No. 1998, December 1998

Index

• 'ELECTRONIC EAR' TO ASSESS AUDIO STANDARDS.
• ALBACOM EXPECTS TO BREAK EVEN IN 1999.
• ALCATEL AND FRANCE TELECOM SECURE GLOBALSTAR OPERATING LICENCE IN FRANCE.
• ALCATEL SHARE FALL DESPITE RISING PROFITS.
• ALCATEL TO REPORT QUARTERLY AFTER WARNING ON PROFITS.
• AMERICAN ALLIANCE ON PROTECTION OF INTERNET PRIVACY
• APPLE'S iMAC LEADS PC SALES HIT PARADE.
• ATOS MORE THAN DOUBLES FIRST HALF PROFIT
• BAAN TO CUT JOBS, TAKE CHARGE AFTER Q3 LOSS.
• BELGIUM DECLINES STAKE IN HELIOS 2 PROGRAMME.
• BOUYGUES TONES DOWN TELECOMS AMBITIONS.
• BT TO PAY USD10 MILLION FOR 50% STAKE IN EXCITE UK.
• BULL INTENDS TO DOUBLE ITS PROFITABILITY BY 2002
• BULL: INCREASE OF 3,8% IN THIRD QUARTER TURNOVER.
• CABLE AND WIRELESS TO TACKLE EUROPEAN MARKET WITHOUT TELECOM ITALIA.
• CALENDAR.
• CANAL PLUS TO LAUNCH DIGITAL CHANNELS IN BELGIUM.
• CEGETEL FORECASTS 1998 SALES OF FF19 BILLION
• CHINA SHOPS FOR HIGH-TECH TOYS.
• DECAN RAISES CONSOLIDATED TURNOVER BY 44%.
• DEUTSCHE TELEKOM BEGINS TO LOOSE TURNOVER FOLLOWING LIBERALISATION.
• DEUTSCHE TELEKOM COOPERATES WITH GTE ON SECURITY IN ELECTRONIC TRADE.
• DEUTSCHE TELEKOM FINISHES FIRST QUARTER WITH 18% RISE IN NET PROFIT.
• DEUTSCHE TELEKOM PROFITS UP 22%.
• ELECTRONICS: ASIAN CRISIS HITS GLOBAL CHIP SALES
• ERICSSON AWARDED BELGIAN CONTRACT BY KPN-ORANGE
• ERICSSON PROFIT UP 17%, PRICES TO KEEP FALLING.
• ERICSSON'S PRE-TAX PROFITS UP 31% IN FIRST QUARTER.
• EURO-AMERICAN DIALOGUE ON BUSINESS COMPETITIVENESS.
• EUROMAP (MANNESMANN-OLIVETTI) TO ENTER SERVICE DURING FIRST HALF OF 1999.
• EUROPE AND AMERICA MAKE UP LOST GROUND ON JAPAN IN ROBOTICS.
• EUROPEAN DIARY.
• FIRST PREPAID TELEPHONE CARD DENOMINATED IN EUROS.
• FRANCE TELECOM AND DEUTSCHE TELEKOM ENTER THE SWISS MARKET.
• FRANCE TELECOM ORDERED TO REVIEW INTERCONNECTION TARIFFS.
• FRANCOPHONE DEVELOPMENT FUND FOR INFORMATION HIGHWAYS ESTABLISHED
• FRENCH AND GERMAN TELECOMS PROVIDERS LINK UP.
• GERMAN AUTHORITIES KEEP SELECTION FEE BELOW TELEKOM AIM
• GERMAN BOOK-SELLERS MOVE ONTO THE INTERNET.
• GERMAN MONOPOLY AUTHORITY BLOCKS CLT-UFA LINK WITH PREMIERE.
• GROWTH FORECAST IN COMPUTER SALES.
• INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY: KEYBOARDS AND MICE, TWO ENDANGERED SPECIES.
• INFOSTRADA AND ALBACOM CONCLUDE TELECOM CONNECTION DEAL
• INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY: EUROPEAN ARTISTS ANXIOUS TO PROFIT FROM SALE OF THEIR WORKS.
• INVESTMENT FREEZE LIKELY FROM MID-1999.
• ITU: STANDARDS OFFICIALS AGREE THIRD GENERATION MOBILE PHONES
• KIRCH AND MEDIASET SIGN PARTNERSHIP DEAL WITH SPYGLASS.
• MATRA NORTEL SELLS UNIT TO NOKIA
• MILLENIUM BUG WILL LEAVE AIRCRAFT GROUNDED ON JANUARY 1, 2000.
• MILLENNIUM BUG: TELECOMS OPERATORS DRAW UP BATTLE PLANS
• MOBILIX FINDS STRATEGIC PARTNER IN DENMARK.
• NEW STANDARD FOR INTERACTIVE CABLE TELEVISION SERVICES.
• NEW STANDARDS FOR MULTI-MEGABIT/S NETWORK ACCESS.
• NOKIA ALMOST DOUBLES Q3 AS MOBILE SALES SOAR.
• OPTIMUS (PORTUGAL) TO INVEST USD 654 MILLION IN FOUR YEARS.
• PHILIPS REPORTS 75% RISE IN NET PROFITS IN FIRST QUARTER 1998.
• PHILIPS SLIPS ON EARNINGS.
• POLYGRAM ENTERTAINS CITY WITH MUSIC PROFITS UP 44%.
• PUBLICATIONS.
• RECORD INDUSTRY UNSETTLED BY INTERNET THREAT.
• RETEVISION TO START MOBILE SERVICE IN DECEMBER
• SECOND FRANCE TELECOM SHARE ISSUE.
• SEMA AWARDED SCOTTISH CONTRACT.
• SIEMENS ANXIOUS TO COOPERATE WITH OTHER MICRO-PROCESSOR MANUFACTURERS.
• SPACE: ESA SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMME COMMITTEE SOUNDS WARNING.
• SPACE: ESA TAKES UNWRAPS ARTEMIS SATELLITE.
• SPAIN OPENS UP TELECOMMUNICATIONS MARKET TO COMPETITION AT LAST.
• SWISSCOM TURNOVER TO SEPTEMBER UP 4.6%.
• TELECEL HOPES TO DOUBLE NET PROFIT.
• TELECEL: FIRST QUARTER PROFITS UP 50%.
• TELECOM ITALIA BOSSES MULL BUY-BACK OPERATION AS SHARE FALLS.
• TELECOM ITALIA INTERCONNECTION TARIFFS DEEMED EXCESSIVE.
• TELECOM ITALIA PROFITS UP 33.2%.
• TELECOM ITALIA'S FIRST QUARTER OPERATING PROFIT UP 22.4%
• TELECOMMUNICATIONS: AUTOMATIC VOICE RECOGNITION TELEPHONE SWITCHBOARD LAUNCHED.
• TELECOMMUNICATIONS: DENMARK DISMANTLES FIXED TELEPHONE MONOPOLY.
• TELECOMMUNICATIONS: END OF PUBLIC MONOPOLY IN ROMANIA.
• TELECOMMUNICATIONS: IRIDIUM GLOBAL TELEPHONY NETWORK LAUNCHED.
• TELECOMMUNICATIONS: MOBILE PHONES TO TAKE A THIRD OF ALL TELECOM SERVICES IN 2000.
• TELECOMMUNICATIONS: PRIVATE FRENCH OPERATORS APPEAL TOP THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
• TELEFONICA PLANS TO INVEST USD3.8 BILLION IN BRAZIL IN 1999.
• TELIA PROFITS UP 95%.
• VODAFONE PROFITS UP 60% OVER FIRST HALF YEAR.