- Iraqi Village Gets Emergency Communications Aid
Technology does make a real difference across the world -- and not just to those in Silicon Valley. Telecoms Sans Frontiers (TSF) has moved into the Iraqi town of Ar Rutbah to provide telecommunication facilities and social services to the 17,000 villagers. The move not preclude later telecommunication contracts, but ......
- Global Demand for Mobile Communications Continues for
a Variety of Two-Way Services.
Although mobile communications has often been described as a rich man's toy, it is clearly an unfair description as the term embraces far more technologies than the telephone in the chief executive's Mercedes Benz. In the International Telecommunication Union's (ITU) radio regulations, the definition of a "mobile service" is very ......
- COMNEWS WEBWATCH.
RESOURCES * Global Knowledge offers its broadband and high-speed access training at various locations: "Building Broadband Networks," Tampa, FL, Sept. 20-22, and Raleigh, NC, Sept. 27-29; "Frame Relay Internetworking," Tampa, Sept. 25-27; "Understanding Digital Subscriber Line (xDSL)," Atlanta, Sept. 26-27; and "Optical Networking," Atlanta, Sept. 28-29. ATM Technology tracks are ......
- Executives cautiously optimistic, PNC study shows
Many small- to medium-sized businesses in the midstate expect their sales and profits to increase during the first half of 2005, but they also are bracing for higher supply costs, according to a recent survey by PNC Bank. Dennis P. Brenckle, PNC's regional president for Central Pennsylvania, said the latest ......
- Study shows gaps in nonprofit management--and ways to improve
HEADNOTE New research shines a light on ways to strengthen your management and hiring practices. A recent survey uncovered some areas of nonprofit management that need to be strengthened.1 We can draw five important conclusions from the survey results: 1 EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE MATTERS. Emotional intelligence often predicts success better than ......
- Study shows New York City is tops for foreign
investors.
For the third year in a row New York City was named the top spot for foreign real estate investment, according to an Association of Foreign Investors in Real Estate survey. "This year's survey showed an absolutely clear preference for New York City real estate. In fact, at no other ......
- D&B study shows seven out of 10 U.S. small
businesses now have Internet access.
Dun & Bradstreet survey of small businesses finds nearly 40 percent have their own Web sites But nearly six out of 10 say the Web has had no measurable impact on their businesses The number of small companies conducting business on the Web is growing, but U.S. small-business owners are ......