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Date: Tuesday, November 30, 1999, 9:44 AM -0500
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Subject: Faulkner Comm Flash 11/29/99 - (Part 1 of 3)

TOP OF THE NEWS
	 * AT&T To Move Phone-Line Assistance to Internet	
	 * US Senate Passes Millennium Digital Commerce Bill	
	 * Mannesmann Blocks Vodafone's Takeover Attempts	
	 * Regulatory Process Could Delay AT&T, MediaOne Deal	
	 
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Agreements/Joint Ventures 
	 America Online and Intuit reported plans to offer an online service for
managing household bills. The service will be powered by View and Pay Bills
by Quicken and is scheduled to be available in early 2000. The companies'
five-year agreement calls for Intuit to be the exclusive integrated provider
of the bill tracking and payment service to AOL and AOL.COM. CheckFree
Holdings Corporation reported that it will provide the infrastructure for
all of Intuit's electronic billing and payment services, including those
offered to AOL customers.
	 Andersen Consulting partnered with Telenisus to jointly create a network
operations support system. The OSS is designed to integrate Telenisus'
network management, billing, and other services into an automated system.
The system will deliver VPNs, firewall services, Web hosting, and
e-commerce. Ariba and InterWorld formed a strategic global marketing and
	 technology alliance to provide online selling and collaborative trading
methods for Global 10,000 corporations. The agreement teams InterWorld's
Commerce Exchange with the Ariba Network marketplace platform. The
InterWorld Commerce Exchange offering will include cXML integration and
provide a streamlined registration to connect suppliers to the Ariba
Network platform. Artisoft and Intel reported plans to deliver
	 standards-based computer telephony (CT) products. Artisoft will port
TeleVantage to Intel's CT Media open software platform. Intel will license
its CT Media platform to Artisoft and Intel will acquire the rights to
Artisoft's Visual Voice product line. Financial terms of the agreement were
not disclosed.
	 Cable and Wireless plc and Compaq Computer reported plans to form a
relationship through which C&W will offer small and medium sized enterprises
e-business offerings from Internet access devices to hosted business
applications. The two companies plan to commit a total of $500 million over
the next five years to the relationship. Compaq's participation includes
revenue-sharing and traditional supplier contracts.
	 New Era of Networks formed an agreement with Commerce One that will let
customers integrate the Commerce One Solution with legacy and ERP
applications. NEON's e-Business Integration products will be integrated with
Commerce One's BuySite to create an interactive, multi-enterprise e-commerce
offering.
	 CyberCash extended its relationship with IBM to offer CashRegister online
payment services to medium-sized enterprises through IBM's WebSphere Payment
Manager. The CashRegister service will be accessed from a cassette built for
the WebSphere Payment Manager, which will be sold by IBM's North American
sales team and Business Partners.
	 Deloitte & Touche struck an alliance with AristaSoft, an ASP focusing on
the high-tech start up market. Deloitte agreed to provide business
processes, consultation, and implementation services to ArtiSoft's clients.
	 Deloitte Consulting and ASP USinternetworking agreed to jointly offer IT
services to Fortune 500 firms. The joint offerings focus on transitioning
operations to the Web.
	 Mondex International (MXI) formed a strategic worldwide alliance for the
integration of Mondex electronic cash payment capabilities with Digital
Courier's Internet payment products and services. Digital Courier is
installing a payment gateway in the UK and US to "Internet enable" Mondex
electronic cash. The Gateway will allow Digital Courier to act as a currency
exchange or Bureau de Change facility for value loading in multiple
currencies. Ericsson and Visa International signed a Memorandum of
	 Understanding to develop secure payment solutions for the purchases over
the Internet via a mobile terminal. The partnership will develop mobile
e-commerce and drive open standards for payment transactions over wireless
networks. The companies will cooperate to provide a variety of payment
solutions leveraging open standards such as the WAP, Bluetooth, SET Secure
Electronic Transaction, and EMV protocols to address different market
requirements. Fujitsu Limited and Tivoli Systems developed a four-year
	 collaborative agreement, through which Fujitsu will bundle the Tivoli
Management Agent into its storage systems, offer Tivoli Storage Manager as
a component of the Fujitsu SystemWalker management suite of products,
certify several Fujitsu SystemWalker management applications Tivoli Ready,
and join the Team Tivoli partner program. The companies also agreed to
proactively investigate other areas for future cooperation.
