John Lewell

Having recently signed new customers in Europe, e-mail outsourcing supplier Commtouch announced Thursday it has opened a U.K. office. Rene Montsma, Commtouch vice president and general manager for Europe, will head up the office. A former manager at British Telecom Europe, Montsma will be recruiting other staff, Commtouch having already expanded from 35 employees a […]

Health information provider Medscape this week announced Medscape Europe, a wholly-owned subsidiary to be headed by Edward Briffa, newly-appointed as chief executive officer and formerly head of BBC Online. “Medscape Europe will seek partners interested in connectivity, e-commerce and business-to-business applications,” said Briffa. The launch of Medscape Europe is the first stage of an aggressive […]

topjobs.net plc Wednesday announced third quarter figures that show spectacular growth. Unique visits to the topjobs.net Web site were up by 379 per cent on the year, while the number of registered job seekers increased to 0.44 million, up 31 per cent over the previous quarter and a massive 593 per cent year on year. […]

Reuters and Multex.com Tuesday formed a joint venture to develop an Internet portal for private investors in Europe. Each of the two companies will own 50 per cent of the venture, which they are calling Multex Investor Europe. It will aim to offer a sophisticated service, complete with financial decision support tools and broker research, […]

European online auctioneer QXL.com plc announced third quarter results Tuesday, showing an 84 per cent rise in the number of users, but deeper losses on the bottom line. In the quarter to December 31, 1999, QXL.com posted a loss of £10.7 million ($17.1 million) compared to £8.1 million ($12.9 million) in the previous quarter. The […]

Nortel Networks and BLU S.p.A. Monday inked a $138 million deal with wireless Internet written all over it. The two will create a nationwide digital wireless network in Italy, where BLU is currently the fourth largest GSM operator, in an agreement said to be worth $138 million over 18 months. As a result of the […]

AOL Europe announced Monday its “AOL Anywhere” strategy to stay ahead in the rapidly changing market for mobile Internet services. To ensure that its mobile portals remain compatible with the latest wireless protocols and handsets, AOL Europe has formed partnerships with manufacturers Ericsson and Nokia and software developer RTS Wireless. The agreements cover the development […]

At the GSM World Congress on Friday, Nortel Networks announced an IP-based wireless office solution that will link users of mobile devices to corporate intranets. The new solution is an addition to Nortel Networks PicoNode product for GSM service. Capable of handling both voice and data traffic, it includes a full Internet Protocol (IP) layer […]

European start-up NamePlanet.com is offering free personal e-mail addresses in the form of firstname@lastname.com. NamePlanet.com claims to have the world’s largest selection of domain names and is planning to launch its service in the coming weeks not only in ten European countries but in the United States as well. Lars-Odin Mellemseter, chief executive officer and […]

United Pan-Europe Communications (UPC) announced Thursday that it plans to acquire K&T Group, the cable interests of Dutch corporation N.V. Eneco for NLG 2.35 billion ($1.07 billion), as well as the smaller Tebecai cable system. K&T has over half a million basic cable television subscribers but only 6,000 broadband Internet subscribers. However, 85 per cent […]

BT, which has consistently outperformed the market for the past three years, saw its share price plummet by 20 per cent on Wednesday morning after announcing worse than expected nine months results. Although BT’s turnover rose from £13.3 billion ($21.5 billion) to £15.9 billion ($25.8 billion) in the nine months to the end of December […]

BT, VerticalNet and Internet Capital Group Tuesday inked a $227 million deal for the alliance to develop a business-to-business trading community for the European market. The VerticalNet Europe venture, in which VerticalNet will be the majority shareholder in the joint venture, will be backed by a cash component of $107 million and another $120 million […]