David Legard

China has been slow to adopt SMS (short messaging service), but is now experiencing an explosion in demand which will see vendor revenue rise from US$234 million in 2001 to $750 million this year, according to research figures released Thursday by Pyramid Research.

The Wireless LAN (WLAN) market grew 175 per cent in 2001 terms of equipment sold, with Asian countries becoming a major part of the market, according to a study released Wednesday by market analyst In-Stat/MDR.

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The number of Internet users in China has risen 35.5 per cent in the first half of 2002 to reach 45.8 million, according to the latest semi-annual survey by the China Internet Network Information Center.

The Internet remains critical for companies accessing and collecting commercial information and dominates the plans of businesses seeking new and improved methods for tapping their mission-critical data, according to a survey of database developers carried out recently by market research company Evans Data Corp.

WorldCom Inc. will conduct business as usual while it develops a reorganization plan under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code, the company said in a statement Monday morning.

IBM Corp., Intel Corp. and a number of wireless services operators are considering building a wireless data network across the U.S., according to The New York Times.