The US Department of Commerce has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), beginning the process of transferring its responsibility for domain names, such as .com, .net and .org, to the not-for-profit organisation.
Lucent Technologies yesterday said it has acquired the remaining 80 percent of WaveAccess, an Israel-based company that specialises in high-speed systems for wireless data communications, for $US50 million in cash.
Cable & Wireless yesterday detailed plans for building up an integrated voice and data network that spans Europe.
L.M. Ericsson Telephone has taken a minority stake in a small Swedish startup set to launch an electronic pen designed to send messages via infrared transmission to a PC, mobile phone or personal digital assistant.
IBM Corp. and Software AG plan to work together to help corporate software developers write component-based electronic commerce applications, the companies announced at Software AG's user conference here in Heidelberg, Germany, yesterday.