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Job cuts at SingTel
News update Headcount reduction has begun at the Republic's No 1 telecommunications provider Singapore Telecommunications Ltd (SingTel).
Hewlett-Packard takes another stab at software
News HP is returning to a software market where it suffered one of its worst defeats. But this time, the company has open-source software as its ally.
Tags: Business applications
AOL Time Warner climbs on big gains
News The media giant's first-quarter earnings beat Wall Street estimates, boosted by strong revenues and growth in the company's online and cable businesses.
Asia Global Crossing has Q4 loss on new links
News Asia Global Crossing Ltd, which is building a pan-Asian fiber-optic network, said it had a fourth-quarter loss as it completed one segment of its East Asia Crossing cable and all of its Pacific Crossing link.
BT preps defense of Web-surfing patent
News The U.K. telecommunications giant this week will argue that it holds a patent for a feature that's become ubiquitous on the Net: hyperlinking.
Telstra take key posts in venture with CyberWorks
News Australia's largest telco Telstra Corp has taken key operating posts at Reach Ltd, a cable infrastructure venture with Hong Kong telco Pacific Century CyberWorks Ltd.
CyberWorks unveils new Net Services strategy
News Pacific Century CyberWorks has unveiled a new Internet Services strategy that will focus on broadband as a key source of growth for the company.
WorldCom's Q1 profit falls as revenue rises 1.1%
News WorldCom Inc, the No 2 US long-distance phone company, had a 43 percent decline in first-quarter profit. Chief executive Bernard Ebbers said the company's calling prices, which have plunged over the past four years, are little changed.
Handset is missing link in IMS
News Industry players cite lack of standard-based handsets as an impediment to adoption of IP multimedia subsystem technology.
Tags: Infrastructure/architecture management, Network infrastructure
PCCW lays off 340 employees
News Hours before announcing its new Internet Services Strategy, Pacific Century CyberWorks fired 340 employees in "areas where existing jobs can be combined, merged with another function, or eliminated".
J.D. Edwards users warm up to PeopleSoft
News PeopleSoft is earning guarded praise from customers of its latest acquisition, former rival J.D. Edwards.
Tags: Business applications
Techs duck and cover after WorldCom
News After WorldCom, technology companies may be more closely scrutinized for a wide range of reasons, including ties to auditors and use of various earnings measures.
Yahoo CFO cancels conference speech; trading halted
News Yahoo! canceled a speech by chief financial officer Susan Decker at a conference Thursday, prompting speculation the world's most-popular Web-search service may announce management changes or that quarterly profit will miss forecasts. The stock was halted.
Keppel T&T announces US$84m writedown 
News Mainboard-listed Keppel Telecommunications & Transportation Ltd (Keppel T&T), the Internet and mobile unit of Keppel Corp Ltd, has decided to take a one-time writedown of S$155 million (US$84 million) on some of its technology investments.
IBM taps into new industries to fuel growth in Thailand
News Big Blue is also working on radio frequency identification applications in various sectors, says Thai general manager Suphajee Suthumpun.
Tags: Business Strategies & Functions, RFID, Business applications, Business planning
