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Price war forecast as Tele2 targets UK
News Analysts have already predicted that Tele2's arrival will spark a price war in the already-crowded UK telecoms sector. Angel Dobardziev, analyst at research group Ovum, has predicted that Tele2 will manage to take market share from the likes of BT...
[October 21, 2003, 14:40]
US Report: `Price War' ravages IBM's Q1 earnings
News IBM's chief financial officer said yesterday that an unexpected price war bit into profit margins and dragged down the company's earnings in the first quarter. At the same time, our PC business suffered from a severe price war that was greater than...
[April 21, 1998, 8:39]
Analysts predict PC price war
News We anticipate a price war in the United States in 2001, as direct vendors, Dell and Gateway, endeavour to gain market share from Compaq, Hewlett-Packard and IBM," said Martin Reynolds, group vice president and research fellow for Gartner, in a...
[March 26, 2001, 16:18]
Hutchison could trigger 3G price war
News The pressure to attract new customers could drag the UK's 3G operators into a damaging price war, experts have warned. A price war won't be in anyone's interest, though, because it will make it much harder for the five network operators to break even.
[July 6, 2001, 13:42]
AMD melting under price war - analyst
News Advanced Micro Devices' withdrawal from two investment conferences may indicate the chipmaker is wilting under a price war from Intel, according to Piper Jaffray analyst Ashok Kumar. In a research note issued Thursday, Kumar said AMD is beginning...
[February 4, 1999, 14:29]
HP opens new front in PC price war
News We can't say it's a price war yet, but there's some interesting price-positioning going on here. Hewlett-Packard is again doing the low-price computer limbo with a new $349 (£209) desktop PC. But HP still manages to come out ahead on price.
[June 27, 2003, 14:42]
Dell to call ceasefire in PC price war?
News Dell Computer may start to ease off its PC price war, executives said on Thursday, while reporting third-quarter earnings slightly ahead of expectations. The gains come from a number of areas, including Dell's price war with competitors as well as...
[November 16, 2001, 8:47]
GPRS price war unlikely, say analysts
News The move is being seen as the start of a price war in the mobile data market, but Simon Buckingham of analyst firm Mobile Lifestreams doesn't agree. Vodafone won the voice war, and Cellnet have been desperately trying to win the non-voice battle.
[June 1, 2001, 17:43]
Redmond predicts database price war
News We are predicting there will be a price war," Yuhanna said. Microsoft introduced a lower cost version of its database software on Wednesday, a move that could lead to further price cuts in the database market.
[February 25, 2005, 9:20]
AMD on the defensive in price war
News Sanders admitted the price war in the low-end chip market was taking a "devastating" toll on his firm. Joe D'Elia, senior chip analyst with the Gartner Group is sceptical about the price battle between the chip makers.
[August 23, 1999, 13:56]
AMD suffers in price war
News As expected, AMD's second-quarter results came in below the company's targets, as it bore the brunt of a price war. Analysts polled by Thomson First Call had originally been expecting $1.3bn in revenue, but revenue from desktop processors was lower...
[July 21, 2006, 9:35]
PDA price war looms on the horizon
News A price war could be looming in the handheld computer market, as a slowing US economy hits sales and hardware makers are left with inventory on their hands. Given the high levels of inventory at Palm and in the channel, we believe there could be...
[April 12, 2001, 7:40]
VoIP price war looms
News The current price war is erupting among VoIP providers with services that let callers seamlessly connect from an ordinary telephone handset to any phone number around the world. The representative said Broadsoft is in talks with various other...
[November 4, 2003, 15:20]
Mobile phone price war looms
News One2One and Orange have kicked off a new mobile phone price war by offering new deals that will include some free calls to rival mobile phone networks. The move comes as regulator Oftel is poised to release details of its investigation into the...
[September 3, 2001, 10:03]
Internet price war ahead as AltaVista arrives
News A full-scale UK Internet price war is imminent, say observers, in the wake of search giant AltaVista's offering of unlimited time online for £10 a year. This is the beginning of a substantial call charge price war," he said.
[March 6, 2000, 14:13]
Voice calls price war looms
News Voice calls over the Net are the latest threat to traditional telcos according to start-up firm HearMe, Wednesday as analysts predict a price war in voice calls. Analyst at research firm IDC Richard Moll believes a price war is just around the corner.
[May 24, 2000, 11:59]
New unmetered price war on the way - analysts
News I expect that we'll see some type of price war in the short-term," he said. However, he isn't convinced a price war would be in the consumer's interest. Taking a long-term view, price wars don't really benefit consumers.
[September 20, 2000, 14:51]
The Day Ahead: Weakened Apple a PC price war casualty
News Commentary: This PC price war is going to get ugly. Welcome to the PC price war. Apple officials said the price war is under way and the company is going to do its part to escalate the conflict. What we see is tremendous amounts globally of...
[December 6, 2000, 12:54]
Price war forecast as Tele2 targets UK
Talkback I sell tele 2 on the phone to people and i think it should be sold. If you go on holiday in curope because it cheaper then why pay more for your phone bill just go where its cheaper. Many people stay with a well know company and i think tele2 will...
[June 23, 2004, 10:49]
Price war heats up over 1Mbps broadband
Talkback I would like to buy broadband now, but with all the price wars going on I would be annoyed to hear that in a few weeks I probably could have got broadband even cheaper because of the continuous fight for supremacy.
[February 28, 2004, 19:51]
