Internet service providers
The 10-day partial shutdown of MCI Worldcom's high-speed data network had a devastating impact on dozens of small Internet service providers who rely on the network to route subscribers onto the Internet. These mom-and-pop players, along with more than a quarter of all Internet service providers nationally, were
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As Britain's largest retailer of consumer electronics, Dixons Group PLC decided to spin off its Freeserve PLC subsidiary to unlock the value of the country's largest Internet service provider. However, the recent drop in Freeserve's stock price has raised questions about the value of
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Vocalis Plc, a leading supplier of speech recognition telephony products, has seen its shares rise 15.5% to 111.5 pence after announcing a deal with Freeserve Plc, the UK's largest ISP. The partnership will enable users to access their email via telephone, with the revenue from telephone
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America Online Inc. has reached deals with EarthLink Network Inc. and MindSpring Enterprises Inc. to offer instant-messaging services to their subscribers, broadening the use of its popular AOL Instant Messenger. This move puts AOL ahead of instant-messaging competitor Microsoft Corp. despite recent efforts by Microsoft and Yahoo Inc. to introduce
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OfficeMax, a leading office product superstore operator, has partnered with MindSpring, a top Internet service provider, to distribute co-branded CD-ROMs in all OfficeMax stores across the United States. The collaboration aims to provide easy access to MindSpring's Internet solutions for home and office use, catering to the growing
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IBM has re-entered the high-end data storage market with its new product, Shark, which can transfer data faster than its competitors' models and store more information than anyone else. The system can store up to 11 terabytes of data, more than the printed collection of the U.S. Library
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Freeserve, the UK's largest internet service provider, has kicked off its highly anticipated Initial Public Offering (IPO), with shares priced at 150p. The company, spun out of Dixons retail group, is valued at £1.5 billion, despite being loss-making and having a short track record. The flotation has
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AboveNet Communications, Inc., a leading provider of Internet connectivity and co-location solutions, has selected Lucent Technologies' comprehensive Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) solution for its internal long-distance communications network. The deployment utilizes Lucent's DEFINITY(R) Enterprise Communications Server Release 7.1, Internet Telephony Server-Enterprise (ITS-E), and other
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AboveNet Communications Inc. and VeriSign, Inc. have announced a strategic partnership agreement to integrate VeriSign's trust services with AboveNet's connectivity and co-location solutions for high-bandwidth content sites, ISPs, and Application Service Providers. This partnership aims to provide a secure and reliable connection to the Internet, enabling
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As the internet hardware industry continues to consolidate, MindSpring's recent announcement that it is discussing potential business combinations with other companies has sent shares skyrocketing. The speculation surrounding MindSpring's future has fueled a rapid run-up in its stock price, with shares rising 45% in the past
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Covad Communications, a leading broadband access company, has announced a significant partnership with MindSpring Enterprises, a national Internet service provider with over one million customers. The agreement designates Covad as the preferred provider of digital subscriber line (DSL) services to business customers nationwide, with MindSpring Biz, a comprehensive Internet package
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Inference Corp., a leading developer of knowledge-based customer service solutions, has announced a strategic partnership with America Online Inc. (AOL). The agreement enables AOL to utilize Inference's family of customer service products in its call centers, further enhancing customer service by allowing consultants to provide quick and accurate
