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Shares in Japanese telecommunications giant Nippon Telegraph & Telephone have slumped to an eight year low after the Japnese economics minister’s calls, in a Sunday newspaper interview, for the former monopoly to be broken up. NTT is Japan’s biggest telecoms company and led the way for mobile internet services through its i-mode phones yet its… Continue reading NTT Shares Fall To Eight Year Low

According to Gartner2, the new business growth research service of Gartner Inc., the Netherlands and Scandinavia measure the highest in flexible business attitudes, and ability to change processes quickly and maximise growth. The UK and Germany are ranked in the second tier of such abilities and France, Italy and Spain are ranked in tier three… Continue reading Netherlands And Scandinavia Poised To Be Profit Leaders In Europe, Says Gartner

IDC is to launch a new research programme to look specifically at developing 3G wireless technology, focusing on the future outlook for the network. IDC describe the 3G network as “a complex platform that is revolutionizing the way voice, data, and broadband multimedia services are supported over a variety of mobile and fixed networks” and… Continue reading IDC Reveals Plans To Monitor 3G Development

OgilvyOne, part of global advertising and communications group WPP, has acquired 75% of QCi Assessment, a UK-based customer relationship management consultancy, the group announced this morning. Under the terms of the deal OgilvyOne has an option to buy the remaining 25% of the business. QCi’s clients include Consignia, IBM, Royal & Sun Alliance and NCR.… Continue reading WPP’s OgilvyOne Acquires UK Consultancy

US-based advertising network, Omnicom, yesterday delivered a comfortable set of financial results despite the broader economic and advertising difficulties that are affecting many of its peers. Organic growth at the group rose by 12% and net new billings topped $1 billion. New account wins during the year included Goodyear, Aventis and Dell and, totalling $1.05… Continue reading Omnicom Growth Driven By Strong Business Wins

Datamonitor’s 2001 interactive consumer survey, IMPACT 2001 reveals that many people have taken to online shopping despite initial fears that the relative newness of the concept or lack of knowledge of the internet would put people off shopping online. The European ecommerce market is now said to be worth an estimated $16.4 billion, generated by… Continue reading Datamonitor Consumer Spending Survey Reveals Good News For eCommerce

According to IDC, worldwide internet services spending will more than triple from almost $22 billion in 2000 to close to $69 billion in 2005. “As a result of the dot-com bubble burst, there’s been much speculation that the opportunity for Internet services firms has evaporated. In fact, we believe while the opportunity is different, it… Continue reading IDC Forecasts Bright Outlook For Internet Services Market

Although small businesses are spending less on technology in 2001 than they did in 2000 this is not necessarily a cause for concern, according to IDC’s Small Business Technology Outlook report. The technology market researchers say that although the number of PCs being sold is declining (see Forecasts), so companies’ needs for other technology services… Continue reading IDC Forecasts Mixed Outlook For Small Business IT Spending

The UK is still ahead of the game when it comes to ecommerce, reports NetValue. In their May 2001 internet survey, figures show that more UK net users are enjoying the benefits of a secure ecommerce market.   visited ecommerce site made secure connection UK 75.9% 42.1% US 73.9% 28.8% France 68.9% 39.2% Norway 68.6%… Continue reading UK Leads In eCommerce, Says Net Value

Despite the disheartening adspend totals released by CMR this month (see Forecasts), AOL Time Warner CEO, Jerry Levin, announced this week that advertising revenues at the company have started to stabilise. Speaking at the global ad execs knees-up in Cannes, Levin told Reuters that advertising revenue had stopped falling and that AOL was on track… Continue reading AOL Confident That Adspend Slowdown Has Arrested