Lausanne (ots) - Orange is launching the new Advanced Plus price plan. This means that you can make unlimited calls over the weekend and on weekday evenings without any additional charge to all Swiss fixed networks and within the Orange network. The cost of these calls is already included in the monthly fee. "With Advanced Plus we are responding to the needs of customers, who above all make calls during the ...
University of Chicago Graduate School of Business
London (ots/PRNewswire) - - Leading Business School's Executive MBA Students and Global Alumni Will Benefit The University of Chicago Graduate School of Business will relocate its European campus from Barcelona to London, the top-ranking business school announced today. The move will be effective Summer 2005. Chicago GSB Dean Edward A. Snyder said that after a highly successful decade in Barcelona, the ...
orangeclick.ch - purely Internet-based mobile phone offer Lausanne (ots) - On 22nd January 2005 Orange will be the first mobile service provider to launch an offer, with orangeclick.ch, that is exclusively available on the Internet. orangeclick.ch is a "PrePay subscription", which combines the advantages of a PrePay account with those of a subscription but without ...
Lausanne (ots) - Orange Switzerland has opted for a phased introduction of UMTS services in Switzerland. In so doing, Orange is focusing primarily on significant locations for business customers with the highest possible, permanently available transfer capabilities on the UMTS network. The construction of the Orange UMTS network is proceeding according to plan. ...
Bern (ots) - swissinfo/Swiss Radio International (SRI) is to broadcast its last shortwave and satellite radio programmes on October 30, 2004. As SRI goes off the air after nearly 70 years, a chapter in Swiss radio history comes to an end. swissinfo/SRI will in future focus exclusively on its multimedia news and information platform, www.swissinfo.org, which is available in nine languages. Swiss Radio International ...
Paris (ots/PRNewswire) - - Independent Catholics and Catholic Organisations State Opposition to Buttiglione's Proposed Appointment as Commissioner for Freedom, Security and Justice More than 140 prominent independent Catholic leaders and organisations submitted a letter last week to European Parliament president Josep Borrell Fontelles in protest against the appointment of Rocco Buttiglione as Commissioner for ...
Lausanne (ots) - IMD has been ranked as one of the world's Top 5 business schools by two of the most prestigious MBA ranking bodies: BusinessWeek and The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU). As previously announced the 2004 Wall Street Journal survey of corporate recruiters ranked IMD as the No. 1 international ...
Lausanne (ots) - IMD, one of the world's top business schools, announces that its Zurich Alumni Club and Accenture Zürich, a leading worldwide strategy consultancy, have successfully completed a pro bono consulting project with UNICEF Switzerland (Baumackerstrasse 24, 8050 Zürich), world-renowned supporter of children's causes in the United Nations member ...
Lausanne (ots) - As of 16 September 2004 Orange will be offering Optima, the automatic price plan. Optima is a dynamic rate system. No matter how much or how little a customer uses his or her mobile phone, Optima automatically charges only the cheapest rate for the customer each month. The customer doesn't need to do anything. Each month he or she sees on the bill ...
Lausanne (ots) - According to the latest Telecom rating published by Bilanz economics journal, Orange has been able to defend its first place position from the previous year. In the survey carried out with the help of business customers representing all the operators, Orange once again received the most number of points in the mobile phone sector. The categories ...
EPFL - Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale
Lausanne (ots) - Switzerland now also has an elite educational program for future executives in the public and private sectors. The Executive Master in e-Governance at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne is directed towards the future directors in administration as well as the top elite within ...
Lausanne (ots) - From 1st August 2004, Orange PrePay customers will not only be able to register at Orange locations, but also at over 2,100 branches of the post office. Customers thus have a nationwide network of registration and retail outlets at their disposal. According to the new legal regulations, ...
From July 26, swissinfo.org will be devoting a special feature to Switzerland's national hero. Berne (ots) - The legend of William Tell has survived for seven centuries. It has now entered the internet age. To mark the bicentenary of Friedrich Schiller's famous play "William Tell", the multimedia platform of swissinfo/Swiss Radio International explores the mythical past and present of the celebrated Swiss hero. ...
Lausanne (ots) - Orange Communications SA, Lausanne, is to support The Body Shop's "Stop domestic violence" campaign. For every used, but still fully functional, mobile telephone handed into any of the 37 Orange points of sale, Orange will donate CHF 10 in favour of women's shelters in Switzerland and Liechtenstein. Used mobile phones can also be handed into any of ...
Lausanne (ots) - Orange Communications SA, Lausanne, celebrated its fifth birthday in Switzerland with a relay race in which 700 employees from all over Switzerland took part. Together, they covered a total distance of 1,120 kilometres, raising more than CHF 10,000 for Unicef in the process. This year, the Orange Group is celebrating a landmark birthday in fourteen countries. Ten years ago, the Orange brand was ...
