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Larry Ellison [ Excerpts ]
"The PC is a ridiculous device and Microsoft is making it more complicated."
High entertainement this morning with Oracle Chairman and CEO, Larry Ellison who's opening statement was a stab at Microsoft. "Four years ago I said the PC is a ridiculous device - not to pick on anybody in particular - a very complicated device. Microsoft is making it more complicated. "Windows 2000 is the most complicated engineering project in the history of mankind" - you can actually read this statement on their website. That's quite a statement when you consider the harnessing of nuclear energy, sending a man to the moon... Do you want that on your desktop?
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From around the Web
Article 18 -10:
Mobile Data Is Set to Take Off, but Glitches Remain
The Telecom99 exhibition and conference here last week was supposed to be all about the future of telecommunications and the "mobile Internet." Instead, it sometimes felt like a trip back to 1993, around the time the first Web browser, Mosaic, came out of the University of Illinois and kicked off the Internet's commercial stage. The New York Times

Article 15 -10:
Gadgets galore at telecom show
At Telecom 99 there is an interesting blend of the available, the possible and the probable. BBC

Article 14 -10:
New 'Screen Phones' Could Boost Net Use
A slew of "Internet screen phones" from Alcatel and other companies could boost uropeans' Internet use and interest in online shopping. WSJ Paid subscription required.

Article 14 -10:
The Vision Thingy
In Geneva, the focus is on the future. But what's happening now? Newsweek

Article 14 -10:
Handicapping the Future
Who will get first to the wireless Internet, Europe or the United States? Newsweek

Article 14 -10:
HP Unveils Wireless Strategy
Hewlett-Packard Co Wednesday said it unveiled a new initiative to extend its e-services Internet product into the wireless world. The announcement was made by the company's new Chief Executive, Carly Fiorina, at the Telecom 99 conference in Geneva. In her first major strategy announcement, Fiorina said the company's mission was to integrate Internet technology and mobile devices to build the next generation of intelligent devices. Yahoo Daily News

Article 14-10:
Mobile-Phone Operators' Goal: To Charge Like Internet Portals
Europe's mobile-phone operators don't want to be just telephone companies anymore. They want to be Internet portals -- with share prices to match. WSJ Paid subscription required.

Article 13 -10:
Nokia, Palm Join Forces On Handhelds
3Com's Palm Computing and Nokia will jointly develop products that wed the pen interface of handheld Palm computers with wireless phones, the companies announced Tuesday. InfoWorld

Article 13-10:
Oracle Chief Foresees European Internet Lead
Lawrence Ellison, chairman of Oracle Corp. and the technology industry's leading personal-computer antagonist, predicted Tuesday that Europe would soon lead the world in the number of people connected to the Internet. IHT

Article 13-10:
From WAP to WOW
From smart phones to Web phones. Newsweek

Article 12-10:
New Products
Forget the big picture. (And the great little pictures on 3G mobiles, which won’t be on the world market for another couple of years.) What most consumers will see from Telecom99 are a lot of little gadgets. These are some that make life a little more interesting, practical, and fun — with the phones we've already got. Newsweek

Moduleo's Boxit (www.moduleo.fi)
Ericsson' Chatboard” (mobile.ericsson.com)
Ericsson' hand free kit (mobile.ericsson.com)

Article 10-10:
Handheld devices, other developments spur worldwide growth of Internet
IBM chief executive officer Louis Gerstner said the new devices and other handheld "networked'' products -- personal digital assistants and pagers -- were helping to shift the focus from the personal computers made by IBM and others. "The PC itself isn't dead, but it's no longer occupying center stage,'' Gerstner said.Charlotte.com


[ Special Report s]
Telecom 99 trade show in Geneva.
Check out the Wall Street Journal's Interactive daily coverage of
the Telecom 99 trade show in Geneva. Paid subscription required.

Telecom's Restless Giants
Sure, they're big and getting bigger. But as industry leaders gather for Telecom99 in Geneva this week, they know a changing technological landscape and an ongoing wave of megamergers mean they can take nearly nothing for granted. Newsweek


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Seven Days
A daily digest of telecommunications news. Newsweek
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From the Floor...
Telia Networks Services
On the ground floor of the Telia stand, the World Café Plaza offers visitors information and basic communications services as well as refreshments. Would you like a drink? Just ask the Telia staff member holding a WAP phone and she will order your drink. Your order appears on a screen above the bar with a number and lets you know when your drink is ready. Cool.

Meals to go
Hungry staffers and Telecom visitors, can order meals online at Télé Restaurant International which will be delivered straight to the stand. Website and software weredeveloped by French start-up Surf Design.net - Take a look at their website !

Compaq 3D
The Compaq globe walk-in booth projects an IMAX 3D movie all day.

Floor Chat At the Microsoft Booth
A British Telecommunications project manager described the alliance of BT with Microsoft to combine resources to develop a handheld wireless device using Windows CE as the operating system. Targeted to corporate intranets, using Samsung and Sagem wireless phones, it will go on test this month in 5 companies, allowing e-mail access and information exchange. The companies are : Telenor, Crédit Suisse First Boston Bank, KPMG, BBC and Nortel Network. (related article from ZDNet )

At the Manpower Booth
3000 IT jobs were open in 98 in Switzerland (this year's figures are not yet available) so Manpower is inviting qualified IT people to drop by their booth and learn of job opportunites. There is a great need for :

Analyst programmers (C++, powerbuildler, visual basic)
Project managers (technical and functional)
MCSE Certified system ingenieurs (Novell, NT)
Consultants
Web technicians
Telecom technicians

Alcatel's stand, the largest at this year's Telecom, is rumored to have cost 40 million dollars.


