April 19, 2001
Bits: Awards Program Suspended; Dot-Com Philanthropy Ventures Parodied
By NICOLE WALLACE- On April 2, Ericsson, a Stockholm telecommunications company, announced the third annual Ericsson Internet Community Awards, or ERICA, which were to have awarded $500,000 in Web development services and equipment to charities with innovative technology ideas. But the program has been suspended, at least temporarily. A statement on the company's Web site says, "The ERICA 2001 program is undergoing re-evaluation due to changing economics and is on
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