Zurich (ots) - Following the large-scale launch of cablecom digital phone last Tuesday, 8 June 2004, cablecom has encountered a large demand for their fixed network telephone product offering. A total of 3,000 persons applied for cablecom digital phone in the first three days after the official launch. That is more than in the entire previous month. Already three days after the large-scale market launch of ...
Fédération des Barreaux d'Europe (FBE)
Note: The Resolution can be downloaded free of charge following this link: www.newsaktuell.ch/d/story.htx?nr=100475710 RESOLUTION: The European Bars Federation, General Assembly in Lyon 29th May 2004: Lausanne (ots) - Having taken note that ...
Zurich (ots) - cablecom, the leading Swiss provider of one-stop broadband Internet and telecommunications solutions, is setting new standards in the Swiss market for fixed line networks. Consumers in the majority of cablecom networks and in 44 partner networks will benefit from cablecom digital phone and its revolutionary tariff structure as from 1st July 2004: In the evening and at the weekend, so for more than half ...
Wädenswil (ots) - "Wanted! Seas and Oceans - Dead or alive?" This motto is aimed at raising awareness about the threat facing the world's oceans. ASMS OceanCare will submit an international petition following the World Environment Day in New York. The organisation calls for a campaign against underwater noise pollution. Sustainability - the careful handling of ...
Nat. Council of State Boards Nursing
CHICAGO, IL (ots) - The National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN) at www.ncsbn.org has selected the first three countries for purposes of offering the NCLEX examinations abroad for domestic nurse licensure purposes. NCSBN's Board of Directors affirmed the decision at its May meeting upon recommendation from the NCSBN Examination Committee. NCLEX testing is expected to begin January 2005 in Seoul, South Korea; ...
St. Gall (ots) - In line with the concept: "Entrepreneurship and risk" the Max Schmidheiny Foundation is placing its commitment to a stronger relationship between business, politics and society at the centre of its activities. Accordingly, it will establish an initiative that will reinforce the dialogue between ...
Armonk, NY (ots) - IBM today announced the opening of the first Deep Computing Capacity on Demand center in Europe. The new facility, located in Montpellier, France, is the second of its kind in the world, and will provide customers access via the Internet, to immensely powerful, highly secure supercomputers. ...
Munich (ots) - Chairman of Condé Nast International, Jonathan Newhouse, expressed today his confidence in Bernd Runge (43), Vice President Condé Nast International. He stated that the press articles and files about contacts of Bernd Runge, who is former GDR-citizen, with the GDR secret service, have no ...
Lausanne (ots) - From May 2004, Orange customers can take advantage of up to 40% cheaper mobile calls in more than 170 countries with the extended Travel Option. The Travel Option is now available for as little as CHF 5.- per month and for just one month's subscription. This means that Orange customers who only travel abroad once a year can also ...
RESTON, VA (ots) - The Public Interest Registry (PIR) announced today the appointment of four new Worldwide Advisory Council members and the reappointment of three returning council members to fill expiring term open seats. The Advisory Council is one of PIR's key resources established to solicit input from and be responsive to the needs, concerns, and views of the global non-commercial Internet community in the ...
Geneva (ots) - On the initiative of Mr Mohamed Benjelloun, a businessman who is "Moroccan by nationality, Madrid Spanish by my mother-in-law and Swiss at heart", two football teams will meet for a friendly match, "for the cause of peace and solidarity" in commemoration of the victims of the Madrid bombings, at ...
London (ots) - Ofcom has published its first proposed timetable of new FM local commercial radio licences to be advertised in six areas across the UK: Edinburgh; Blackburn; Belfast; Ashford, Kent; Manchester; and Kidderminster. Please follow the link for more information: http://www.ofcom.org.uk/licensing_numbering/radio_sound_broadcasting/ timetable/planned_timetable ots Originaltext: OFCOM - OFFICE OF COMMUNICATIONS Internet: www.newsaktuell.ch Contact: Matt ...
Cologne, Germany (ots) - In cooperation with the World Bank and the International Emissions Trading Association (IETA), Koelnmesse is expanding its range of events to include a segment of the environment sector that is currently attracting great attention but has not been previously addressed by the trade-fair ...
Zurich (ots) - The issue of security on the internet has become increasingly important in recent months. Like today with "Netsky", new viruses, worms and Trojan horses are appearing almost daily. In response, cablecom has increased its communication with customers on matters of security, and is offering its customers the opportunity to protect their computers more effectively in four simple steps. In addition, ...
Zurich (ots) - In the run-up to the launch date for domain names with accents and umlauts, SWITCH implemented extensive measures to ensure that it was optimally prepared for the expected rush. Thanks to the comprehensive measures implemented by SWITCH in the weeks and months prior to the launch date, no technical or administrative / no notable problems have been ...