IT and telecom news of the Øresund Region

January 2006

e-solutions
Sheet music become free downloads
Danish libraries world leaders in making sheet music available on the Internet.
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business
Danish giant TDC is being sold
Major telecommunication deal under way - TDC is being bought for 76 billion Danish crowns.
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Google chooses Copenhagen for expansion
Ever expanding search engine Google chooses Copenhagen to boost Nordic sales.
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Danish IT jobs blooming by 2008
Rapid expansion within Danish IT creates need for more professionals in the region.
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Telsome acquires IP Danmark and goes international
Danish IP technology booming after new merger.
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Danish poker site sold for over 100 million
Betfair takes over the site founded by famous poker player Gus Hansen.
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wireless
Lund responsible for Sony Ericsson success
As K750 and W800 get increasingly popular, Sony Ericsson turns to Lund to find the next big thing.
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Øresund school uses mobile phones in the class room
No more boring Danish lessons in Fredriksborg – from now on the student will learn the language through a mobile game.
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Wimax open in Copenhagen
New wireless standard introduced in three Danish cities.
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Aptilo makes New Zealand wireless
New Zealands largest phone operator chooses Swedish technology to expand.
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software
Swedish software turns words into animation
Witnesses’ stories become animated as Swedish scientists simulate car crashes.
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Breakthrough for Øresund document software
Large American authority orders document handling from ReadSoft for over eight million crowns.
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Swedish technology in Nintendo DS
Gaming giant Nintendo sets out to develop new applications and games using Zi Corporation’s handwriting recognition.
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