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[Berlin] The German insurance group Allianz AG is to set up portals on which Allianz subsidiaries can present themselves to their respective markets. Yearly investments in the region of a hundred million Euros, will finance the project. In the future, Allianz customers will receive additional services and information on the net, explained Allianz chief executive […]

[Berlin] In the face of increasing security problems in the IT sector, the German Secretary of State in the Ministery of the Interior, Brigitte Zypries, has called for better policing and extended investigative ressources for the police on the Internet. “Undercover investigations in chat rooms are legally prohibited in Germany at present. However, since masked […]

[Berlin] The Federal Representative of the German Christian Democrats (CDU) have appointed Thomas Heilmann to a new post as “Internet Speaker” of the party. Heilmann is a managing partner in the advertising company Scholz & Friends. Heilman is to work together with the new General Secretary Ruprecht Polenz in leading a commission to work on […]

[Berlin] The German Federal Association of the Phonographic Industry yesterday renewed its public demand for the introduction of a so-called “Rights Protection System” (RPS) for the German part of the Internet. Online music piracy in 1999 alone led to license cancellations of around 140 million Marks (65 million USD), according to the industry. In Germany […]

[Berlin] Bertelsmann does not intend to bring its virtual media and bookshop bol.com AG to IPO at the present time. Klaus Eierhoff, the executive board member responsible for multimedia business, announced this on Wednesday in G|tersloh. However, the extension and the internationalization of bol.com will continue with “undiminished strength”. Since the price fall on the […]

Deutsche Telekom has submitted an application to be approved by the German Telecommunications and Post Regulatory Authority (RegTP) for a new “all inclusive” rate for Sundays, which would then incorporate internet rates. The start date of May 1 for this “XXL Tarif” is still doubtful however, since to date no definite promise has been made […]

[Berlin] The Christian Democrat (CDU/CSU) faction in the German parliament has warned German Finance Minister Eichel against using the auction of frequencies for the next generation of mobile phones for the “renewal of the federal budget”. Elmar M|ller, the parliamentary representative responsible for questions concerning telecommunications in the CDU/CSU faction, said in Berlin, that the […]