>From Edupage: > AT&T ACQUIRES TCI > AT&T, the nation's largest long-distance phone company, is acquiring the No. > 2 provider of cable TV service, Tele-Communications Inc. (TCI), in a > $31-billion deal that represents the most dramatic result so far of the 1996 > deregulation of the telecommunications industry. FCC chairman William E. > Kennard has reacted favorably to the proposed acquisition: "These companies > bring some synergies that are quite compelling. They're not direct > head-to-head competitors, but both of them have said in the past that they > want to offer a package of services to consumers. If through the > combination they are able to bundle services and be more competitive with > the incumbent providers, it's a good thing." The deal is expected to give > AT&T a strong position from which to compete in the local phone service > market, as well as to offer customers a range of Internet-based services. > (New York Times 25 Jun 98) > > MOBILE SYSTEMS JOIN FORCES TO BATTLE MICROSOFT HEGEMONY > Finland's Nokia, Sweden's Ericsson, and Motorola are teaming up with > Britain's Psion to develop products based on Psion's EPOC computer operating > system. The new joint venture company, called Symbian, plans to harness the > power of the owners' 80% market share in cell phone equipment to challenge > Microsoft's attempt to make its competing software -- Windows CE -- the > industry standard. "We intend to set new standards for the mobile digital > markets of tomorrow. The new generation of products will be ingenious and > they'll be everywhere," says Psion's chairman. The companies plan to > develop a range of products, including "smart" phones, sophisticated paging > devices and hand-held computers. An analyst at Nomura says, "Psion has gone > from defense to offense. This could knock Bill Gates out of the market." > (Financial Times 25 Jun 98) -- ======================== Kathy E. Gill Business Process Information 425.234.2004 - 6X-JT http://www.dotparagon.com/aboutgill.html "You must be the change you wish to see in the world." -- Ghandi ____________________________________________________________________ -------------------------------------------------------------------- Join The Web Consultants Association : Register on our web site Now Web Consultants Web Site : http://just4u.com/webconsultants If you lose the instructions All subscription/unsubscribing can be done directly from our website for all our lists. ---------------------------------------------------------------------
