KPNQwest is to roll out DSL (digital subscriber line) for businesses in nine European countries - with Germany being the first to get services by mid 2000. But DSL is not necessarily the panacea that every one makes out.
Atlantic has also installed 17 local DSL centres in three Dutch cities and intends to roll out more. The Aberdeen-based company has installed 331 local offices to power DSL services in 10 German cities and is on schedule to complete 750 by the...
After severe delays to earlier high-speed data projects such as GPRS, many feel that the schedules for 3G roll-outs are impossibly optimistic. BT owns a 20 per cent stake in Japan Telecom, and has previously commented that the experience from the...
Symmetrical high-density digital subscriber line (SHDSL) technology promises data rates of 2.3Mbps over a single copper pair, as opposed to the 1.5Mbps of conventional DSL lines. SHDSL is expected to catch on faster in Europe than in the US because...
However, Vile says, companies shouldn't get caught up in the ROI trap when planning "top line, speculative" roll outs. And despite the ravaged economies across the continent these roll outs roll on. It tells you how much your current systems cost...
In fact, enterprise portal vendor Plumtree warns that companies that roll out portals without collaboration functionality risk creating 'empty portals' that nobody uses and consequently a zero ROI. While ROI can be achieved from project-based...