Emerging Tech

Swedish telecommunications providers Telia AB and Tele2 AB have signed an agreement to create a joint UMTS (Universal Mobile Telecommunications System) network company. The deal finalizes plans announced in January.

A face recognition technology used at the Super Bowl to identify criminals will now be taken to Africa to assist in reducing voter fraud in Uganda.

WorldCom Inc. announced Tuesday that it would consolidate the company's Latin American operations into a regional organization based in Miami known as WorldCom Latin America.

In spite of the doom and gloom reports about e-commerce in the consumer sector the news for Canadian retailers is refreshingly positive, says a study released this week.

Lucent Technologies Inc. said Wednesday it may sell its Optical Fiber Solutions unit as part of its effort to focus more on systems software and services for communications infrastructure.

The tool used to write the Anna Kournikova worm has been enhanced by its creator and packs a potentially stronger wallop than when it emerged last month because it is capable of sending hidden EXE files and turning those loose on a user's PC, according to lab analysis by software security vendors.

Companies conducting business-to-business (B2B) electronic-commerce could be part of a market expected to total US$8.5 trillion worldwide in 2005, notwithstanding the current economic shakeup, according to a Gartner Research forecast.

Hewlett-Packard has united its 25 software products into two solutions in an effort to add emphasis to its dedication to software.