Line).(acquisition of cellular companies)
April 1, 2003... Why have mobile operators failed to build global brands and services, despite spending tens of billions on M&As around the world? Carriers from BT to Deutsche to NTT DoCoMo justified their gargantuan acquisitions over 1999-2001 with...

Rewarding Asia's best. (Inside Line).(Telecom Asia's annual industry awards)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2003... It's that time of year--industry awards time. Once again Telecom Asia magazine is ready to host its annual industry awards, identifying and rewarding the best in Asian telecommunications. Once Again the awards will be presented during...

Picking up the pieces at 3GSM. (Tanner).
April 1, 2003... This year's 3GSM World Congress in Cannes was in many ways an opportunity for the GSM Association and its members to regroup and rethink their role in the global wireless industry. Yes, GSM remains the world's largest cellular standard in terms...

NWT's Vitamin boost with two-way 12 Mbps over copper. (First Mile).(New World Telecom)
April 1, 2003... Hong Kong CLEC New World Telecom upped the ante in the market's increasingly competitive broadband sector in March with the launch of its residential broadband access service. Branded "Vitamin", the broadband service will only be available in...

Optical retreat. (Stat Snap).(sales figures for optical equipment suppliers)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2003... Unsurprisingly, 2002 was not a good year for optical equipment suppliers, according to research firm Infonetics. Despite a slightly better fourth quarter with $2.24 billion in sales, full-year sales were down a depressing 44% at $9.82 billion....

Philippines, US dig in for IDD battle. (News Analysis).(international direct dialing)
April 1, 2003... The Philippines and US have taken their corners for what could be a protracted legal battle over the Asian carriers' attempt to lift their IDD termination rate by 50%. Calls between the Philippines and AT&T and WorldCom have been routed...

IP-VPN: the future is DIY. (Insight: one month's telecom research).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2003... US carriers hold most of the top ten positions in the $2.3 billion outsourced IP VPN market in the US, yet they are far from dominating it. Nearly two thirds of this year's revenues will be captured by small carriers and specialty VPN service...

Slow growth for unified messaging. (Insight: one month's telecom research).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2003... A Yankee Group report forecasts a slow uptake of unified messaging and unified communications in Asia-Pacific in the coming two to three years. Incumbents will be adopt the UM and UC platform in order to launch value-added services, while...

China's prospects. (Insight: one month's telecom research).(telecom's largest infrastructure market)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2003... China has become telecom's single largest infrastructure market, accounting for 20% of global capex. A Pyramid study says that over the next five years, China's carriers will spend more on network infrastructure than all of Western Europe...

Private line market still grows. (Insight: one month's telecom research).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2003... Leased private line sales in the US are showing robust growth, driven by rising demand for data transmission and Internet applications, says Insight Research. Overall, the private line market is forecasted to grow at a compound rate of...

Telcos bring competition to HK pay TV. (News Analysis).(Hong Kong)
April 1, 2003... After years of slow take-up and false starts it could be the introduction of different delivery platforms that finally shakes up Hong Kong's newly-liberalized pay TV market. Ironically, the competitive threat is coming from companies more...

The attack of the killer carriers. (Resend: flashbacks, updates and nostalgia: Telecom Asia, April 1998).(update on American carriers in Asia)
April 1, 2003... SYNOPSIS: An armada of aggressive American carriers, armed with experience from the cutthroat low-margin US long-distance market, are coming to Asia. Their mission: to undercut, out-innovate and bypass Asia's dominant carriers in service areas...

Beijing: the MII won't prevent China Telecom and China Netcom from deploying "Little Smart" limited-mobility wireless services in major cities. (Asian telecoms this month).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2003... Beijing: The Mill won't prevent China Telecom and China Netcom from deploying "Little Smart" limited-mobility wireless services in major cities. Mil head Wu Jichuan says the government "does not encourage its development, but it will not...

Beijing: Wang Xudong is confirmed as new MII chief, replacing Wu Jichuan who is retiring. (Asian telecoms this month).(Ministry of Information Industry)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2003... Beijing: Wang Xudong is confirmed as new Mil chief, replacing Wu Jichuan who is retiring. Wang polls seventh lowest number of votes out of the 39 State Councillors and ministers elected on March 17.

