David Legard

British Telecommunications PLC (BT) and T-Mobile International AG have joined an Asian consortium called the Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA), which plans to be operating more than 26,000 Wi-Fi hotspots around the world by the end of this year.

The price that Oracle Corp. will have to pay to acquire PeopleSoft Inc. has risen US$1 billion to US$7.5 billion following PeopleSoft's acquisition of J.D. Edwards & Co., Oracle said in a filing to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Thursday.

The Australian government on Wednesday paved the way for a crackdown on unsolicited e-mail (spam), describing it as a menace to e-mail users and a

Singapore launched its Second e-Government Action Plan (eGAP II) Tuesday, promising to make virtually all government services and procedures available online by 2006.

Singapore launched its Second e-Government Action Plan (eGAP II) Tuesday, promising to make virtually all government services and procedures available online by 2006.

The emerging market in the Asia-Pacific region for Wireless LAN (WLAN) equipment grew by 75 per cent in terms of units shipped from 2001 to 2002, but prices fell by about one-fifth on average, holding down revenue growth, according to figures released Monday by analyst company Gartner Inc.

As takeover battles in the enterprise software space continue, revenue from new licenses in the important customer relationship management (CRM) software sector fell 24.7 per cent in 2002, according to research from Gartner Inc.

PeopleSoft Inc. has decided not to begin litigation against Oracle Corp. over the hostile takeover launched by Oracle and cancelled a plan to appear in court Tuesday.