Petr Koubsky

[Prague, CZECH REPUBLIC] Centrum.cz, the third largest Web portal in the Czech Republic, acquired the largest local leisure Web site, chat server XChat, for an undisclosed sum. XChat with its alleged 180,000 users is one of the most important Web sites in Central and Eastern Europe oriented on recreational activities. “We wish to offer new […]

[Prague, CZECH REPUBLIC] The Czech government has started to evaluate bids in tender for three licenses for nation-wide fixed wireless access (FWA) network. Thirteen companies and consortia take part in the tender. Fixed wireless access (FWA) networks allow for high capacity – at least two megabits per second – data transmission to end-users, making Internet […]

[Prague, CZECH REPUBLIC] The first worldwide study of e-commerce, published by Taylor Nelson Sofres Interactive (TNSI), reveals that Internet and online shopping is becoming a significant component in the lifestyle and purchasing of products and services in the Czech Republic. The market research firm ranked the Czech Republic eighth among online shoppers in the 27 […]

[Prague, CZECH REPUBLIC] Czech President Vaclav Havel signed an e-signature bill on July 10, 2000. Therefore, the Czech Republic became the one of the first countries of the world with such a law and the very first in Europe with an e-signature bill compliant within the EU directive from December 1999. The e-signature bill gives […]

[Prague, CZECH REPUBLIC] The international Internet company Samba Digital Media based in Prague, Czech Republic, has received US $2.4 million of investment capital from a group of investors including Baring Communication Equity and Siemens AG. It is the tenth major investment into Czech Internet during this year. Samba Digital Media provides complex e-solutions to international […]

After only 6 months of its existence, the international Internet company Globopolis.com based in Prague, Czech Republic, received US $6 million in investment capital from the Advent International investment fund. Globopolis.com was established in December 1999 as the city-search Web site for Central and Eastern Europe. Based in Prague, Czech Republic, it currently covers eight […]

Tiny Software, Inc. develops networking solutions for small and medium-sized businesses. Its flagship product WinRoute is a software router and firewall for Windows. It connects local area networks to the Internet with a high degree of security and allows all of the computers in the network to share a single Internet connection. The company started […]

[May 17] Czech Internet company NetCentrum Ltd. announced minority investment of two venture capital funds: Baring Communications Equity Emerging Europe and Intel Capital. Volume of the investment wasn’t disclosed. NetCentrum Ltd. was established three years ago by two college students, Ondrej Tomer and Oldrich Bajer. Now it is running the portal site Centrum.cz, the newest […]

Nextra, fully owned subsidiary of Norwegian telecommunication company Telenor, has strengthened its position of pan-European ISP by the acquisition of PVTnet. “I perceive the acquiring of PVTnet as natural development,” said Mr. Kjetil Ovesen, the general manager of Nextra Czech Republic, and added “The union with PVTnet will allow us to extend our activities to […]

Telekom Austria, Austrian incumbent telecommunication operator, recently acquired Czech On Line, the largest Czech Internet access provider. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Czech On Line was established in 1995 and gradually became the largest Czech ISP. It claims to have total number of 150,000 users at the moment, and though this number cannot […]

Public service television station Czech TV (CTV)has started to broadcast its news and other programming via Internet regularly since March 20. CTV news is available live in the real time on the Internet, and then archived for future access. Broadcasting is based on the Real Networks technology. The quality of the received signal is automatically […]

Czech telecom operator Czech Telecom has acquired local Internet company M.I.A. for undisclosed sum. M.I.A. is a media, advertising and marketing agency running three important Web sites: the portal and search engine Zmije (the Viper); daily newspaper and magazine aggregator Trafika (The Newsstand); and tech-oriented Webzine Svet namodro (Bluish World). The network has also captured […]