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News Referring to AOL and Demon Internet, which continue to charge a monthly fee, he said: "I see the industry consolidating on free access, with three or four main players emerging. Clarke predicted the trend towards free... [17 Feb 1999]
Phew! What a dial-up: UK tabloids take to the Net
News Daniel Bieler, analyst at Ovum, commented: "This would spell serious trouble for competitors like AOL, who will be lucky if they can keep all the customers they have. British newspapers, the Sun and the Mirror both plan... [31 Jan 1999]
Demon forced to give up @number.one advertising claim
News The UK's Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has forced Demon Internet to scrap its latest ad campaign following a complaint from AOL Bertelsmann Online. In an ironic twist, in the time since... [19 Jan 1999]
US media bosses attack EC data protection laws
News Speakers included AOL's Steve Case, Time Warner's Gerald Levin, and Bertelsmann's Thomas Middelhoff, who all spoke out against government regulation of the Internet. UK deputy data protection registrar,... [15 Jan 1999]
Free ISP races towards the million mark
News Over 700,000 of the accounts have been used during the last month, giving Freeserve a clear lead over its closest rival, AOL with 500,000 members. But he added: "It is important to differentiate between Internet access... [13 Jan 1999]
CompuServe accused of privacy breach
News Internet service provider (ISP), CompuServe, and parent company, AOL are facing court action from a US abortion clinic for endangering the privacy of its patients. Mike Usher of Indicci Salus consultancy said in the... [07 Jan 1999]
AOL wins spamming case
News The case was brought marketing company LCGM which - according to a report in the UK's Guardian newspaper - spammed AOL's 15 million subscribers illegally. AOL has won an important test... [23 Dec 1998]
Toys R Us offers free Net access
News As with Freeserve, technical support over the phone will cost £1 per minute - a charge which hasn't stopped Freeserve taking just three months to overtake AOL as the UK's largest Internet service... [15 Dec 1998]
AOL admits motive for Netscape buyout
News The Internet content provider is looking forward to years of revenue from Netcenter's 20 million monthly visitors, according to Jonathon Bulkeley, MD of AOL UK. America Online (AOL) has... [26 Nov 1998]
Electronic stamps go on trial in the US
News AOL has teamed up with E-Stamp to offer US customers a respite from post office queues. The deal, announced yesterday, will enable AOL customers to download digital stamps from a secure site and print... [20 Nov 1998]
Barnes and Noble signs exclusive deals with AOL, Compuserve and Lycos
News bol.com - the online division of Barnes and Noble - has signed exclusive bookseller deals with AOL, Compuserve and Lycos in an attempt to dominate the emerging European online book market.bol.com is Amazon.com's arch... [17 Nov 1998]
Dixons' free Net service hits number two spot
News AOL is the UK's largest ISP in terms of subscriber numbers, according to Fletcher Research. AOL recently began a national television advertising campaign in the UK,... [17 Nov 1998]
AOL UK loses MD
News The managing director of AOL UK, Jonathan Bulkeley, is to leave the company next month, after three years at the helm of the AOL / Bertelsmann joint venture. The announcement comes soon... [05 Nov 1998]
AOL set for UK campaign
News America Online (AOL) is to launch a high profile media campaign in the UK next week, with a 12-week series of television adverts. An AOL spokeswoman said the ads, and shorter reminder... [28 Oct 1998]
Epayment could hit bank profits
News Portal companies like AOL are now taking payment for telephone calls rather than going through the banks. The UK still has quite a high usage of cheques," he said. But UK banks denied... [21 Aug 1998]
