AOL Finds Ally In Juno
By Lee Copeland Dulles, Va.
6:42 PM EST Mon., Aug. 09, 1999
America Online Inc. today signed Juno Online
Services Inc. to its growing list of
instant-messaging ISP allies.
Under the terms of the deal, AOL will allow Juno's
6.8 million customers to receive instant E-mail from AOL users. Dulles-based AOL has a
subscription base of 17 million users and 28 million AOL Instant Messenger (AIM)
registrants. Juno plans to collaborate with AOL and offer a co-branded version of the
AIM technology, company executives said.
The terms of the deal were not disclosed.
New York-based Juno would not say when the service would be available to customers.
The company offers free dial-up Internet access and Web mail.
While AOL plans to put Juno on its buddy list, the company continues to block instant
messages from Microsoft Network Messenger users. AOL logs off MSN users if they
when they try to communicate with AIM messenger users.
Last week, AOL signed similar deals with Mindspring Enterprise Inc., Atlanta, and
EarthLink Network Inc., Pasadena, Calif. It also has licensed its instant-messaging
technology to Apple Computer Inc., Cupertino, Calif., and Lotus Development Corp.,
Cambridge, Mass.
In related news, Juno signed a deal with Mail.com Inc. today give its users access to
Web E-mail.
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