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For the record 12 June 
Wednesday, June 12 2002
by Sylvia Leatham


The European Commission is calling a public hearing on unbundling of the local
loop in Europe | Motorola says it will meet or beat guidance 

The directors of Abbey Computer Centre, an Antrim-based computer maker and
retailer that failed in 2000 with debts of over STG197,493, have agreed not to
hold directorships or to take any part in company management for between three
and seven years. The undertakings given by Henry Crowe, Mark Allison and John
Carson prevent them from being directors of a company or, in any way, whether
directly or indirectly, being concerned in or taking part in the promotion,
formation or management of a company for three to seven years.  







An on-line business directory featuring over 130,000 businesses across Ireland
has been launched. Today's
Pages, aimed at business owners and professional managers, provides a
facility to search for buyers, identify suppliers and research companies. The
directory will also be available on a number of Irish Web sites, including
ThePost.ie and IrishNews.com. 





Eontec, a specialist in the development and delivery of Enterprise Java
Banking solutions, has implemented its Lending Module at UK-based Yorkshire
Building Society. The transactional Web site, based on J2EE Financial Components,
enables the building society's customers to undertake mortgage application
processing on-line. 





The European Commission is calling a public hearing on the unbundling of
the local loop (ULL), that is, access to the last mile of telephone lines into
European homes. The public meeting, which will take place in Brussels on 08 July,
is to facilitate analysis of the remaining difficulties in the implementation of
LLU and the progress of competition in the provision of broadband access and
services. The EC's Competition Directorate-General will present its findings in
the second phase of its local loop sector enquiry. The industry will be asked to
share their experiences and express their views on how to render effective ULL.
Those interested in participating in the hearing should e-mail the EC at
 by 15 June, including contact details and with
"invitation" as the subject heading.





High-tech industry giants are in the process of forming an alliance to
simplify how mobile phones can be used on any network to play games, share photos
or trade instant messages. Nearly 200 companies are set to unveil plans to form a
new global organisation to develop open standards for phones and other wireless
devices to operate seamlessly together. High-profile members of the alliance
include Nokia, Microsoft, Intel, Vodafone and Walt Disney.





Motorola, the No. 2 maker of wireless telephones, said it will meet or
beat its guidance for the second quarter and that it remains on track to return
to profitability in the third quarter and show a profit for the full year.
Motorola president and chief operating officer Edward Breen told investors at a
Bear Stearns conference that growth is returning to the company's businesses and
it expects to meet or beat its April guidance for the second quarter of a
per-share loss of USD0.04 a share on revenues of at least USD6.4 billion. 



Telecoms equipment maker Ericsson, said it was selling its chip unit to
Germany's Infineon in a EUR400 million deal, but its shares fell on
disappointment that payment was in stock not cash. Telefon AB LM Ericsson said it
would receive EUR400 million (USD377 million) worth of Infineon Technologies AG
stock in return for Ericsson Microelectronics when the transaction is completed
in the summer, pending regulatory approvals. On Wednesday, the news pushed
Ericsson shares more than 10 percent lower, before it recovered a little to trade
7.1 percent weaker. 



Oracle has unveiled a Chinese version of its on-line resource centre, in
an effort to attract application developers in the country. The new Oracle
Technology Network (OTN) Web site aims to provide free downloads of Oracle
development tools and software, technology documentation and support services to
developers in the country. Rene Bonvanie, vice president of Oracle9i marketing
and OTN, said he expects the new version of the site to sign up 165,000
developers in China, in addition to the existing 55,000 users from China who use
the English version.



There has been a marked increase in monthly Internet sessions and time spent
on-line around the world, according to a report by Nielsen//NetRatings. A
comparison of global Internet usage between April 2001 and April 2002 showed that
time spent on-line per month increased almost 13 percent, and the number of
sessions per month increased nearly 9 percent across 21 countries. Worldwide, the
number of active home users of the Internet grew nearly 18 percent year-on-year.