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To: Stoctrash who wrote (43988)	8/18/1999 2:18:00 PM
From: BillyG	Respond to of 50808

Pacific Internet courts users with free TVs, DVD players technologypost.com NEWSBYTES Singapore's Pacific Internet has gone one better than the free personal computer offers now becoming popular among ISPs and is offering users who prepay for a year's access their choice of a TV, DVD player, Video CD player or camera. The new deals could help Pacific Internet attract subscribers from competing service providers, of which there are only two - Singapore Telecom owned SingNet and CyberWay - and enable Pacific Internet to keep subscribers in Singapore's highly competitive ISP market. For consumers who already own a personal computer, the free PC deals, which Pacific Internet began offering on July 15, offer little attraction. The offers are open to both new and current customers and offer the choice of a free Sony 21 inch flat-tube Trinitron television set, a Sony DVD player, a Sony Video CD Mini Hi-fi Compo or a Nikon Pronea S Camera, in return for prepayment of a year's Internet access. The offer is open to users paying for either a year's unlimited access at S$1,236 (HK5,760), a year on the 32 hour a month-easy access plus plan for S$772.50, or the 13 hour a month-easy access plan for S$679.80. "Our Internet bundles are designed to be highly affordable and to appeal to all consumers in Singapore," said Pacific Internet director of sales and marketing Debbie Woon. "At some point in time, everybody wants to have a colour TV, DVD player, VCD mini hi-fi set or camera. These packages are particularly ideal for those who already have a PC." Users have until September 5 to sign up for the service and claim their free appliance after which the promotion ends. The short time will help Pacific Internet win over subscribers who might otherwise wait to see what competing ISPs offer. In the three weeks the offer runs, it will be difficult for the competition to come up with a strong offer to rival the Pacific Internet promotion. Copyright (c) Post-Newsweek Business Information, Inc. All rights reserved.

To: Stoctrash who wrote (43988)	8/18/1999 3:31:00 PM
From: DiViT	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 50808

GO WEST, YOUNG FRENCHMAN (int'l edition) businessweek.com From Paris to Aix-en-Provence, the secret is out: Silicon Valley holds all the promise that the French economy lacks. And what began as a trickle of entrepreneurs and high-tech talent is turning into a torrent. For the new expatriates, the trip westward brings not only well-paid jobs but the chance to ride a high-tech revolution into the next century. For France, however, the trend is ominous. ''The whole environment in France is tragic,'' says Alex Balkanski, a French transplant whose C-Cube Microsystems Inc., founded in Silicon Valley a decade ago, is now a $340 million company with 800 employees. The technological gap between the U.S. and France, he says, ''is not closing, it's getting wider.''