web-hosting-top.com hosting news - Aug 2003

This week's Web host industry news was somewhat of a return to mergers and acquisitions activity but, perhaps more significantly, this week saw a substantial flood of new products and offerings from companies operating in and around the hosting business.On Tuesday, Digex announced that it had formed a special committee to evaluate interest from MCI in purchasing the remaining 39 percent of Digex it does not already own. Digex said that if MCI's bid was successful, it would file a ...

HostEurope (hosteurope.com) announced yesterday it is offering free Web-based e-mail services to 123-reg customers (123-reg.co.uk).The company said the new service will be available to customers who have purchased a POP e-mail box or low cost Web hosting packages through 123-reg.co.uk.The Web Mail service is flexible, supporting commonly used email features such as ?cc,? ?bbc?, priorities, mass deleting, multiple signatures, and address books."This ...

Domain name registrar and unit of Host Europe Plc, 123-reg.co.uk (123-reg.co.uk), announced on Wednesday that is holding a January sale, allowing customers to transfer .co.uk, .org.uk and .me.uk domain names to 123-reg for free, instead of the usual £4.99.The company is also offering half price transfers in of .com, .net and .org domains, allowing them to be transferred in for £9.99, without the company's standard extra year registration fee.The sale, says ...

The considerable variety of news that came out of the Web hosting industry this week, including some business milestones both good and bad and a number of innovative new offerings, was overshadowed, as has become the trend, by the ongoing consequences of the telecommunications business?s past improprieties.In preparation for a house hearing on Tuesday, congressional investigators released documents on Monday that seemed to indicate that Global Crossing?s chief executive officer ...

Host Europe PLC, a Germany-based hosting provider, today unveiled its 123-reg.co.uk Domain Watcher service. Using 123-reg, users can track and register any .com, .net or .org domain that is already registered, as soon as it becomes available. Research has shown that of the 30 million .com, .org and .net domain names registered across the world only 10 percent are actively used. Many domains aren?t re-registered once they expire. ?Domain names are potentially vital ...

European hosting provider Host Europe PLC (hosteurope.com) announced significant company growth today in its annual performance report, including a 65% increase in pro forma revenues.The company, which provides a complete range of Web hosting services throughout Europe, reported an inflow of £822,000 for the second half of the year and "significant improvement" in a number of important operating metrics between 2000 and 2001. Domains under management increased from 76,000 ...