Beijing: China Unicom plans to begin offering its prepaid CDMA service on a trial basis this month. (Asian telecoms this month).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2003... Beijing: China Unicom plans to begin offering its prepaid CDMA service on a trial basis this month, starting in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangdong and Heilongjiang province.

Beijing: China Netcom sets aside 40 billion yuan ($4.8 billion) for capital expenditure in 2003. (Asian telecoms this month).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2003... Beijing: China Netcom sets aside 40 billion yuan ($4.8 billion) for capital expenditure in 2003. The company will spend 75% of the budget--over 30 billion yuan--on enhancing networks in ten home provinces, while the remaining 10 billion yuan...

Hong Kong: SmarTone returns to profitability in the first half of 2002-03 fiscal year ended 31 December with a net profit of HK$237.8 million ($30.5 million), compared with a loss of HK$39 million a year earlier. (Asian telecoms this month).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2003... Hong Kong: SmarTone returns to profitability in the first half of 2002-03 fiscal year ended 31 December with a net profit of HK$237.8 million ($30.5 million), compared with a loss of HK$39 million a year earlier. The company says it will double...

Canberra: despite the fact that the government will introduce legislation in the first half of the year to sell its 50.1% stake in Telstra. (Asian telecoms this month).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2003... Canberra: Despite the fact that the government will introduce legislation in the first half of the year to sell its 50.1% stake in Telstra, Treasurer Peter Costello says the sale would not proceed until the share price improved.

Kuala Lumpur: Malaysian officials approve the 3G business proposals of Telekom Malaysia and Maxis Communications. (Asian telecoms this month).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2003... Kuala Lumpur: Malaysian officials approve the 3G business proposals of Telekom Malaysia and Maxis Communications. MCMC chairman Nuraizah Abdul Hamid says the regulator is finalizing documents to assign them the spectrum, and expects the two...

Kuala Lumpur: Telekom Malaysia expects to save 350 million ringgit ($92 million) in operational costs over the next two years following the planned merger of its cellular arm and Celcom. (Asian telecoms this month).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2003... Kuala Lumpur: Telekom Malaysia expects to save 350 million ringgit ($92 million) in operational costs over the next two years following the planned merger of its cellular arm and Celcom. The integration of network and systems will also result...

Manila: Digitel Mobile to launch its cut-price wireless service under the brand Sun Cellular early this month. (Asian telecoms this month).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2003... Manila: Digitel Mobile to launch its cut-price wireless service under the brand Sun Cellular early this month. CEO Charles Lim says the company expects to acquire 1 million subscribers with the first two years.

Ningbo: EastCom is in talks to sell 30%-40% stake in Face One Telecommunications. (Asian telecoms this month).(SK Telecom Company Ltd.)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2003... Ningbo: EastCom is in talks to sell 30%-40% stake in Face One Telecommunications--which distributes handsets in China for China Unicom's CDMA service--to SK Telecom.

Seoul: broadband operator Thrunet files voluntary petition for court receivership with the bankruptcy court in Seoul. (Asian telecoms this month).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2003... Seoul: Broadband operator Thrunet files voluntary petition for court receivership with the bankruptcy court in Seoul. Thrunet, the country's third largest broadband service provider, has been struggling to compete in a market dominated by KT...

Seoul: the Korea Communications Commission approves a plan by the MIC to introduce number portability in stages from January 2004. (Asian telecoms this month).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2003... Seoul: The Korea Communications Commission approves a plan by the MIC to introduce number portability in stages from January 2004. The plan allows SK Telecom subscribers to keep their number if they switch to KTF or LG Telecom.

Taipei: the Taiwan government fails yet again to sell off shares in Chunghwa Telecom to private investors. (Asian telecoms this month).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2003... Taipei: The Taiwan government fails yet again to sell off shares in Chunghwa Telecom to private investors, after a three-day auction, intended to sell 100 million Chunghwa shares (or a 1% stake), ended disastrously, with only 7.42 million...

