InternetNews Staff

Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp. in Tokyo, the world’s largest phone company, reportedly will form a new company next month to provide multimedia services to expand usage on the Internet. The new company, temporarily called NTT ME Joho Ryutsu, will provide marketing and advertising services through the Internet as well as improved search directory services, […]

Logica Plc, a large British system integrator, announced one of the largest ever acquisitions in the Czech IT sector–a US$11 million deal to acquire FCC Folprecht group. FCC Folprecht is a systems integrator, and provides complex solutions in the area of information systems, ERP and Internet/intranet business solutions in the utilities, finance and industrial sectors. […]

Village_Domino, a joint venture of IBM, Lotus, and Telecom Italia, has launched, offering Italian businesses turnkey solutions to the Web. More than just e-mail, newsgroups and chats, the “total package” concept of Village_Domino, according to a recent statement, provides the hardware solutions of IBM, for those customers needing equipment, the software know-how of Lotus, and […]

National digital service provider Flashcom Inc. Monday announced it will offer high-speed digital subscriber line (DSL) service to the Detroit metro area. Flashcom bills itself as the country’s biggest DSL exclusive supplier. It currently services businesses and residents in Northern and Southern California, Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Illinois and Washington, D.C. Flashcom’s DSL […]

Thirty companies have received Internet access licenses in India since the ISP market was liberalized in early November. Hinduja-promoted IndusInd Distributors has recently received an ISP license for the nation-wide market, and another group company (IndusInd Cable) has obtained a regional license for the Mumbai market. IT company Wipro Infotech has also received a national […]

The White House Office of National Drug Control Policy is planning an online component for its four-year, $1 billion campaign across all media to get its anti-drug message across. Only a small fraction of the budget is expected to go toward the Internet during the course of the program, according to an Adweek report.. However, […]

Ad network DoubleClick Inc. and community site operation theglobe.com both expect to sign new leases to remain in New York City in coming weeks, according to published reports. New York officials are said to be setting up incentive packages to keep the Internet companies from moving to New Jersey, according to a report in The […]

Pasadena, CA-based WeddingChannel.com, a bridal registry and wedding resource, has expanded its advertising agreement with Yahoo!. Under terms of the agreement, WeddingChannel.com has purchased banners on wedding-related search result pages on Yahoo!. In addition, WeddingChannel.com banner advertisements will appear on searches performed through Yahoo!’s Society and Culture/Weddings categories. Spending details were not disclosed. “Our existing […]

Infoseek Corp. signed an agreement with ZDTV to be the preferred search and navigation engine for ZDTV’s integrated Web site, ZDTV.com. The agreement includes broad cross-promotion, which gives Infoseek exposure on ZDTV in promotional spots and in segments to be aired on ZDTV’s Digital Avenue program. In addition, the two companies will collaborate on quarterly […]

Symantec Corp. said Thursday that eight hours after it received a sample of the Remote Explorer virus, its AntiVirus Research Center (SARC), in conjunction with IBM’s T.J. Watson Research Center, posted a new set of virus definitions with complete detection of the new virus across all platforms. The SARC group will be working through the […]

Priceline.com, the patented name-your-price e-commerce system, Wednesday filed for an initial public offering to raise $115 million. Planning to be listed on the Nasdaq as “PRLN,” the company has not yet released a price per share for its stock. Underwriting the IPO will be Morgan Stanley Dean Witter, BancBoston Robertson Stephens, Donaldson Lufkin & Jenrette […]

Microsoft has selected iPrint.com, an online print shop, as a featured provider of print shop services for its MSN Shopping channel. Financial arrangements were not disclosed. The iPrint.com service lets consumers and small businesses create and order printed products such as business cards, letterhead, invoices, photo mouse pads and photo T-shirts. “iPrint.com is a great […]