	 Global Crossing and Hutchinson Whampoa will form a $1.2 billion joint
venture involving Hutchinson's Hong Kong fixed-line telecom network. Global
Crossing gets a China link for its undersea cable network, and Hutchinson
gets a global platform from which to offer more advanced services to its
customers. The deal gives Hutchinson $400 million in Global Crossing
preference shares. Global Crossing will invest to $50 million in cash in the
venture and contribute about $350 million in international
telecommunications capacity rights to its network.
	 Hewlett-Packard partnered with European IT services firm Getronics to
provide customer relationship management software and consulting services.
HP's OpenView will be bundled with services from Getronics.
	 IBM and SBC Communications expanded their relationship to allow customers
in SBC's service area to purchase ADSL-enabled IBM Aptiva PCs and DSL
service. The DSL offering can be optimized with IBM's DSL-ready Aptiva S
Series 870. 
	 In other news, IBM and IT services firm Keane forged an alliance calling
for Keane to offer integration services using IBM's Java-based SanFrancisco
technology. Keane will employ SanFrancisco for building or modifying
e-business applications.
	 Sector, a subsidiary of Securities Industry Automation Corporation (SIAC),
and Internet Commerce Corporation (ICC), formed an agreement to offer ICC's
CommerceSense service to Sector's financial industry clients. ICC's
Internet-based CommerceSense network provides business-to-business
connectivity, and translates, archives, and delivers data to trading
partners in any format or platform needed.
	 Interwoven formed an alliance with Cisco Systems, whereby the companies
will co-develop Web content management practices, align market strategies,
and jointly market products to customers.
	 Netscape reported that AT&T licensed Netscape's Open Directory Project as
the primary directory for the AT&T WorldNet Internet search service.
	 Network Solutions extended its alliance with EarthLink. EarthLink intends
to provide its members co-branded versions of Network Solutions' domain name
registration services and dot com directory and idNames services. Network
Solutions will provide its customers with a direct link to EarthLink's Web
hosting and dial-up Internet access services.
	 A number of companies are joining Nippon Telegraph and Telephone in
	 forming Tomo-Gigi, a venture that will bring digital media services, such
as e-commerce, Internet, and broadcasting, to Japan. Matsushita Electric
Industrial, NEC, Dentsu Advertising, and Tokyo Broadcasting System are among
the companies signing onto the project. Service is expected to begin in
spring 2000.
	 The computer services company created by Ross Perot, Perot Systems, signed
a five-year agreement with Nortel Networks to help Nortel improve
operational efficiencies, increase client services, and manage their
technology costs. Beginning December 6, Perot will assume responsibility for
Nortel systems' Multiple Virtual System, Virtual Machine, and Virtual memory
System
	 PricewaterhouseCoopers and HK Systems forged a strategic alliance to offer
distribution software and an automated material handling system.
PricewaterhouseCoopers also invested in Web-based marketing automation
software vendor Attune. PwC becomes the preferred integrator for the Attune
Marketing product, which enables firms to use the Web to conduct marketing
activities.
	 TIBCO Software and Ariba formed a global technology alliance through which
they will integrate the Ariba eCommerce platform and the existing IT
infrastructures. The multi-year agreement calls for Ariba to integrate and
exclusively resell TIBCO real-time infrastructure software as a key element
for linking the Ariba eCommerce products and services with ERP software from
SAP, Oracle, and PeopleSoft.

Broadband Networking 
	 3Com Corporation launched a three-phase technology strategy which will
enable network administrators to migrate Gigabit over copper technology into
existing enterprise environments.
