Broadband redefined
“… two years ago broadband was a high speed internet service operating at a minimum speed of 384 kilobits per second … the DTI now views broadband as a ‘generic term describing a range of technologies…
Read MoreOnline travel sales soar
Nua writes in a recent article: “Online travel sales in Western Europe increased 53 percent during 2002 … Overall travel sales in 2002 were worth EUR7.3 billion, or 3.5 percent of the tourism and travel market”.
Read More50 million mobiles in Britain
The Telegraph details the growth of mobile phone subscribers in Britain from 1,140,000 in 1990 to 49,860,000 in 2002. They assert: “Already analysts are predicting that within a few years, more people could be watching the…
Read MoreThe World's Online Populations
CyberAtlas gives their estimate of the world online internet population in 2002 by country. The total for 2002 is probably between 580 million and 655 million. Their sources include the CIA’s World Factbook, Nielsen//NetRatings and the…
Read MoreDSL growing
CyberAtlas notes “Global DSL subscriptions nearly doubled during 2002, from 18.8 million to 35.9 million …”. China is growing fastest with second half growth of 214%.
Read MoreEU review says Microsoft breached rules
“European regulators have moved a step closer towards taking action against Microsoft, after an internal review concluded that the US software group had breached competition law” according to the Financial Times. The article also mentions that…
Read MoreMobile phone sales up 6 percent
Gartner Dataquest has published figures for mobile phone sales in 2002. The Register reports: “Global mobile phone sales rose some 6 percent last year to 423.4 million units … “. Reuters quotes from the same source…
Read More3G launched in UK
The Guardian reports “Launching today, 3’s new mobile phone service is overpriced and only marginally better than that offered by Vodaphone (sic) Live!’s 2.5G”. In this Reuters article Keith Bradley of 3 UK said “…now we…
Read MorePogo announces nVoy
Pogo, the UK mobile device designer, has recently announced their next consumer design. “Our vision at Pogo is to create a communicator so useful and easy to use that it becomes an essential part of your…
Read MoreSamsung takes Symbian stake
The Financial Times today reports “Microsoft’s wireless ambitions suffered a stinging blow yesterday when the only big manufacturer to have licensed its operating software threw in its lot with a rival”.
Read MoreBlackbird is best-of-breed
Jon Hanford - Group CTO, Deltatre