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OVER
50 ISRAELI COMPANIES IN THE NIKKEI BP ISRAEL-JAPAN---INTERNET
& E-COMMERCE EXHIBITION
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Over
50 Israeli Internet and e-Commerce related companies participated
in this year’s Nikkei Business Publication’s Israel-Japan---Internet
and E-Commerce Exhibition June 20-21 in Tokyo. Thousands of
Japanese executives attended the exhibition as well. If any
one has any comments about the exhibition, please feel free
to send them to info@triangletech.com
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Table of Contents:
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Exchange
Rate as of 31/7/00
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Financia
News
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NASDAQ
JAPAN COMMENCEs OPERATIONS
The
Nasdaq Japan Market began its operations June 19th.
Currently, there are 12 companies traded on Nasdaq Japan.
You can visit Nasdaq Japan’s site at http://www.nasdaq-japan.com/e/e_index.html.
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General
Technology News
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DEALTIME
FORMS JOINT VENTURE IN JAPAN
DealTime, the leading world-wide
online comparison-shopping service announced the formation
of DealTime.com KK in Japan, a joint venture with major funding
from Triangle Technologies, JAFCO, CSK, Omron Corporation,
Credit Saison Mitsui and NTT Leasing.
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JAPAN'S
IT MARKET REACHED $47.7 BILLION IN 1999
According to IDC Japan, Japan's IT market reached $47.7
billion in 1999, a 3.2% increase from the previous year.
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MPT
PROJECT TRANSMITS DATA TO MOVING VEHICLE AT 500MBPS
The MPT (Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications) conducted
an experiment where it successfully transmitted data at 500Mbps
over a 36GHz signal to a moving vehicle.
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JAPAN'S
LARGEST CATV OPERATORS TO MERGE
Japan's two largest cable TV operators Jupiter Communications
and Titus Communications plan to merge. Jupiter, Japan's largest
CATV operator is jointly owned by Sumitomo, AT&T and Telecommunications
International. Titus, Japan's second largest CATV operator,
is jointly owned by Microsoft, Itochu and Toshiba.
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INTERNET
USERS TO EXCEED 20 MILLION
The Japan Internet Association estimates that the current
number of Internet users in Japan is 20.9 million. @nifty is
the leading ISP with a 21.5% share, followed by Biglobe (11.8%),
ODN (8.0%), So-net (7.5%), and NTT's OCN (6.7%). Access by cable
TV accounts for 3.2% of Internet traffic, and this rate expected
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COMPUTER
MARKET REACHED $167 BILLION IN FY 1999
According to a Nikkei Computer study, Japan's computer market
reached an estimated $167 billion in FY 1999, a 4% increase
from the previous year. Nikkei Computer also predicts that the
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HITACHI
CABLE INTRODUCES 10 GBPS OPTICAL TRANCEIVERS
Hitachi Cable claims to have developed the world's first
optical transceivers capable of handling 10 gigabits of data
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JAPAN'S
LARGEST ISP BEGINS TESTING ADSL SERVICE
@nifty, Japan's biggest ISP, began testing Internet access
through ADSL. |
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NEW
TECHNOLOGIES
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NEC
DEVELOPS INTERNET TRANSLATION SOFTWARE NEC
developed a server software package that can translate Web
site contents written in other languages into the user's native
language.
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LIFE
SCIENCES
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HITACHI
TO SET UP DNA ANALYSIS BASE
Hitachi
is establishing a DNA analysis base that integrates its own
information technology with biotechnology techniques developed
in the U.S. Hitachi has installed a high-speed DNA decoding
machine and other equipment at a research facility leased
from a major drugmaker. The new base will carry out gene analysis
to find substances that can be used to develop new drugs.
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