Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Technology Stocks : Qualcomm Incorporated (QCOM) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Sawtooth who wrote (22047)	1/27/1999 7:53:00 PM
From: SKIP PAUL	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 152472

Wireless market bracing for boom By Corey Grice Staff Writer, CNET News.com January 26, 1999, 5:40 p.m. PT The U.S. corporate wireless communications market is expected triple over the next four years, driven by increased demand among medium-sized businesses, according to a new study. The domestic wireless market, including services and equipment, will be valued at $117 billion by 2002, according to Cahners In-Stat Group, a technology market research firm. Medium-sized businesses--companies with between 100 and 1,000 employees-- will account for $62 billion in sales within four years. Today, the mid-sized corporate market is a $29 billion business. "Technology always starts with the high margin sales in the enterprise," said Kneko Burney, an analyst at Cahners. "The next step is to move into the middle market."

To: Sawtooth who wrote (22047)	1/27/1999 7:55:00 PM
From: SKIP PAUL	Respond to of 152472

Wireless CEOs target standards battle By John Borland Staff Writer, CNET News.com January 26, 1999, 5:30 p.m. PT SAN FRANCISCO--Using the weight of their newly-combined company, the CEOs of Vodafone Group and AirTouch Communications say they will pressure international regulators and manufacturers to establish global wireless standards as quickly as possible. An international body is in the middle of setting standards--which would allow customers to use their equipment anywhere in the world--for a new generation of digital mobile phones. But low-level feuding between European regulators, who back a standard supported by Ericsson, and U.S. officials, who don't want a Qualcomm-backed coalition ignored in European markets, has thrown a wrench into this process. In an interview with CNET News.com, AirTouch chief executive Sam Ginn and Vodafone CEO Chris Gent said that one of their top priorities for the merged company would be to put an end to the standards struggle. "We're going to talk to anyone who will listen to us, whether it's regulators or manufacturers," Ginn said.

To: Sawtooth who wrote (22047)	1/27/1999 8:04:00 PM
From: SKIP PAUL	Respond to of 152472

This almost mandates that MCI Worldcom establish a wireless network to effectively compete with AT&T and Sprint. AT&T to Sell Many Services at Same Per-Minute Rate, on One Bill Bloomberg News Jan 27 1999 7:48AM ET AT&T to Sell Many Services at Same Per-Minute Rate, on One Bill New York, Jan. 27 (Bloomberg) - AT&T Corp., the largest U.S. phone company, said it will sell several products, such as wireless, long-distance and payphone services, at the same per- minute rate on a single bill, a first in the U.S. phone industry. AT&T Personal Network targets people who use multiple phone services. For $29.99 a month, customers will pay 10 cents a minute on all U.S. local and long-distance wireless calls and receive text messaging and caller ID services. Customers will also pay 10 cents a minute for AT&T wireline calls. Since the success of AT&T Digital One Rate, which offers cellular customers one price for a fixed set of minutes, AT&T has been moving toward simpler pricing plans. Yankee Group, a market research company, found that 81 percent of households surveyed would prefer to get some or all of their phone services from a single provider, New York-based AT&T said. ''This unprecedented offer sweeps away complexity and provides a communications solution tailored to the way people live today,'' John Zeglis, president of AT&T and chief executive of AT&T consumer services, said in a statement. Customers also will pay 10 cents a minute for long-distance calls made from home in the U.S. to Canada, the U.K., and border cities in Mexico, as well as for domestic calls made with an AT&T calling card or to an AT&T personal 800 number. AT&T Personal Network will be available Jan. 31. AT&T shares fell 2 3/4 to 86 7/8 yesterday. --Colleen McElroy in the Princeton newsroom (609) 279-4069/shf Story illustration: To graph the company's recent stock performance: T US

To: Sawtooth who wrote (22047)	1/27/1999 8:12:00 PM
From: JMD	Respond to of 152472

Tim A., my query re: the meaning of <EOM> has resulted in a number of e-mails, not all of them consistent with your interpretation, viz., "expecting offerings of money". Notwithstanding, yours is by far the most interesting and I therefore accept it without reservation. I must say though that, after some 3.6 trillion posts, I have yet to receive penny one, or even the most subtle hint that coin of the realm would be forthcoming in the not too distant future. I recoil at the theory that this is a reflection on the worth of my musings and tend to believe that it is because I failed to append the simple <EOM> request in accordance with your reasonable suggestion. Figure I'll be one rich dude in a jif. Many thanks. SM