Monthly Archives: February 2005

Hutchison boards VoIP bandwagon

Hong Kong’s Hutchison Global Communications (HGC) will soon begin offering its broadband fixed line subscribers free calls over the internet after signing a deal with Skype Technologies, the Luxembourg-based company launched over a year ago by the same team behind … Continue reading

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CDG

flying to Charles de Gaulle airport, Paris  later this eveing and staying in the Mercure hotel. I used to stay in the Mercure Hotel, Southwark London loads and it had great beer in the bar, served in chilled glasses..nice.

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50 gmail invites

I’m not sure if this is the case will all Gmail accounts, but there’s a new tool on the sidebar to send out invites and I have 50 (yes fifty!) of them. so if you still haven’t got one email … Continue reading

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unlocked SPV & garage sale

I managed to unlock my SPV via the Orange developers web page yesterday. Pretty straight forward..fill out a form..sms arrives..job done..and some people on eBay are charging 20 quid for that service! I’m still trying to sort out all the … Continue reading

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Amsterdam last week, Paris next week

Having spent two nights in Amsterdam last week, it’s going to be 1 night in Paris next week.  Euro’s are now staying in my wallet, I don’t bother to take them out. I don’t want to get into the Euro … Continue reading

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on the front page of NWFusion.com

I was a bit surprised earlier in the week to find myself on the front page of nwfusion.com. They picked up on my comments on the SBC take over of AT&T and the piece ended up on the front page.  … Continue reading

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New Suit

splashed out on a new suit from Jaeger,  the (two pairs of) tousers are being adjusted and I’ll collect it Tuesday. I opened an account and I’m now feeling very middle aged..an account at Jaeger and an ever expanding collection … Continue reading

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MCI and Qwest in $6.3bn merger talks

MCI, the second-largest US long-distance telecommunications carrier, and Qwest Communications International, smallest of the four Baby Bell regional carriers, were in merger talks on Thursday that could lead to a deal. Qwest is understood to have tabled an offer of … Continue reading

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WAH

Back working at home today. The presentation went well and I got to met some interesting people. I also got to put some faces to the names that I’ve known for a long time. There were presentations on IBM’s IPC … Continue reading

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SBC to cut 13,000 after AT&T deal

NEW YORK — SBC Communications said yesterday it expects to eliminate about 13,000 jobs after its $16 billion acquisition of AT&T closes, but the telephone company stressed that many positions can be cut through attrition rather than layoffs. [via Seattle … Continue reading

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In Amsterdam

Sat in the boardroom number 2 in IBM Amsterdam right now..playing with the "panja" control system..each desk has it’s own projector connection cool.

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