Nokia said yesterday that an industry group aimed at standardising equipment for next-generation mobile networks has accepted the Finnish mobile phone vendor's proposal to adopt IPv6 (Internet protocol version six) as the protocol for IP-based multimedia services.
British houses of Parliament among sites hit
Andersen Consulting Inc. and Microsoft Corp. today announced plans valued at US$1 billion to further deepen an existing global alliance, including the formation of a new joint venture which will deliver software applications for electronic business.
Combined company will deliver broad range of Internet infrastructure services
Lycos bills new acquisition as one of Web's "stickiest" sites
Web Companion will be priced in $US399 to $499 range
Companies plan to develop home gateway software as first step
Nokia yesterday announced that its WAP Server 1.0 software aimed at corporate users will be released worldwide on December 15.
Project supported by German government
Set-top boxes one possibility, says Nokia
Gates to use keynote at Telecom 99 to pursh wireless message from Microsoft
Sun Microsystems yesterday lowered by 20 per cent the price of its cheapest workstation to $US1995, and aimed it squarely at users who would normally buy a high-end PC.
Self-regulation doesn't happen in practice, says Thurow
Dell chairman and chief executive officer Michael Dell on Monday predicted that Microsoft's Windows NT operating system will continue to dominate its upstart rival Linux in the PC server market.
Pre-orders top 160,000, NZ to get stock mid-October