Tokyo: eighteen major carriers jointly submit a statement to a government advisory panel, asking for a halt in proposed rises in NTT Corps access fees. (Asian telecoms this month).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2003... Tokyo: Eighteen major carriers jointly submit a statement to a government advisory panel, asking for a halt in proposed rises in NTT Corps access fees. The carriers, including KDDI, say such hikes may bring back NTT's monopoly. The...

Tokyo: NTT DoCoMo posts strongest-ever monthly growth in subscribers to its FOMA service. (Asian telecoms this month).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2003... Tokyo: NTT DoCoMo posts strongest-ever monthly growth in subscribers to its FOMA service, which gained a net 37,000 new subscribers for its 3G service in February, up from 2,600 the previous month, following the January release of two new...

Tokyo: Softbank starts commercial cable television services through its ADSL network, with a monthly fee of 2,500 yen ($21.35). (Asian telecoms this month).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2003... Tokyo: Softbank starts commercial cable television services through its ADSL network, with a monthly fee of 2,500 yen ($21.35). The service, the first of its kind in Japan, is available with a selection of four channels at launch. The company...

Sydney: SingTel Optus will start trialing 3G technology. (Asian telecoms this month).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2003... Sydney: SingTel Optus will start trialing 3G technology to a limited number of customers in Sydney in July.

Sydney: the cost of a 3G buildout continues to take its toll on Hutchison Telecom Australia. (Asian telecoms this month).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2003... Sydney: The cost of a 3G buildout continues to take its toll on Hutchison Telecom Australia, which posted a 44% wider full year loss of A$197.3 million ($116.4 million).

Sydney: Telstra records a 44% drop in first-half net profit to A$1.184 billion ($718 million) as mobile revenues remained flat and a hefty writedown on its Reach cable joint venture hurt earnings. (Asian telecoms this month).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2003... Sydney: Telstra records a 44% drop in first-half net profit to A$1.184 billion ($718 million) as mobile revenues remained flat and a hefty writedown on its Reach cable joint venture hurt earnings. The result was Telstra's worst first-half...

US authorities arrest and charge two Enron Corp executives--Kevin Howard and Michael Krautz. (movements).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2003... * US authorities arrest and charge two Enron Corp executives--Kevin Howard and Michael Krautz--with fraud for allegedly creating $111 million in bogus earnings from an Internet video-on-demand venture with video rental chain Blockbuster.

A board committee finds Global Crossing had valid business reasons to swap capacity on its high-speed network, even though the strategy later proved misguided given the drop in capacity prices. (movements).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2003... * A board committee finds Global Crossing had valid business reasons to swap capacity on its high-speed network, even though the strategy later proved misguided given the drop in capacity prices. However, the committee did criticize Global...

Hutchison Whampoa, NTT DoCoMo and KPN Telecom are reportedly set to inject up to 1 billion pounds ($1.6 billion) of fresh funds into UK mobile start-up "3". (movements).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2003... * Hutchison Whampoa, NTT DoCoMo and KPN Telecom are reportedly set to inject up to 1 billion pounds ($1.6 billion) of fresh funds into UK mobile start-up "3" to convince bankers to alter key loans.

Hutchison Whampoa may have to become a silent partner in the reorganization of Global Crossing to pacify US security concerns about Li Ka-shing's links to the Chinese leadership. (movements).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2003... * Hutchison Whampoa may have to become a silent partner in the reorganization of Global Crossing to pacify US security concerns about Li Ka-shing's links to the Chinese leadership. That would mean letting Hutchison retain its stake in Global...

Asia Global Crossing is back from the brink in its new incarnation as Asia Netcom. (movements).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2003... * Asia Global Crossing is back from the brink in its new incarnation as Asia Netcom, controlled by China Netcom, with Softbank and Newbridge as minority partners.

Qwest is spending more than $7 million a month on lawyers to defend itself against fraud investigations, the Asian Wall Street Journal reports. (movements).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2003... * Qwest is spending more than $7 million a month on lawyers to defend itself against fraud investigations, the Asian Wall Street Journal reports. The company has spent $75 million over the last year for outside attorneys.

