Regina Kwon

Online System Services unveiled this week its latest product, i2u, a full-service Internet package that’s designed to turn broadband operators into Internet Service Providers (ISPs). Formerly known as Cable Access America, i2u combines Internet access with both content and e-commerce functionalities. It features client management and billing software, business models, training programs, and sales and […]

High-speed Internet cable services provider @Home Network today announced that its membership has surpassed 100,000 customers. The company said it has more than doubled its subscriber base since the end of 1997. @Home provides Internet delivery through high-speed cable connections, and claims members can dial into the Net up to 100 times faster than the […]

High-speed Internet cable services provider @Home Network today announced a multi-year agreement with The SABRE Group under which Travelocity becomes the exclusive travel services provider for the @Home service. The alliance will offer @Home’s high-bandwidth network users travel information on schedules, packages, and rates, and will allow them to make reservations for car, air, and […]

Online community theglobe.com today announced a distribution agreement with EarthLink Network aimed at providing users with Internet access. CD-ROMS will be distributed by theglobe.com that provide instant access to Earthlink and will default automatically to theglobe.com’s Web site. They are also available to those who respond to the company’s commercial, which is now showing now […]

The Internet telephony industry will ring up $9 billion in revenue by the year 2002, through faxes, voicemails, and pages, but not through real-time voice conversations, according to a new study. “Thanks to the economies of using Internet protocols for these applications, Internet telephony will grow to represent the equivalent of five percent of long […]

America Online Inc. announced today its worldwide online service membership has topped 12 million users, thanks in part to what the company said is “steady” new membership growth this year. The new number represents an increase of one million members in the last three months; AOL announced it surpassed the 11 million member mark in […]

Inktomi Corp. today announced AOL Interactive Services and Digital Equipment Corp. have agreed to license the company’s Traffic Server network cache product. Today’s announcement follows yesterday’s news of Inktomi’s agreements with DIGEX Inc., Nippon Telegraph and Telephone (NTT), and Knology Holdings Inc., which will also license Traffic Server software. Digital said it will port Inktomi’s […]

Inktomi Corp. announced a series of agreements with DIGEX Inc., Nippon Telegraph and Telephone (NTT), and Knology Holdings Inc. under which the companies will employ Inktomi’s Traffic Server cache technology for their networks. DIGEX a first-tier, national Internet carrier that caters exclusively to business clients, signed a deal that Inktomi is billing as one of […]

PlanetWeb, Inc. and Concentric Network Corp. today announced a new partnership that makes Concentric the default ISP on future Internet appliance platforms featuring the PlanetWeb Browser. PlanetWeb’s Browser is currently shipped with the Sega Saturn Net Link, 8×8, Inc.’s ViaTV Videophone, and Zilog, Inc.’s Internet TV Appliance. Plans call for it to be bundled with […]

Starting in June, GTE Corporation will roll out network-based asymmetric digital subscriber line (ADSL) service, offering high-speed Internet digital connections in 16 states through its GTE Network Services division. Contingent upon regulatory approval, the company said this would be the country’s largest deployment of ADSL service, which is designed to increase Internet connection speeds up […]

3Com Corp. and C NET’s Snap! Online said they have partnered in a deal aimed at providing a complete online package to dial-up modem users. 3Com’s Snap! Online, which is scheduled to launch in mid-April, will feature software, search tools, brand-name Web content, customizable data, tutorials, and a selection of Internet service providers to choose […]

GTE Internetworking today announced the launch of DiaLinx Dedicated, a wholesale managed remote access service designed for ISPs and Internet-centric companies. GTE said the DiaLinx Dedicated service is designed to allow ISPs to “virtually” expand their remote access reach or capacity when deploying large, national IP networks. The scalable, remote access service enables ISPs to […]