Topic: Corporate News
The new items published under this topic are as follows.
Rudi Schmidleithner named President of Acer Pan American Operations
SAN JOSE, Calif., (November 24, 2003) /Wi-Fi Technology News/- Acer America Corporation, one of the leading worldwide suppliers of PC solutions, today announced the appointment of Rudi Schmidleithner as president of Acer Pan America operations. Mr. Schmidleithner, who will be responsible for operations with both Acer America and Acer Latin America, was previously the Business Unit manager of Region 2 for Acer notebook products in EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa).
Acer Europe?s Region 2 includes Germany, Benelux, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Austria, Switzerland, Russia, Hungary, the Czech Republic and Poland. Acer EMEA has been extremely successful over the past several years and will finish 2003 with over $2 billion in sales and a #2 position in notebook market share. Mr. Schmidleithner will report directly to Gianfranco Lanci, president of Acer International Operations Business Group.
ACER TO CONDUCT LOTTERY FOR ?WI-FI 101? APPLICANTS
Nearly 1000 Schools Apply for Program; Success of
Wireless Offer Demonstrates Desire of Education to Go ?Mobile?
SAN JOSE, Calif., (November 21, 2003) /Wi-Fi Technology News/- Acer America Corporation, one of the leading worldwide suppliers of PC solutions, today announced that, due to the overwhelming response to the ?Wi-Fi 101? initiative, a random lottery will be held in December to select the schools that will receive free wireless access points and installation. Acer originally announced that ?Wi-Fi 101? would include up to 120 schools selected to participate in this program. Due to the volume of responses received, it was determined that the only fair way to select the recipients was through a blind draw.
HSBC Banks on Sirocom for Global Remote Access Services to their Worldwide Offices
November 21, 2003 /Wi-Fi Technology News/- Virtual network operator, Sirocom, announced a global contract with HSBC for the provision of global roaming services to the Group?s executives. With a large, international workforce, HSBC?s users require consistent, easy, and managed network access wherever they are in the world, whenever they need it.
SWINDON, England, Nov. 20, 2003 /Wi-Fi Technology News/- Intel Corporation announced that Grant Thornton LLP, one of the world's leading accountancy and business advice organizations, has deployed more than 1,600 notebook PCs powered by Intel? Centrino? mobile technology across its United Kingdom staff. The combination of the new wireless notebook PCs and an ongoing two-year PC refresh program is helping the company drive down the cost of mobile working while improving customer service levels.
The Modular Omni 3750 Delivers EMV 4.0, TDES Security and the 3-Second Transaction Times
Sheffield, UK and Worldwide, November 19, 2003 /Wi-Fi Technology News/- VeriFone, Inc., the world's leading provider of payment solutions, announced that it has shipped its 450,000th Omni 3750 payment terminal. This makes the Omni 3750 the most successful product launch in VeriFone?s 22-year history.
Russia?s First Ethernet Service Provider Offers VPNs to Enterprises in Moscow
MOSCOW - /Wi-Fi Technology News/- Golden Telecom, Inc. [NASDAQ: GLDN], a major independent Russian telecommunications operator, has deployed an Optical Ethernet solution from Nortel Networks* [NYSE/TSX: NT] to provide Ethernet virtual private network (VPN) connectivity to enterprises in major business centers and customer locations throughout Moscow.
SEOUL, South Korea /Wi-Fi Technology News/- Dacom Corporation, a leading Korean provider of telephony, Internet and data communications services, has selected Nortel Networks* [NYSE/TSX: NT] to provide a next generation network (NGN) voice over IP (Internet Protocol) and multimedia solution. The Dacom contract was awarded to Nortel Networks through its Korea channel distributor, ITIAN Corporation.
Vermont Electric Power Company Deploys Optical Ethernet Solution from Nortel Networks
Converges Data, Voice Services on Single Network for Greater Reliability, Cost Savings
OTTAWA, Ontario /Wi-Fi Technology News/- Vermont Electric Power Company (VELCO), the Rutland-based transmission company owned by 22 distribution utilities in Vermont, has completed statewide deployment of Optical Ethernet solutions from Nortel Networks* [NYSE/TSX: NT].
Using Nortel Networks OPTera* Metro 3500 Multiservice Platforms with Resilient Packet Ring (RPR) technology, VELCO has converged data and voice services over the same infrastructure. By leveraging the reliability and high-bandwidth of SONET with the simplicity and low-cost of Ethernet, VELCO?s Optical Ethernet deployment is expected to enhance day-to-day operations while helping VELCO to drive high reliability and resiliency for mission-critical power services.
Nortel Networks, Koor Industries to Adjust Ownership in Israeli Operation to Better Leverage Key Business Strategies
TEL AVIV, Israel /Wi-Fi Technology News/- Nortel Networks [NYSE/TSX: NT] and Koor Industries [NYSE:KOR] today announced that they will reorganize their joint telecommunications activities in Israel. Under this reorganization, Nortel Networks will assume full ownership of Nortel Networks Israel (Sales and Marketing) Ltd., its joint venture with Koor Industries, by acquiring the remaining 28 per cent ownership interest currently held directly and indirectly by Koor Industries.
U.S. Cellular Implements Portal Software
Portal Billing Platform to Support all Wireless Data and Content Billing
CUPERTINO, CA (November 4, 2003) - Portal Software, Inc. (Nasdaq: PRSF) today announced that U.S. Cellular has implemented Portal?s product-based billing platform for its wireless data and content services. U.S. Cellular has deployed the Portal solution to support new BREW and 1xRTT services as well as to establish a flexible platform to support future products and services for its more than 4.3 million customers.