John Lewell

[London, ENGLAND] In a new report, Forrester Research has said that U.K. online retailers must return to merchandising basics if they are to succeed in an increasingly tough environment. One of the key factors is the urgent need to reduce range sizes, says Forrester. The huge choice of products enabled by the Internet is confusing […]

[London, ENGLAND] European consumer electronics giant Grundig, one of the most famous names in TV manufacturing, announced Thursday a deal to integrate Netgem’s interactive technology into its Internet set-top boxes. Harald Klippel, marketing director of Grundig, said the agreement would allow his firm to launch its Internet set-top boxes and build further momentum with a […]

[London, ENGLAND] Global TeleSystems’ division Ebone announced Wednesday the creation of Ebone IP Future Lab, a European institution that will explore the future of the Internet and develop new ways of using Internet Protocol. Among the people scheduled to work at Ebone IP Future Lab are members of the original team that developed the Ebone […]

[London, ENGLAND] Norwegian browser company Opera Software announced Tuesday the launch of a co-branded Internet browser with applications distributor Tucows Inc. The new browser has several special Tucows features in addition to all the features of the standard Opera browser — which, as users know, is a highly specified yet compact application. Among the new […]

[London, ENGLAND] Financial portal operator GlobalNetFinancial.com Monday disclosed a cross-marketing agreement with Scandinavian online brokerage firm Nordnet AB. The deal will enable customers of GlobalNet’s Norge-iNvest service to trade securities using the Nordnet trading platform. It will also expand GlobalNet’s market for streamed real-time information products and bring additional revenues to the portal operator. Lasting […]

[London, ENGLAND] Interactive games channel Two Way TV is ready to launch in Portugal with cable operator TV Cabo, the two companies announced Monday. The new Portuguese service will make Two Way TV the first interactive TV service in the world to be deployed across every key middleware platform, including Microsoft TV, Liberate, OpenTV and […]

[London, ENGLAND] Norwegian metal supplier Elkem is about to embark on the largest e-business project ever undertaken in Norway, in cooperation with Swedish solutions company Intentia International AB, the two firms announced Friday. Espen Falla, IT Director at Elkem, said the board had taken the position of investing NOK 100 million (US $11 million) in […]

[London, ENGLAND] Global Internet carrier PSINet has signed a partnership deal with UK plc subsidiary CWB to provide e-commerce and web hosting services for financial institutions. Based in London and New York, CWB is a supplier of e-commerce and other solutions to the financial services sector. Founded in 1994 by Christiane Wuillamie, it is still […]

[London, ENGLAND] Spaniards, Brits, Danes, French and Germans are all more frequent users of streaming media than Americans, according to new information uncovered by research firm NetValue. In January 2001, one in five Internet users in Spain used streaming media from home, making the Spanish the keenest viewers of live, Internet-delivered audio and video in […]

[London, ENGLAND] Pan-European network services provider KPNQwest officially opened its Paris CyberCentre on Thursday, its fourteenth hosting facility in Europe. To underline the new facility’s importance in the company’s overall European coverage, KPNQwest is calling it a “mega-CyberCentre” — and says it sets new standards in providing a secure hosting environment for enterprise-critical applications and […]

[London, ENGLAND] BT’s mobile Internet portal Genie Wednesday signed a deal that will let users buy products via WAP phones direct from Amazon.co.uk. To use the service, Genie customers will need to register with Amazon.co.uk via either the Web or the WAP portal. After that, buying books, CDs, DVDs, and other products handled by Amazon’s […]

[London, ENGLAND] The U.K. Internet bank “smile” announced Wednesday it will be offering a new service — “smile invest” — to provide an online funds supermarket to its account holders. The latest service comes as a result of an arrangement between smile and its subsidiary Co-operative Bank Financial Advisers Ltd. By joining forces with funds […]