Search The Directory The Web for Home > News > Online Archives > CNET News.com > 1998 > December New! Submit a site   whatUseek Directory Site Listings:   Avantel looks to build local network - Avantel, a Mexican telephone venture partly owned by MCI WorldCom, wants to build a local phone network in Mexico to forego the high fees it must pay a rival for carrying such services. [News.com]   Baan to take back spin-off - Baan is reining in its company to return to profitability. [News.com]   Baby Bells ready to ring in the new year - The face of the U.S. telecommunications industry changed more dramatically in 1998 than in any year since the breakup of Ma Bell, as deregulation and the Net explosion pushed companies to expand their traditional operations. [News.com]   Baby Bells' mergers may be blocked by FCC - The Federal Communications Commission may not approve mergers between SBC Communications and Ameritech, and Bell Atlantic and GTE, because of concerns the mergers wouldn't serve the public interest, according to reports. [News.com]   Bandwidth boom to bust flat-rate Net - The world is heading irrevocably toward a bandwidth boom. But since there will be a price tag on our megabits per second, today's flat-rate Internet may be crushed under the weight of those thicker pipes, said MCI WorldCom vice chairman John Sidgmore. [News.com]   Bangladesh promotes software development - Bangladesh Commerce and Industries Minister Tofael Ahmed today said the Asian country will offer duty free imports and cash incentives as part of its undertaking to become a major developer of computer software. [News.com]   Banks halt loans to LG Semicon - Korean banks halted loans to LG Semicon today, accusing it of fighting a promised merger that would create the world's second-largest computer memory chipmaker, according to the Associated Press. [News.com]   Barnes & Noble shares enjoy Net spike - Barnes & Noble's stock has surged about 40 percent the past week on optimism for higher Internet sales by the largest U.S. book retailer. [News.com]   Barnesandnoble.com stalls in heavy traffic - Barnes & Noble said its Web site slowed and it had trouble completing online orders for several hours yesterday because of two technology glitches amid a sixfold increase in traffic from six months ago. [News.com]   Bell Atlantic sues over state competition - Bell Atlantic filed suit against the Maryland Public Service Commission, charging that regulators in that state were illegally forcing them to sell access to their networks to competitors at artificially low prices. [News.com]   Bell Atlantic, AirTouch reportedly in talks - Bell Atlantic is in talks to acquire AirTouch Communications, a wireless communications company, for $45 billion in stock, CNBC reported, citing people close to the negotiations. [News.com]   BellSouth a contender to buy PointCast - BellSouth has surfaced as a leading candidate to acquire PointCast, the push technology pioneer, which has been seeking a strategic partner since it scrapped its IPO plans in July, sources said. [News.com]   BellSouth's long distance appeal denied - BellSouth lost its court challenge to legal restrictions that prevent former Bell operating system companies from entering the $70 billion long distance business until they open local markets to competition. [News.com]   Bells enlist Intel, Compaq in data battle - Five of the nation's biggest local phone companies joined with Intel, Compaq, Microsoft and Gateway today to petition the federal government for new rules governing high-speed Internet access. [News.com]   Bells still trying to go the distance - The Baby Bells have enlisted another player in their fight to offer long distance services. Technology bellwethers Compaq and Intel today joined up with BellSouth and others to press the FCC to allow the regional Bell companies to build high-speed networks in order to ferry Internet traffic over long distances. [News.com]   Big Blue courts small business - Boosting its small-business offerings, IBM will offer a suite of online business tools put together by DigitalWork for small companies. [News.com]   Blackout boosts Web outsourcing firms - This week's power outage in the San Francisco area has given Web-hosting companies new ammunition for pitching their services to potential customers that experienced difficulties during the blackout. [News.com]   Bluefly shares buzz on Yahoo news - Shares of Bluefly, an online name-brand fashion outlet store, surged by as much as 50 percent today after the company announced that it was launching a co-branded version of its online store on Yahoo Shopping. [News.com]   Boeing sends market downward - Stocks fell sharply as aerospace giant Boeing sent jitters through the market, pushing both the Dow and the Nasdaq lower in morning trading. [News.com]   Bomb hoax sends EDS workers home - Hundreds of Michigan employees of a data and computer services company went home early yesterday after a caller warned of a bomb planted in protest of U.S. air strikes on Iraq, company executives and police said. [News.com]     [ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 ] Help build the largest human-edited directory on the web.   Submit a Site - Open Directory Project - Become an Editor

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