article about cebit. should be big! no mention of ibzt though.
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Tech fair showcases future of work, play Gathering offers hints of industry comeback Tuesday, March 16, 2004 Posted: 11:42 AM EST (1642 GMT)
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) -- Gathering for the world's biggest high-tech fair, computer and telecommunications executives can sniff something new in the air: significant economic growth.
Participants at the CeBIT information technology fair kicking off Tuesday in Hanover have been through three lean years, cutting the number of exhibitors as companies held back on spending for new phone and computer equipment after technology stock bubble burst.
But while the number of companies expected at the sprawling fairgrounds is down again this year, those that do make it can finally look ahead to a year of palpable growth, experts say.
"It would be nonsense to assume it's back to double digit growth," said Charles Homs, a senior analyst with research firm Forrester in Amsterdam. "It's not a high growth market any more."
Instead, firms selling the range of tech gear -- servers, routers, laptops, mobile phones -- will likely face an environment with "long-term, sustainable growth, the same as it is for any other industry," Homs said.
Forrester predicts overall spending on information and communication technology to rise 2.6 percent this year in four major European economies -- Germany, France, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands -- and 2.9 percent in 2005. That compares with .80 percent last year and .77 percent in 2002 across hardware, software, services and telecommunications.
CeBIT organizers expect 6,411 exhibitors, down 191 from last year and well below 8,100 in 2001. Some of this year's decrease, however, appears to come from the sluggish German economy because the number of foreign firms signing actually up rose by 116 to 2,992.
This year's hot topics include the coming start of UMTS, or third-generation, mobile phone services, available already on a limited scale in several European countries and expected to accelerate toward the end of this year after several years of delay.
Attention will also focus on RFID, for radio frequency identification, with major retailers in the United States and Europe experimenting with using RFID chips to track pallets and cases in their supply chains.
Some of the early expectations about the technology are easing amid consumer concerns the chips could be used to track them without their knowledge, and predictions that the chips will remain too expensive to be on individual store items.
The chips can broadcast digital product information to receivers in store or warehouse shelves, for instance, enabling companies to instantly know what inventory they have.
Much of the consumer products slated to be shown this year are expected simply to be slimmer, faster and more powerful versions of technologies and products that appeared in the past two years: Digital phones equipped with cameras, for instance; more products equipped to use wireless LAN or Wi-Fi technology to link with other devices by short-range radio signal; and equipment linking personal computers with home entertainment devices such as televisions and DVD players and recorders.
Company presentations for the media start Tuesday at CeBIT, before German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder formally opens the March 18-24 show Thursday.
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You won't be able to buy at those prices either unless they go down further. MM's are the only ones that get there orders at that level. You will have to go up a digit above them to fill your order. It;s unfortinate that this happens but it is the way they play the game.
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Anybody having problems getting their orders filled through Ameritrade? I'm trying to add more IBZT shares @ .035. My order's been in "open" status since the market opened. Similar problem w/ USCI @ .0006 for the past two days...I finally gave up on it.
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I tried and tried to get in at .035 and never could. I finally give up and went to .0355 and that was like pulling teeth but finally got it done. I only want 200K more shares. But the volume is so low I guess it did not want to fool with it. Who knows. But now I have more at .0355. Good luck to all of the penny investors.
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There really isnt a big difference between .035 and .0355. Its only like 1.5% lower, so for an order of 500,000 shares, you only would save $250 (17,550 instead of 17,750), so you shouldnt really worry about it.
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TIM: I know. I was PO'd at Ameritrade for not filling me at .035 earlier in the day. The rest of the week tradetrek shows it moving a little to the upside the rest of this week. For what it is worth. May all have a enjoyable day tom in penny land.
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Tradetrek shows it moving up big the rest of the week. We shall see. Hoping for the best. There was a lot of green in penny land today.
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quote:Originally posted by whizknock: Hey! Everybody might want to strap in this morning! Today's the day we begin our run.
I tried to tell you this AM at 6:14 but truthfully I don't think anyone here was supprised after those sweet eanings we got. That just pretty much cleared the roadblocks.
By the way, all of you know this was just the begining of a run, right! I believe we will exceed todays volume this week!
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CEBIT - Sony's president opens Cebit trade show Computing, telecommunications and entertainment are converging, Ando says
By James Niccolai, IDG News Service March 17, 2004
HANOVER, GERMANY - Sony's president opened the Cebit trade show on Wednesday evening with a speech that highlighted the show's emphasis on wireless data services and the convergence of computing, telecommunications and the Internet.