	 BellSouth agreed to deploy Pulsecom's WavePacer RAM-1100 to extend ADSL
services to customers served by Digital Loop Carrier (DCL) systems. The
WavePacer RAM-100 may be used with the WavePacer Broadband DSL Solution for
a complete solution or as a stand-along unit to be used with other
applications. Comcast and Lucent Technologies are testing cable telephony
	 over IP on Comcast's cable network in Union, NJ. The technology, based on
Lucent's CableConnectSM Solutions, enables Comcast to use one network for
voice, data, and video services. The service will eventually offer customers
notification of incoming calls or e-mails on-screen while they are watching
television.
	 Hughes Network Systems released the fifth generation (5G) of DIRECTV
	 System set-top boxes. The company claims this is the first
multisatellite-capable DIRECTV system on the market. The 5G set-top boxes
allow DIRECTV subscribers to receive current programming as well as
satellite-delivered local broadcast programming.
	 Time Warner agreed to exchange its cable television system in Indianapolis
for the Comcast systems in Lake County and Tallahassee, Florida. Comcast
will also receive Time Warner Cable's systems in Marion and Lizton, Indiana.
The swap is designed to boost each company's presence in key geographic
markets. The system exchanges, expected to close by mid-2000, are still
subject to regulatory approvals.

Carriers And Carrier Services 
	 AT&T filed a request with the FCC detailing its plans to migrate its
toll-free assistance phone line to the Internet by March 31. The IXC said
continuing the service was "economically impractical." The Communications
Workers of America, representing the 900 toll-free operators, said the plan
would put consumers and others without Internet access at a disadvantage.
AT&T said it does not have firm plans for the operators at this point.
Layoffs are possible.
	 MCI WorldCom launched a host of telecommunications services in the
	 Austrian marketplace. The services include Internet, wireline telephony,
and data services for businesses and local telecommunications operators in
that country. Qwest reported that it will expand its 18,500-mile,
	 fiber-optic network. The project is intended to decrease operating costs
by 70 percent and to enable the IXC to offer new services.

Electronic Commerce 
	 CheckFree introduced CheckFree Genesis 2000, and claims it is the first
integrated electronic billing and payment engine in operation. Genesis 2000
integrates electronic bills, "pay everyone" capabilities, and offers an
infrastructure that can scale to support up to 30 million US households.
	 Cisco Systems delivered Cisco Content Networking, a dynamic network
framework necessary for deployment of e-business applications such as
e-commerce, supply chain management, and customer care.
	 Commerce One released the Commerce One MarketSite Trade Zone program,
	 which allows Net Market Makers to integrate with Commerce One's Global
Trading Web. Commerce One also reported that SciQuest.com, a Web-based,
interactive marketplace for laboratory supplies, will integrate with the
Global Trading Web via Commerce One MarketSite Trade Zone.
	 Household International, CyberCash, and General Motors, introduced the "GM
Card easyPay Wallet," a GM Card branded electronic wallet service for
consumers. The product is powered by CyberCash's Agile Wallet technology and
managed by Household International. The GM Card easyPay Wallet will store a
shopper's name, credit card information, shipping details, and other facts.
	 MasterCard International introduced its Chip Acceptance Solutions Enabler
(CASE) initiative, a suite of support services designed to guide acceptance
solutions providers through chip-related acceptance, merchant, and terminal
activities. CASE unifies the marketing, communications, education, and
research services already provided by MasterCard to acceptance solutions
vendors and acquiring members.
	 Racal Security & Payments and Datacard Worldwide introduced a P3
(personalization preparation process) service for pilot programs and ongoing
programs with mid- to low-volume requirements. The product is designed
primarily for personalization of credit, debit, and e-purse cards. It can be
used with several smart card applications, including Visa Cash DES, Visa
Cash RSA, Visa Smart Debit/Credit, and the Multos MasterCard Chip Payment
Application (MCPA).
	 TIBCO Software expanded support for SAP with TIB/Adapter for R/3. The
adapter is based on the same technology used in the mySAP.com global B2B
Marketplace and allows SAP R/3 systems to exchange information with a large
variety of other applications, data bases, and Web clients in real-time.