The buzz
Handling ennemies. Her Excellency Ms Seiko Noda, Honorouble Member House of Representatives of Japan, who delivered a speech on Japanese Telecoms, following Bill Gates keynote address and before Larry Ellison's, thus allowed Bill Gates time to leave Arena - the amphitheater where the Interactive summit took place -, and Larry Ellison to arrive, without encurring the risk of running into each other.

Alcatel's stand, the largest at this year's Telecom, is rumored to have cost 40 million dollars.


The Facts
In one area of the Swisscom stand, three 8x16 m wooden panels are filled with 35 000 white roses. They must be changed every 3 days. It takes 40 people all night long to replace the wilted flower with fresh ones. Publicity manager Jacques Bettex says this conveys the message that Swisscom customers are more important than technology.


From ITU: The Telecom 99 Daily
BT : "you don't need to be here!"
British telecom reputedly pulled out of TELECOM 99 because of the costs involved in a Telecom show where exhibitors showcase technologies that make it decidedly unnecessary to go to trade shows at all. Apparently, they considered having someone with a megaphone on it's empty floor space announce: YOU DON'T NEED TO BE HERE!" (excepts from Peter Heywood's editorial today in the Telecom 99 Daily)

Phoning from the restroom...
Using cell phones is so second nature to show attendess that the restrooms around Palexpo have become makeshift communications centers for attendees. Hands-free use of the devices is readily evident...

Crédit Suisse
Crédit Suisse is banking on Swisscom AG to help it bring financial services to WAP users by early next year. It claims it will be the first Swiss bank to let customers check accounts or buy stocks (www.youtrade.com) by mobile phone.

Hello?
While would-be Telecom attendees may be trapped in gridlock traffic for at least two hours, at least they can complain to colleagues over their cell phones as connections are going through over what Swisscom AG has called one of the densest areas of cellular coverage on Earth. The company has spent more than $ 1.3 million on equipment with allows for more than 20 000 simultaneous calls,

High Tech Fashion
High tech meets couture twice a day at the Sirti stand, where runway models are draped in Armani and Fendi.

The Russian Pavilion
The big draw at the Russian Pavilion - besides the products, of course - is a virtual arm-wrestling game that lets participants test their prowess against an onscreen puppet.

Telekom Austria
If you're in the mood for Strauss but don't have time to visit downtown's Victoria Hall while in Geneva, TELEKOM Austria has just what you need. K&K String Quartet from Austria is performing every two hours at the Telekom Austria booth.

Bejmain Netanyahu
Kofi Annan isn't the only global notable stepping to the podium this week. Former Benjamin Netanyahu is scheduled to speak Wednesday on "Knowledge and Internet-Based Economy as Key Factors for Growth" in the 21 st Century.

Security is the Missing Link at Telecom99
Out of the 1000 exhibitors, exactly one lists itself in the show directory under the category of security products for telecom networks. The company is Microlink from Tel Aviv.

Spare a dime?
A new service from Sonera lets users buy products from vending machines by dialing select phone numbers from their GSM phones. It's currently in operation in Finland, where users can already buzz sodas, get their cars washed and play music off a jukebox.



Celebs and Performances
Nortel Networks flew in Diana Ross from Los Angeles Tuesday night with 10 musicians to perform at the Grand Casino Theater at the Noga Hilton Hotel. The concert was followed by fireworks over Lake Geneva.

Opera Wednesday night at Geneva's Victoria Hall, courtesy of Telecom Italia.

The Industrial Services of Geneva have been laser beaming a welcome message to all of TELECOM participants in Geneva's famous 140 meter high water fountain.

Natalie Cole performed at the Lucent Technologies stand Monday night.

Michael Douglas was in Geneva Saturday night, invited by Cisco "The company behind NetAid", which by the way, according to Thursday's Telecom 99 Daily, was able to download successfuly 99.69 percent of the requested pages. More than 2.4 million streams of the concerts in Geneva, New York and London were seen on www.netaid.org in more than 160 countries.

Bo Diddley performed at the Nokia party Wednesday night.


Your attention please... show stoppers, contests, quizz
Terry Matthews, Chairman of Newbridge Networks Coporation is a big rugby fan, and the sponsor of the Canadian rugby team. At the Newbridge Stand, several times a day, members of the ALL BLACKS team from New Zealand give a Haka demonstration. A perfect tie-in with the rugby world championship going on at the same time as TELECOM 99.

Two American dressed Indians, send smoke signals from their fireside at the CMG booth in Pavillion 3. CMG is a WAP supplier. So, wireless communication is really nothing new ...

It really is a circus at TELECOM99. Samsung offers several shows a day with gymnastics and dancers. Spotted elsewhere on the floor, a mime group and a comedian.

At the Sun stand, a 30 minute presentation on the hour every hour singles out by a roaming and random spotlight, 4 lucky people in the audience who get to take home a Palm Pilot V.

Compaq's "I am unstoppable campaign". Pick up a green tag with a red cord and check it's lottery number, sign up online and you may win a a trip to a Sting World concert, tickets to a concert or a Sting CD. Don't give up if it's not the winning number, because if you wear your tag around your neck all week, you might be sighted by a Compaq crew member and win a prize anyway.

Quizz. Are you a Telecom Titan? you can find out by stepping up to any TIK on the Telecom 99 show floor and take the TQ test. Answer three questions correctly and you're in the running for a Compaq Aero PDA.


Alot of Hot Air
CBLWorldkey.com and The Financial Times are advertized on two different hot air ballons right outside of Palexpo.