21 Dec 2000
that is a dotcom or internet services company.
Write-downs from its portfolio in the UK, where it focuses ...
14 Dec 2000
LONDON (Brand Republic) - Lloyds TSB has ditched plans to launch its online subsidiary Evolvebank in the UK and has chosen instead to link up with British Gas owner Centrica to launch an internet bank called Goldfish.
The bank will offer services over the phone as well as over the internet, in an effort ...
13 Dec 2000
services because of the prohibitive costs involved....fast internet access services because of the prohibitive costs involved.
Telewest, NTL, KPNQwest, Global Crossing and Worldcom have all scrapped plans to roll out nationwide high-speed internet services ...
access to BT exchanges and allow them to provide ADSL services.
Two other companies, Energis and Thus ...
11 Dec 2000
Internet service provider Breathe has ended its Breathe Freely unmetered internet access service...LONDON (Brand Republic) – Internet service provider Breathe has ended its Breathe Freely unmetered internet access service for its remaining subscribers because the business is no longer viable.
The company withdrew the flat-rate service from 500 of its heaviest users in July and offered them a refund ...
08 Dec 2000
ISP and internet search engine AltaVista is to end its free internet access service in the US...access service in the US this weekend.
AltaVista sent out notices to its subscribers earlier this week, informing them the free service, which was funded by advertising, would be cut off this weekend. According ...
through AltaVista.
In the UK in August, AltaVista abandoned a much-hyped unmetered access service ...
08 Dec 2000
High Street Kensington is a busy place at the best of times and busiest outside the bustling Odeon cinema. So the outdoor media giant JCDecaux clearly thought it was doing Londoners a service by erecting a public toilet and bus shelter in front of the building.
However, it seems the company ...
06 Dec 2000
| by Claire Billings
Pan-European cable operator UPC will merge its high-speed, unmetered broadband internet service...LONDON (Brand Republic) – Pan-European cable operator UPC will merge its high-speed, unmetered broadband internet service Chello with its interactive TV division, UPC Media, following the breakdown of merger discussions with US ISP and portal, Excite@Home.
The talks collapsed yesterday after UPC ...
05 Dec 2000
| by Claire Billings
The proposed 5.6bn merger between the UPC-owned high-speed cable internet service Chello Broadband...LONDON (Brand Republic) – The proposed 5.6bn merger between the UPC-owned high-speed cable internet service Chello Broadband and US ISP Excite@Home has been aborted.
The deal is understood to have ...
Chello, would have been the largest broadband cable internet service provider outside the US, serving ...
01 Dec 2000
, said: 'The increased availability of broadband is increasing the demand for internet TV services, which...The internet company Kamera has recruited Andrew Kaza, the managing director for the internet and interactive division at BBC Worldwide, to join its board. Kaza, who will maintain his position at the BBC, said: 'The increased availability of broadband is increasing the demand for internet TV services, which ...
01 Dec 2000
| by JENNY WATTS
-to-end' delivery of information, services and products. The channel is set to launch with 10,000 products available ...
heritage to maximise the credibility of the service.
Paula Carter, the joint managing director ...