Continental shift; phone competition is much less vigorous in Europe than in the U.S. There are lessons in that

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Alternative carriers are deploying diverse technologies to outperform US rivals in the $160 billion, deregulated European telephone market. A popular tactic among cable operators consists of zapping phone signals over strengthened cable-TV lines. UK-based Cable & Wireless Communications, for example, has attracted 1.6 million residential and business phone subscribers as well as approximately 800,000 cable-TV customers. Cable companies eventually will face problems in vying for the 'last mile,' given expensive upgrades and the emergence of telephone companies. Other companies such as Scotland-based Atlantic Telecom Group are delivering signals via rooftop antennas. Wireless technology has not gained popularity in many parts of Europe, because carriers lack the infrastructure to rely on a dominant carrier's network. Companies also are testing the transmission of phone and Internet signals to residences and businesses over electricity cables.

Telephone Communications, Telephone communications, exc. radio, Europe, Telecommunications services industry, Telecommunications industry, Forecasts and trends, Telephone services, Market trend/market analysis

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Do I have privacy on-line?

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Users of the Internet, from Web site browsers to users of e-mail and online electronic commerce services, should be aware of attendant risks and privacy issues. One problem is that such information as addresses and social security numbers are now much easier to obtain. Of greater concern is the fact that each visit to a Web site, in the absence of security procedures or software, leaves a trail of information that can be accessed by marketing concerns eager to develop expensive marketing profiles. Even the ubiquitous e-mail used at the office can be tracked by managers and system administrators, as can Web site visits made on company time. Even more serious dangers are associated with electronic commerce via the Internet. Users of this growing commercial venue need to be aware of the fact that hackers or thieves can gain access to credit card information by such means as establishing fraudulent commercial Web sites.

Telegraph & other communications, Specialized Telecom Services, Safety and security measures, Internet, Internet services, Internet security, Privacy issue, Privacy, Electronic mail systems, E-mail, Email, Electronic commerce, E-commerce, Internet/Web technology, Information management, Information accessibility

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WorldCom to announce opening today of its pan-European telecom network

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WorldCom Inc., of Jackson Miss., announced the opening of its pan-European telecommunications service. The network, nearly 2,000 miles long, connects London, Amsterdam, Brussels, Paris and Frankfurt. The network connects 4,000 office buildings across Europe which is linked to a new undersea cable that connects it to 27,000 U.S. office buildings. "Now a business customer can have a video-phone on the desk of every executive in Chicago and Frakfurt," says Liam Strong, chief executive officer of WorldCom's international unit.

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Announced the opening of its pan-European telecommunications network

European Union, Services introduction, New Products/Services, Domestic Voice Telephone Service, Domestic telephone services, MCI Inc., Article

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