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Face to Face with Stephen McCormack of Nebula
Amid the doom and gloom of the hi-tech downturn it was thought that one sector might prove to be a shining light. But is the wireless market really ready to deliver on its promise? Irene Gahan talks to Stephen McCormack of Nebula Technologies about whether the wireless Internet can live up to the hype.

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For the record 07 November
Wednesday, November 07 2001
by Paula Mythen


.biz goes live thrusting over 160,000 Web address on to the Net | Carphone
Warehouse reported a 696 percent increase in Irish earnings



Carphone Warehouse reported a 696 percent increase in Irish earnings in
its interim results to 29 September 2001.  Irish turnover increased by 128
percent and new connections grew by 36 percent.  The company claims that its
share of the Irish market is now 17 percent.  The group as a whole said that
turnover for the period ending 29 September 2001 increased 20 percent to STG539.6
million and EBITDA before exceptionals increased 38 percent to STG21.6 million. 
Headline EPS (earnings per share) in the period increased by 29 percent from
STG0.69 to STG0.89.

 

Cork-based Aardvark Digital Media has released ACE (Aardvark Content
Editor), a software solution that let users upload content to the Web without the
need for any knowledge of HTML. Features of ACE include a rich text page editor,
an HTML e-mail generator and e-mail list management systems. 

 

.biz, the new Internet business top-level domain, went live on Wednesday. 
NeuLevel, the registry operator for .biz, formally activated over 160,000
pre-registered .biz domain names from more than 150 countries and started taking
registrations for additional names on a first-come, first-served basis. 

 

Siemens has secured its first 3G infrastructure contract in the US with
Cingular Wireless. The deal will involve working on a new EDGE network for
Cingular Wireless and supplying dual-technology handsets.

 

Eurologic Systems has signed a national distribution agreement for Ireland
with enterprise storage integrator, Xnet. The move forms part of a strategic
international expansion of channel marketing activities. Xnet will offer
Eurologic's network storage solutions as part of their range of offerings to
corporate end-users in the Irish marketplace.