Patricia Fusco

Wireless software maker Phone.com Inc. and wireline application firm

Take an application service provider and mix it with Internet connectivity, add a few voice services and the result is Netisun, an amalgamation of three Indianapolis-based tech firms. The new company, formed from bits and pieces, is capable of providing a unique service bundle of outsourced services. David Clark, Netisun president and chief executive, said […]

EarthLink Inc. Tuesday agreed to purchase the dial-up clientele of New Jersey-based IBS Interactive Inc. IBS Interactive will receive cash for each of its 17,000 subscribers that land with EarthLink dial-up services. IBS Interactive provides regional dial-up services to East Coast clients in Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania. According […]

Verizon Communications Inc. and NorthPoint Communications Group Inc. decided Tuesday was a great day to merge. The combination of DSL businesses allows NorthPoint to significantly improve access to much-needed capital. As part of the agreement, Verizon will contribute its DSL assets and $800 million in cash to the new high-speed business venture. Verizon plans to […]

Co-branding free access provider Spinway, Inc. joined the ranks of the 4 million member club Monday. In just seven months Spinway landed deals to provide free Internet services to hihg-profile advertisers including Kmart’s BlueLight.com, Ace Hardware’s OurHouse.com, and Spiegel Catalog, Inc., among others. In doing so, Spinway set the pace to add more than 25,000 […]

Computer Associates International Inc. Monday cleaned house in a grand scheme to reorganize its different business divisions. Realigned Computer Associate executive’s plan to initially focus on delivering greater shareholder value by spinning off technology that would thrive and flourish on an independent basis. The first corporate sibling to form is iCan-ASP Inc., designed to service […]

The Federal Communications Commission issued its second look at a nationwide survey of high-speed services in the U.S. The report, issued late last week, concluded that 2.8 million subscribers utilized high-speed Internet access and advanced telecom services at the end of last year. Of those subscribers, 1.8 million of were classified as residential or small […]

EarthLink, Inc. Thursday named Sky Dayton as chairman of the board assuming the role held by Charles Brewer. Dayton is considered one of the Internet industry’s great visionaries, and EarthLink is happy to have him return to the helm. But can the EarthLink founder translate his innovative roots to fill the MindSpring founder’s passion for […]

Customer interaction software provider E.piphany, Inc. this week deepened its working relationship BroadVision, Inc. The two companies are taking a dose of their own customer management medicine to integrate technologies and improve information links between their contact centers and e-commerce systems. The extended business deal enables E.piphany and BroadVision to provide more highly personalized customer […]

The Federal Communication Commission is bowing to Congressional and industry pressure and delaying its upcoming spectrum license auction for a third time. Originally scheduled for June 6, but moved to the first week of September, the FCC again rescheduled the auction for the 700-megahertz licenses to March 6, 2001. Stating that the commission needed additional […]

Interliant, Inc. Tuesday picked up a pair of Dallas-based systems integrators to shore up its Oracle-based service offerings. Interliant acquired Interactive Software, Inc. and Milestone Services, Inc., two companies focussed on delivering Oracle services to private, public and non-profit business segments. Interliant also deepened its business bond with Oracle Corp., becoming one of the first […]

The $7 billion joint venture that brought together AT&T. Corp. and British Telecom plans to unleash its expanded portfolio of Internet protocol-based and wireless services for global business and wholesale customers this month. Concert, the corporate offspring of AT&T and BT , plans to launch the new services with a with a multi-million dollar advertising […]