World Telecommunication Day 1999

IHT October 11, 1999


Links related to Tracking Telecoms 99: Business Solutions


Business and technology news

The New York Times Cybertimes
http://www.nytimes.com/yr/mo/day/tech/indexcyber.html
The New York Times E-commerce report:
http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/reference/indexcommerce.html
The Washington Post: Fast Forward:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/tech/ffwd.htm
Useful articles from the databases of The New York Times and The Washington Post.
RT
http://www.retailtech.com
An on-line technology magazine for retail executives.


Telecommunications and e-commerce assocations

Electronic Commerce Europe (ECE):
http://www.ec-europe.org
Promotes, co-ordinates and assists in the development of e-commerce in Europe.

Wireless Data Forum
http://www.wirelessdata.org
News on wireless data applications and customer communities.

Global Chipcard Alliance
http://www.chipcard.org
Smart Card Industry Assocation
http://www.scia.org
Industry organizations promoting the use of smart cards.

Communications Managers Association
http://www.cma.org
Users of telecommunications and information technology products and services.


Company sites: telecommunications and Internet business services

IBM e-business:
http://www.ibm.com/e-business
Promotes use of information technology by businesses and IBM's e-business solutions.

Sun Microsystems:
http://www.sun.com
Sun's site offers advice on how to "dot-com" businesses.

AT&T business services:
http://www.att.com/business
AT&T emphasizes the Internet. Visitors can navigate by business objective.

Siemens Business Services:
http://www.siemens.com/sbs
Siemens stresses system integration and outsourcing on its business services site.

Hewlett Packard e-services:
http://www.hp.com/e-services
HP defines an "e-services" as "any asset that you make available via the Net to drive new revenue streams or create new efficiencies."

Motorola multiservice networks:
http://www.mot.com/networking
Motorola's networking site emphasizes convergence technologies.

Nortel Networks business applications and services:
http://www.nortelnetworks.com/products/busserv/
Information on applications including call centers, messaging, desk-top applications, computer telephony integration and telecommuting.