John Blau

IBM Corp. announced Wednesday the completion of its acquisition of PwC Consulting, the consulting division of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC).

If there's one thing Germany doesn't lack, it's advanced communications infrastructure.

Germany's Siemens AG is combining its three global carrier divisions into one unit in a move to lower costs amidst a dramatic slump in network operator spending, the company announced Tuesday.

Before Germany's federal elections last Sunday, undecided voters could visit a Web site designed to help them select a political party.

Lucent Technologies Inc. has successfully demonstrated roaming between a wireless LAN (WLAN) and a 3G (third-generation) mobile broadband network, the company announced Wednesday.

The official line of L.M. Ericsson Telephone Co. is that the Swedish maker of telecommunications equipment is and always has been committed to its mobile phone joint venture with Sony Corp.

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Despite massive capital investment in telecommunication infrastructures across western Europe, sales of IP (Internet Protocol) services in the region are much lower than projected and will grow only moderately over the next two years, according to a report published Wednesday.