Peter Sayer

German semiconductor manufacturer Infineon Technologies AG has agreed to buy the microelectronics division of Swedish telecommunication equipment manufacturer L.M. Ericsson Telephone Co.

French telecommunication and electronics manufacturer Alcatel SA is to cut a quarter of the 1,805 jobs at its optronics manufacturing division by the end of the year, resulting in the closure of factories in France and Canada.

French telecommunication and electronics manufacturer Alcatel SA is to cut a quarter of the 1,805 jobs at its optronics manufacturing division by the end of the year, resulting in the closure of factories in France and Canada.

A Paris court approved Vivendi Universal SA's request Thursday for an independent examination of the wireless voting system used at its shareholders' meeting on April 24. The system may have been hacked and the outcome of the votes influenced, Vivendi said last week.

An electronic vote at Vivendi Universal SA's shareholder meeting last Wednesday may have been hacked, throwing suspicion on shareholder votes at other companies using electronic voting technology, the company announced Sunday.

Italians have to go a long way to escape the mobile phone. A very long way.

Juniper Networks Inc.'s T-series high-speed routers are finding favor with researchers developing a faster Internet, the company announced Tuesday.

U.S. Robotics has boosted the speed of its latest range of wireless LAN products for small businesses to 22Mbps, while retaining compatibility with existing 2.4GHz systems built to the IEEE 802.11b standard.