[PDF] Top 20 Information Society Trends Issue 75, 1997

... Trends: At policy level, the Commission is taking steps to ensure that EU countries meet the 1998 deadline for telecoms liberalisation and launched initiatives regarding the safe use of the Internet and ... See full document

... Trends: On the corporate front, Alcatel's Skybridge received the backing of Toshiba while Ameritech and UUNet pushed further into Europe’s market. At regulatory level, the Commission cleared Unisource, Uniworld ... See full document

... On April 29-May 1, the International Telecoms Union (ITU) invited all ITU Member States and sector actors to a meeting in Geneva which suddenly put the issue of Internet generic Top-Level Domain (TLD) names in the ... See full document

... LEGISLATION AND POLICIES The UK telecoms group Cable & Wireless C&W has agreed to gradually give up its 59.5% majority stake in the telecoms operator Hong Kong Telecom HK Telecom.. The f[r] ... See full document

... This change required Japan to revise its Antimonopoly Law, which so far banned the creation of holding companies. The law was adopted under US pressure after the second World War to dismantle the Zaibatsus, Japan's ... See full document

... Trends: The spotlight is on STET, which is present on all fronts: globally, through its alliance with AT&T; in Spain, where it won the Retevision bid together with Endesa; in digital TV, through its alliance ... See full document

... Trends: A key event during the summer was the EU’s growing concern regarding the US approach to implementing its WTO commitments. At pan-European level, the period was marked by the Bonn Conference. At national ... See full document

... US information and communications firms has agreed to set up, probably in early 1998, a Private Foundation for Educational Multimedia to promote multimedia and on-line technologies in Europe's ... See full document

... The outlook for interactive TV in North America looks rather gloomy with most companies down-scaling their plans. The cable TV giant Time Warner, for instance, announced that it would pull the plug on its Orlando ... See full document

... An increasing number of European telecoms operators are planning or have already started to offer bundled fixed and mobile telephone services by which subscribers enjoy a single and cheaper subscription as well as a ... See full document

... The proposal marks a major departure from previous framework programmes in that it concentrates on a limited number of topics and advocates stronger links between research and the needs of citizens and industry. It also ... See full document

... Following its recent decision to split up by 1999 the domestic telecoms operator Nippon Telegraph and Telephone NTT into two local and one long-distance and overseas operators, the Japan[r] ... See full document

... The Anglo-Dutch science publisher Reed Elsevier said it has agreed to spend $320 million on purchasing MDL Information Systems, a US company specialised in software that allows chemists to develop graphical models ... See full document

... Trends: Germany is in the spotlight with major shifts of alliances in the telecoms sector and mounting difficulties facing Kirch both at legal and market levels. Digital TV tops the news in Spain, with a ... See full document

... Trends: On the infrastructure front, Alcatel is preparing the launch of the first European-led global multimedia satellite system, Skybridge, while Intel and SES are pioneering direct-to-PC transmissions in ... See full document