-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Now, how do we get all of these people to use PGP for their e-mail? (Also interesting to note is the fact, that they'll use 128 bit crypto, regardless of what the US gov thinks about it...:)) Ciao Harka In> Sweden Gets Wired With Netscape (04/03/97; 8:30 p.m. EST) By In> Douglas Hayward , TechWire In> STOCKHOLM -- Netscape is negotiating an innovative deal with In> the Swedish national postal service aimed at creating a In> national intranet covering the whole of Sweden. In> Sweden Post plans to use Netscape's Communicator browser and In> SuiteSpot server software to offer Swedish households and In> small businesses intranet and Internet access services, In> according to observers familiar with the proposed deal, which In> is worth more than $10 million. In> The postal service would use the Netscape Directory Services In> product to create a single "white pages" facility covering all In> Swedish households wishing to join the scheme, which would In> potentially create a national intranet, observers said. In> All households joining the network would be given by Sweden In> Post electronic mailboxes and a copy of Netscape's In> Communicator browser software. The postal service would manage In> households' electronic mail services in a manner similar to In> the way it manages paper-based mail services. Sweden's total In> population is about 8.8 million people. In> The email addresses issued by Sweden Post would mimick the In> real-life address of each participating household. The goal is In> to issue more than 1 million email addresses by this summer, In> said Sweden Post spokesman Jan Andersson. In> "As far as I know, this is the first time a PTT has offered In> this kind of service," Andersson said. In> For households without networked PCs, Sweden Post would In> translate the incoming email and send it as separate faxes or In> print out the messages and send them through the paper-based In> mail system, he said. In> In addition to email, services offered to users will include In> electronic shopping, Web access, Web publishing facilities, In> and the ability to set up secure electronic trading outlets. In> The service will use 128-bit encryption software and digital In> certificates to ensure security. In> The idea that each assigned email address would be similar to In> the recipient's street address is troubling, said Ian Walden, In> a specialist in IT law for the London-based law firm of Tarlo In> Lyons. The plan may even violate the European data protection In> directive, a 1995 law that is in effect in all 15 nations in In> the European Union, he said. In> "Is it necessary to make a direct link in the email address to In> the physical location? I think it's dangerous," Walden said, In> "and I would warn Sweden Post to reconsider such an approach." In> Netscape will supply Sweden Post with browser and server In> software for an initial fee of roughly $10 million under the In> proposed deal, which was agreed in principle early March but In> has yet to be finalized. Sweden Post already uses Netscape's In> electronic publishing and merchant software in its Web-based In> electronic shopping mall -- known as Torget -- under a deal In> signed last year. In> Sweden Post, which recently lost its monopoly of mail delivery In> services in parts of Sweden, wants to become a major player in In> the Internet services market in order to compensate for any In> decline in its traditional business as a result of the growth In> of electronic communications. In> "Sweden Post realizes that either it gets into the electronic In> services market in a big way, or it loses a lot of business to In> Internet service providers. And for Netscape, deals like this In> with utilities are a perfect way to overcome Microsoft's In> greater marketing power among ISPs," said the observer. In> "Netscape believes that if it can to sign up the utilities, it In> won't have to worry too much about the ISPs in Europe." In> The initial licensing fee would not include the cost of future In> software upgrades nor the cost of royalty fees for copies of In> browser software distributed to households by Sweden Post. In> Lennart Gren, Netscape's director for the Nordic region In> including Sweden, declined to confirm that the deal had been In> agreed. In> Netscape has been targeting utilities and telcos in Europe for In> some time. In February, the German national telco, Deutsche In> Telekom, said it would promote Communicator as its browser of In> choice. The telco added that it would use Netscape's intranet In> suite as its product of choice when building intranets for In> corporate customers. /*************************************************************/ /* This user supports FREE SPEECH ONLINE ...more info at */ /* and PRIVATE ONLINE COMMUNICATIONS! -> http://www.epic.org */ /* E-mail: harka(at)nycmetro.com (PGP-encrypted mail pref'd) */ /* PGP public key available upon request. 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