WorldCom asks a bankruptcy judge for more time to submit a list of its assets, saying unraveling the company's former twisted accounting practices is taking more time than expected. (movements).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2003... * WorldCom asks a bankruptcy judge for more time to submit a list of its assets, saying unraveling the company's former twisted accounting practices is taking more time than expected. The company has asked that the deadline be postponed to 31...

France Telecom posts a record net loss of 20.7 billion euros ($22.6 billion) as asset writedowns for German affiliate MobilCom. (movements).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2003... * France Telecom posts a record net loss of 20.7 billion euros ($22.6 billion) as asset writedowns for German affiliate MobilCom, telecoms carrier Equant and British cable group NTL erased a 21% rise in earnings.

Deutsche Telekom posts a 2002 net loss of 24.6 billion euros ($27.2 billion). (movements).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2003... * Deutsche Telekom posts a 2002 net loss of 24.6 billion euros ($27.2 billion), the largest in German corporate history.

Philips Electronics cut 1,600 jobs in its key semiconductors unit and closes a factory in the United States. (movements).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2003... * Philips Electronics cut 1,600 jobs in its key semiconductors unit and closes a factory in the United States to counter weak demand.

Samsung Electronics will develop handsets supporting NTT DoCoMo's i-mode services for markets outside Japan. (movements).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2003... * Samsung Electronics will develop handsets supporting NTT DoCoMo's i-mode services for markets outside Japan. The phones, due to hit stores in early 2004, will mark the first joint product effort between DoCoMo and Samsung.

Australia's great broadband disaster: after a decade of political in-fighting over the ownership of Telstra, Australia faces the prospect of being a broadband desert. The incumbent needs to get out of cable TV--but first the government has to get out of denial.(Cover Story)
April 1, 2003... This is the story how a single mistake can turn into a multi-layered catastrophe. About how industry structure can drive government policy. About how the powerful will drive players in a market to their own ends. About how monopolies will...

1x steals the 3G spotlight; the 3G wars are in full swing in Japan and Korea, and cdma2000 1x has decidedly stolen the show from W-CDMA. But for now it's mainly 2G-type services driving 3G data. (Wireless: 3G survey).
April 1, 2003... With last year's handful of W-CDMA service launches in Europe providing little in the way of excitement, much less encouragement (or even handsets), Japan and South Korea remain the most proving grounds for 3G services on the planet. Sure,...

More 3G technologies: beyond W-CDMA and cdma2000 1x, EDGE, TD-SCDMA and i-Burst have their own roles to play in the Asia 3G story. (Wireless: 3G survey).
April 1, 2003... There's no question that W-CDMA and cdma2000 1x will be the two major contenders for 3G dominance, but while they're the only 3G technologies in commercial operation, they are by no means the only technologies on offer. The most...

Back from the brink: Teleglobe is among the first of the Chapter 11 casualties to get back in the game, re-emerging as one of the biggest carrier's carriers in the world. What's Teleglobe's secret weapon for getting through what promises to be a difficult 2003? "Real customers, real revenue, and a real business plan," COO Serge Fortin tells global technology editor John C. Tanner. (One-To-One).(Interview)
April 1, 2003... Telecom Asia: Teleglobe filed for Chapter 11 protection in May 2002--how did you get from there to here? Serge Fortin: We were one of the few carriers who did a real restructuration. Many people have a tendency to do something quick, and...

Rapid service deployment with ZTE softswitch. (Advertorial).(Advertisement)
April 1, 2003... Network operators are increasingly turning to softswitch technologies to carry growing IP voice and data traffic loads. As well as providing a logical upgrade path to next-gen network (NGN) platforms, softswitch solutions provide carriers with...

New Reach CEO. (Telecom Career).(Dick Simpson)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2003... Reach has appointed Dick Simpson as CEO. Simpson takes over from Alistair Grieve, who stepped down from his post after Reach's owners--Telstra and PCCW--announced a massive writedown in the value of the wholesale carrier. Most recent[y...

PCCW senior advisor resigns. (Telecom Career).(Robert Nicholson)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2003... Robert Nicholson, senior advisor to the board of Hong Kong incumbent PCCW, has resigned, and will leave the company in mid-2003 to "pursue other opportunities".