Financial News 
	 For the third quarter of 1999, Adelphia Communications reported revenues
	 of $240.3 million, up 41.9 percent from the same period in 1998. Net loss
was ($56.9) million, or a per-share loss of ($0.95), compared to a loss of
($43.1) million, or a loss of ($1.21) per share.
	 AT&T is expected to issue a tracking stock for its wireless business in
response to pressure to boost its stock price.
	 BEA Systems reported that for the third quarter ended October 31, 1999,
revenues were $126.5 million. Net income per share, on a pro forma basis,
was $0.12.
	 France Telecom reported revenues for the nine months ending September 30,
1999 increased 9.2 percent over results from the same period last year to
129.2 billion francs. Mobile and information services where the driving
factor behind this increase. Mobile telecommunications increased 39.1
percent to 23.9 million francs, while information services grew 21.4 percent
to 6.8 billion francs. Fixed-line telephony remained the largest
revenue-generating service for the carrier: revenues increased three percent
to 71.6 billion francs.
	 Hughes Electronics Corporation reported revenues of $1.99 billion for the
third quarter 1999, up 31.5 percent from third quarter 1998 figures. Net
loss was reported at ($29.6) million, or a loss of ($0.13) per share,
compared to net income of $42.9 million, or $0.11 per share, the year
before. MCI WorldCom stock reported that it plans a three-for-two stock
	 split via a 50-percent stock dividend. Shareowners will get one more
stock for every two stocks they hold. After the split, MCI WorldCom will
have 2.85 billion shares. Memotec Communications released its financial
	 results for the third quarter ended September 30, 1999. Revenue was $8.1
million. Net loss was ($0.8) million and ($0.06) loss per share for the
third quarter of 1999. This compares with revenue of $9.5 million and a net
loss of ($0.5) million or ($0.04) per share for the third quarter of 1998.
	 Novell reported revenue of $345 million for its fourth fiscal quarter
	 ended Oct. 31, 1999, a 16 percent increase over the fourth quarter in
1998. Net income was $74 million for the quarter, up 76 percent from the
same period in 1998. Earnings on a diluted basis were $0.21 per share,
partly reflecting a tax settlement for prior years. For fiscal 1999,
Novell's revenue increased 17 percent year-over-year to $1.273 billion.
Novell stated that overall growth was driven by directory-related revenue
from NetWare servers, directory-enabled applications, education, and
consulting. Net income for the year was $191 million or $0.55 per share.
	 For the third quarter of 1999, SBC Communications reported pro forma
combined revenues for SBC and Ameritech, excluding one-time items, of $12.5
billion, a 9.4 percent increase over the 1998 results. Net income increased
17.4 percent to $1.97 billion, or $0.57 per diluted share, compared to $1.68
billion, or $0.49 per diluted share. SBC completed its acquisition of
Ameritech on October 8.
	 For the third quarter 1999, Sprint PCS reported a net operating revenue of
$844 million, an increase of 163 percent from figures reported in the same
quarter a year earlier. Net loss was ($615) million, a difference of 249
percent compared to 1998's loss of ($176) million. Loss per common share
totaled ($1.31), compared to ($1.04) per share in 1998.
	 Telefonica de Espana announced revenues increased 9.7 percent over results
from the same period in 1998 to 9.86 billion euros. Net profit grew 43
percent to 1.4 billion euros. The company's mobile division, Telefonica
Moviles, saw net profit increase 14 percent to 419.7 million euros. This
unit is a cornerstone of the teleco's growth. It added 2.8 million new
subscribers in 1999 by September. Overall traffic on Telefonica's network
increased 14 percent.
	 Telmex reported that revenues for the third quarter increased 11 percent
over results from the same period a year ago to $2.5 billion. Net income was
$610 million, a gain of $0.80 per share, compared to a net income of $411
million, or a $0.53 gain per share.
	 Toshiba reported that net sales increased five percent to 2.6 trillion yen
for the first half of 1999. Net loss was 48.3 billion yen, the result of
significantly lower than expected prices for 128-megabit DRAM and other
memories, declines in profitability in logic and system LSIs, and
restructuring costs for semiconductor operations, including realignment of
production facilities and decommissioning of aging assets.
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