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Kunitake Ando, Sony's president and chief operating officer, became the first executive from an electronics and entertainment company to open the giant trade show, which is being held in Hanover, Germany, and to make his point he was introduced on stage by two of Sony's latest talking robots.
"IT, communications and entertainment are all coming together," Ando said. "A world of connected devices is emerging with new applications and content that will delight consumers."
Sony, Nokia and Koninklijke Philips Electronics on Thursday morning will announce their joint development of a new wireless technology to further the steady advance of wireless computing, he said. He offered no details but devoted much of his speech to the rapid growth of wireless multimedia services.
"Our vision is to create a world where, regardless of the codec (coder-decoder) or operating system, users will be able to connect with anyone and enjoy content in a protected manner," he said.
Eight out of every 10 cell phones sold in Japan today are equipped with a digital camera, and customers use their phones to download songs, music videos and movie trailers, he said. Such devices, combined with the emerging 3G (third-generation) mobile data networks, provide a richer wireless experience that is like "the difference between listening to radio and watching color television," he said.
This year's Cebit marks the real start of the broadband era, in which the experience of end users will be transformed through the delivery of digital services tailored to their personal tastes, he said.
Ando was followed by German Chancellor Gerhard Schrφder, who discussed the importance of economic and social policies to advance the prosperity of Germany and the stability of the European Union.
Germans will be able to use digital signatures for all legal and business activities by the end of 2005, he said. And by the end of the decade, half of its citizens will have a broadband Internet connection and all television content will be digitized, he said.
Proper training and education are essential if all Germans are to become part of the "information society," he said. In mobile services, Germany has caught up with Sweden and Britain and is ahead of the U.S., he said.
Willi Berchtold, president of the German Association for Information Technology, Telecommunications and New Media, or "Bitkom," opened the ceremony by heralding the arrival of an upturn in the economy after years of decline.
"This year's Cebit will carry the following message: The lean years are behind us and ahead are years of growth," he said.
Bitkom forecasts 4 percent growth in worldwide IT spending for 2004, with 3 percent growth in Europe and 2.5 percent for Germany, he said.
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CEBIT - Sony's president opens Cebit trade show Computing, telecommunications and entertainment are converging, Ando says
By James Niccolai, IDG News Service March 17, 2004
HANOVER, GERMANY - Sony's president opened the Cebit trade show on Wednesday evening with a speech that highlighted the show's emphasis on wireless data services and the convergence of computing, telecommunications and the Internet.
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Kunitake Ando, Sony's president and chief operating officer, became the first executive from an electronics and entertainment company to open the giant trade show, which is being held in Hanover, Germany, and to make his point he was introduced on stage by two of Sony's latest talking robots.
"IT, communications and entertainment are all coming together," Ando said. "A world of connected devices is emerging with new applications and content that will delight consumers."
Sony, Nokia and Koninklijke Philips Electronics on Thursday morning will announce their joint development of a new wireless technology to further the steady advance of wireless computing, he said. He offered no details but devoted much of his speech to the rapid growth of wireless multimedia services.
"Our vision is to create a world where, regardless of the codec (coder-decoder) or operating system, users will be able to connect with anyone and enjoy content in a protected manner," he said.
Eight out of every 10 cell phones sold in Japan today are equipped with a digital camera, and customers use their phones to download songs, music videos and movie trailers, he said. Such devices, combined with the emerging 3G (third-generation) mobile data networks, provide a richer wireless experience that is like "the difference between listening to radio and watching color television," he said.
This year's Cebit marks the real start of the broadband era, in which the experience of end users will be transformed through the delivery of digital services tailored to their personal tastes, he said.
Ando was followed by German Chancellor Gerhard Schrφder, who discussed the importance of economic and social policies to advance the prosperity of Germany and the stability of the European Union.
Germans will be able to use digital signatures for all legal and business activities by the end of 2005, he said. And by the end of the decade, half of its citizens will have a broadband Internet connection and all television content will be digitized, he said.
Proper training and education are essential if all Germans are to become part of the "information society," he said. In mobile services, Germany has caught up with Sweden and Britain and is ahead of the U.S., he said.
Willi Berchtold, president of the German Association for Information Technology, Telecommunications and New Media, or "Bitkom," opened the ceremony by heralding the arrival of an upturn in the economy after years of decline.
"This year's Cebit will carry the following message: The lean years are behind us and ahead are years of growth," he said.
Bitkom forecasts 4 percent growth in worldwide IT spending for 2004, with 3 percent growth in Europe and 2.5 percent for Germany, he said.
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CeBit open in Germany for just hours and we have the first local newspapers carrying the story. VKB was picked as 1 of 4 products to run story on.
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