Maxis COO. (Telecom Career).(Edward Ying)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2003... Malaysia's Maxis Communications has appointed Edward Ying as chief operating officer, a post left vacant for two years. Ying, 45, will join Maxis in mid-May. He was formerly chief operating adviser at Globe Telecom in the Philippines.

TCNZ Australia COO goes. (Telecom Career).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2003... TCNZ chief operating officer for Australia David Bedford has left the company. Current AAPT CFO Marko Bogoievski has assumed responsibility for the Australian operation until a permanent successor is appointed.

M1 nominating committee. (Telecom Career).
April 1, 2003... Singapore's M1 has set up a nominating committee to oversee the appointment of new directors to the board. Three independent directors being appointed to the committee, including Dr Thio Su Mien, Patrick Yeoh and Reggie Thein, with Thio...

Intelsat's new president. (Telecom Career).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2003... Intelsat has promoted Ramu Potarazu to president and COO. Potarazu also heads the group's global sales and marketing unit, Intelsat Global Sales & Marketing. Potarazu was previously president and COO of Intelsat Global Service Corporation....

Intel APAC GM. (Telecom Career).
April 1, 2003... Gerald Groove has been named vice president of Intel's sales and marketing group, and general manager of Asia Pacific operations. Groove, 58, shares this role with Jason Chon and will be responsible for all sales and marketing activities in the...

Qualcomm China chairman, president. (Telecom Career).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2003... Qualcomm has announced two senior appointments for its China operations, promoting Jing Wang to chairman of Qualcomm China, and Frank Meng to president. Both executives will report to Jeff Jacobs, president of global development of...

Gilat CEO and president resign. (Telecom Career).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2003... Gilat Satellite Networks CEO Yoel Gat and president Amiram Levinberg, both company founders, have resigned voluntary as part of a corporate restructuring. Gilat will appoint Oren Most, former head of mobile phone provider Cellcorn, as president...

Polycom AP service director. (Telecom Career).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2003... Polycom has appointed David Chu as head of its Asia-Pacific service unit. He will be based in Hong Kong, responsible for the operation of Polycom's global service business in the region. Chu comes to Polycom from Nortel Networks, where he...

AsiaInfo CEO. (Telecom Career).
April 1, 2003... Chinese telecoms software supplier AsiaInfo has appointed former Ericsson China chief marketing officer Zhang Xingsheng as president and chief executive. Current CEO and company co-founder James Ding has replaced Louis Lau as chairman. Lau...

Legend non-executive director. (Telecom Career).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2003... Chinese PC maker Legend Group has appointed Ting Lee Sen, a former corporate vice president of Hewlett-Packard, as an independent non-executive director.

Comsys CEO. (Telecom Career).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2003... Cellular chipset solutions provider Comsys Communications & Signal Processing has appointed Elkana Ben-Sinai as chief executive officer. Before joining Comsys, Ben-Sinai served as the acting CEO, COO and marketing VP and sales of Novanet...

NetStar's new VP. (Telecom Career).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2003... NetStar Group, a regional network integrator majority-owned by ING's Baring Private Equity Partners, has named Qu Jiadong vice president of business strategy and development. Previously, Qu was president of business strategy and development...

AOL names Timer Warner veteran CFO. (Telecom Career).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2003... America Online has named Time Warner veteran Stephen Swad as chief financial officer. Swad takes over from Joseph Ripp, who became CFO of AOL after it completed its purchase of media company Time Warner in 2001.

5 GHz WLAN chipset optimized for video. (Premiere: latest products and services).(Matsushita)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2003... Matsushita has announced the availability of a new chipset for 5 GHz wireless LAN that it says enables easier wireless transfer of video images. The chipset consists of a 5 GHz signal processor designed for IEEE802.11a/e-compliant wireless...

Online cable awareness. (Premiere: latest products and services).
April 1, 2003... Thales GeoSolutions has launched an online information system aimed at providing submarine cable owners with a platform to manage and distribute cable awareness data and products to mariners operating in the vicinity of their submarine cable....

