Monthly Archives: June 2001
EarthLink
From its inception, EarthLink has seen itself as David to America Onlines Goliath.Seven years later, the sentiment remains."Youve got one huge beast and a...
Unforeseen Events
Changes in telecommunications are happening so quickly that navigating the market is beginning to feel a bit like driving through a small town on...
Is Palms Slump Bad News for Developers?
Despite the scrapped merger deals and inventory problems plaguing Palm Inc., developers continue to add products to the Palm repertoire, though some are hedging...
Geekspeak: June 4, 2001
The Compaq laptop battery pictured here is not especially dangerous by the standards of its genre. But have you ever done the numbers on...
Souping Up Wireless
Sometimes Cindy Groner must feel like shes swimming in circles in a sea of acronyms. As director of mobile traveler services at Sabre Inc.,...
XO Communications
Formed by the $3.4 billion merger of Concentric Network and Nextlink Communications, XO Communications is building a local and long-distance network, plus copper and...
CenturyTel
People in rural america need wireless and internet services, too, CenturyTel has concluded.Led by CEO Glen F. Post III, CenturyTel specializes in rural and...
Sprint PCS
Sprint PCS isnt the biggest fish in the wireless pond, but it is adding customers faster than anyone."Weve led the industry for three consecutive...
International Telcos
If misery loves company, AT&T and British Telecommunications might look like perfect partners. Less than a year ago, analysts predicted the two struggling giants...
Cable & Wireless N.A.
Cable & Wireless is making a bid to become one of the most formidable telecommunications providers in the U.S.Graham Wallace, CEO of Cable &...