Petr Koubsky

Czech ISP Luko Czech-Net was acquired by U.S. company Euroweb International Corp. for US$1.8 million, half in cash and half in stock shares in Euroweb International. Luko Czech-Net is the fifth largest ISP in the Czech Republic. It currently operates approximately 150 leased lines and 6,000 dial-up clients. According to Luko Czech-Net’s director and owner […]

Czech GSM operator RadioMobil, which runs the Paegas network, has announced a huge investment into GPRS (General Packet Radio Service) technology. Initial RadioMobil‘s investments will exceed 400 million Kc (US$12 million) and the final volume of investments is estimated to be up to 1 billion Kc (US$30 million). “The Paegas network will be one of […]

This week the Slovak monopoly telecommunication company Slovenske Telekomunikacie (ST) made significant changes in its telephone rates in an attempt to facilitate easier Internet access. Local calls are becoming more expensive while long-distance rates decreased. The company also announced lower rates for dial-up Internet access starting September 1. However, critics say the reduction is negligible […]

The Czech subsidiary of Compaq Computer Corp. revamped its design and added new features to its e-shop CompaqPlus, which was opened earlier this year. Czech customers now can configure notebooks, desktops and even servers according to their specific needs. Compaq this way becomes virtually the most aggressive e-seller in the country. E-shop CompaqPlus was originally […]

Czech company INET, which runs one of country’s most successful e-commerce sites, has opened a subsidiary in Berlin, Germany, reversing the direction of Internet business expansion in Western Europe. According to Peter Ulrich, managing director of INET, the Internet boom “gave wings” to the company, which was then able to “grow from scratch into multinational […]

Czech phone network monopoly operator SPT Telecom Wednesday appealed the Czech Telecommunication Office (CTO) decision to allow the return of banned IP telephony service Paegas Internet Call. The CTO, an integral part of the regulatory system of telecommunications in the Czech Republic, May 6 decided that Paegas Internet Call was indeed legal and could again […]

Cofax, the largest national IT trade fair in Slovakia, ended last week in country’s capital of Bratislava. Of the 186 exhibitors, the vast majority were telecommunications and Internet companies. Slovak communication infrastructure is still underdeveloped in comparison with neighboring countries, particularly Hungary, Poland and the Czech Republic, but it is rapidly growing despite the depressed […]

In its second year, approximately 6,000 people visited the trade show Prague Internet World during three days of exhibition, from March 30 to April 2, 1999. Media Internet Agency (MAI), the agency that held the fair in cooperation with Internet.com LLC, said that it is satisfied with the attendance. There were more visitors this year […]

Czech company Agentura Modre Stranky arranged a virtual trade fair, Computer Forum, that with more than 270 exhibitors and average of 1.000 visitors daily, was successful and gives good prospect for the next year. Basically, the virtual trade fair is a sort of Web portal. The organizing company built several “pavilions”–portal pages containing links to […]

After four months of turbulent discussions among Czech Internet users, monopoly telephone company SPT Telecom and ISPs, a tentative solution to the Internet access pricing struggle has emerged. Dial-up access to Internet is going to be a bit cheaper from now. Nevertheless, no one is fully satisfied. The “Internet 99” calls that SPT Telecom proposed […]

Citing unfair business practices, a group of 16 Czech Internet service providers have decided to boycott Internet 99, a discount program aimed at providing special telephone rates for Internet users. Internet 99 is offered by Czech monopoly telephone company SPT Telecom. The program comes as a result of previous Internet user protests over the company’s […]

Three Czech companies, bank Expandia Banka, mobile phone operator RadioMobil and phone operator SPT Telecom joined forces recently on a project to build a “virtual city.” eCity is a project made to explain the possibilities the Internet offers, specifically as a vehicle for direct banking, e-commerce and communication. Strategic computer game? Marketing project? Web community? […]