Integrated solution for IP-VPN services management. (Premiere: latest products and services).
April 1, 2003... Sheer Networks has expanded the capability of its Sheer BOS (Broadband Operating Supervisor) integrated solution for the management of IP-VPN services. The solution provides integrated service activation and assurance for IP-VPN services....

ID marker system for underground cables. (Premiere: latest products and services).
April 1, 2003... 3M Telecomm has announced the availability of what it says is the industry's first marker/detection system that provides accurate and efficient location as well as multiple details of underground facilities. The 3M Dynatel iD Marker...

2.5 Gbps Sonet/SDH test module. (Premiere: latest products and services).
April 1, 2003... Acterna has unveiled a new Sonet/SDH communications test solution for manufacturers, operators and chip vendors to verify the development and deployment of new generation Sonet/SDH networks. The NewGen Module 2.5G supports differential...

Tektronix and Datang in TD-SCDMA testing deal. (Premiere: latest products and services).
April 1, 2003... Tektronix has signed a partnership agreement with China's Datang Mobile to provide test and measurement equipment for the development of TD-SCDMA. The partnership calls for Tektronix to supply its K1297-G20 protocol tester in TD-SCDMA...

Transponder card for optical data transmission. (Premiere: latest products and services).
April 1, 2003... Siemens IC Networks has unveiled a new transponder card for optical data transmission employing tunable laser technology. This enables one of 80 tunable wavelengths to be freely selected and set for transmission, a practice traditionally...

Telecom's latest threat: the demographic time bomb: the average age in many developed nations is creeping higher and will increase even further over the next 25 years. (Telecom Corporate).
April 1, 2003... Japan, Italy, Germany and Spain have crossed a demographic threshold: there are more people over 59 years of age in each of these countries than there are people under the age of 20. For the next 25 years each of these countries will continue...

3G opinion piece: the future is CDMA.
April 1, 2003... If the future of wireless is 3G, then the future is also CDMA. Code Division Multiple Access is the basis for the three IMT-2000 technologies that are most widely supported worldwide: CDMA2000, WCDMA and TD-SCDMA. And of those three, CDMA2000...

CommunicAsia2003: the 15th International Communications and Information Technology Exhibition & Conference: stay connected @ Asia's best communications & IT event.
April 1, 2003... CommunicAsia2003, Asia's most comprehensive Communications & IT event, will gather 1,700 companies including leading industry players such as NEC, Samsung, Siemens, Huawei, NTT DoCoMo, SingTel, LG and Panasonic under one roof. Don't miss out on...

Two sides to the Philippines story. (Telecom Planet).
April 1, 2003... Let's start by making one thing clear. Reduced international termination rates are a good thing. Quite rightly, FCC retaliatory action has been directed against the recent decision by Philippines carriers to increase their termination rents by...

Spam. (Backpage Briefing).(CashRamSpam banks on spam)
April 1, 2003... SPAM: "Earn money from spam!" has got to be one of the most irresistible pitches anywhere right now. It's one being tried by a firm called CashRamSpam, based in Kogarah in suburban Sydney, with an elaborate business plan promising to deriver a...

Competition. (Backpage Briefing).
April 1, 2003... COMPETITION: Hong Kong telcos and ISPs took the opportunity to air their displeasure with new laws widening OFTA's powers over M&As recently at a forum convened by Hong Kong University. A lawyer for a carrier owned by a large conglomerate...

Advice. (Backpage Briefing).
April 1, 2003... ADVICE: Corporate leaders may not exactly be flavor of the month, but even so it is rare to hear a CEO actually urged to do himself in. That was the provocative INTUG CEO Ewan Sutherland's recommendation to Telstra chief Ziggy Switkowski at the...

Security. (Backpage Briefing).
April 1, 2003... SECURITY: For all the horror stories of net worms, cyber-terrorism and other threats on the Net, two recent surveys indicate that, at least on the enterprise level, network managers still don't get it when it comes to security. Last month,...

Speed. (Backpage Briefing).
April 1, 2003... SPEED: Researchers at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center have set a new transcontinental data speed record by sending the equivalent of four hours of DVD movies across the world in less than a minute--a total 6.7 GB of data, travelling...