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The public sector unit Indian Railways runs the world’s second largest railway network, shuttling around 20 million people a day across 7,800 routes covering 70,000 kilometres of railway tracks. Soon it also wants to enter the data traffic market and create a nationwide Internet backbone. The Indian Railways is one of the more unusual players […]

Northwest Nexus Inc., a provider of professional Internet services to businesses in the Pacific Northwest, signed an agreement with INEX Corp. to provide e-commerce applications that will enable customers to host their electronic commerce Web stores at Northwest Nexus. Northwest Nexus said it will unveil details of its e-commerce solution, called ProfitOnline, in mid-June. “This […]

MobileWord Communications in New York City has retained creative agency Benoit, Twomey + Partners (BTP) to develop the company’s online and print advertising campaigns. “We selected Benoit, Twomey + Partners to launch MobileWord’s new Web site through a highly targeted Web-based campaign,” said Robert A. Cox, chief executive officer of MobileWord. “In selecting them, we […]

Galaxy Enterprises Inc. in Orem, UT, said that it has changed the name of its banner advertising division from Banner Web to Banner Source. Over the past year, Galaxy said it has grown its banner advertising division to market one million banners a day with a network of more than 20,000 businesses with Internet storefronts. […]

True North Communications (TNC) said that its Modem Media and Poppe Tyson Inc. units will be merged into a single company, to be called Modem Media . Poppe Tyson. The new company will be majority owned by TNC and headquartered in Westport, CT. True North acquired Modem Media in 1996 for an estimated $25 million. […]

Tribune Co.’s Tribune Media Services (TMS) signed an agreement with America Online that makes TMS’ TVQuest the one-source guide to TV listings for AOL. TVQuest will be available in AOL’s TV Today and AOL’s popular Entertainment Channel. Financial arrangements were not disclosed. As a part of the agreement, TMS will sell television programming advertising into […]

Saratoga, CA-based Zapa Digital Arts, a provider of rich media technology for online promotion, advertising and e-commerce, said that Ch@racterz, its new 3D animated technology will work with Microsoft’s Liquid Motion Web animation tool. Ch@racterz, part of Zapa’s Smart Objects technology, may be added through its Liquid Ch@racterz plug-in to enhance Liquid Motion scenes. Zapa […]

CareerPath.com announced an expansion of its strategic advertising and content alliance with WhoWhere? Inc., the provider of free Web-based communication services. In an exclusive two-year agreement, WhoWhere will provide a direct link to CareerPath.com’s site, an additional link to Resume Connection on CareerPath.com, as well as links from sites within The WhoWhere Network. Financial arrangements […]

British telco Cable & Wireless (C&W) announced today the purchase of MCI Communications Corp.’s Internet backbone service for $625 million or 385 million pounds sterling. The deal is viewed as an effort by MCI to clear the path for its proposed merger with WorldCom Inc. The alliance between the telecommunications giants has met with objections […]

Australia-based Internet services provider OzEmail Ltd. said today it signed an agreement with Bay Networks Inc. to integrate and promote the companies’ respective Internet telephony technologies. Terms of the alliance call for OzEmail’s Net telephony business, Interline, to provide call routing, termination, and authentication services to support Bay Networks customers looking to deploy Voice-over-IP (VoIP) […]

DoubleClick Inc. in New York City said that its DART solution will provide ad serving and reporting for IDG.net, an international network of technology specific sites. IDG is employing DART (Dynamic Advertising Reporting and Targeting) technology to manage online advertising for the 210 IDG Web sites in 52 countries that are part of IDG.net, including […]

In its first effort for new client Perrier, OgilvyOne launched an online campaign promoting Perrier’s status as the “official bubble” of the French Open, including a mini-Web site featuring the “Perrier French Open Shot of the Day,” and an online sweepstakes. Tennis fans can view a QuickTime movie of the most unique and exciting play […]