Vendor global strategies

IBM will follow RFID standard. It participates in the EPC (Electronic ProductCodification) project.

Huawei is now distancing itself from announcements it was talking with NAvendors (an information pre-announced in Telcoflash N57). The company, however,does not deny talks, but only says there were misinterpretations.

Alcatel signed a new MOU with Manobi to bring telecomservices in developing and emerging countries, mainly in Africa and Middle East.

Cisco has canceled an anti takeover measure more than three years earlier thanplanned.

UTStarcom delays 2004 financial reports, and well asannounced restatement of 2003 results (due to errors, but what does it mean??)