Let THIS be a lesson to you people. You talked freely on here about DGIV's plans in Germany, you Forced them to issue a Press Release about it, and now look what happens, Yahoo was WATCHING the thread, and checking on the PRs, and they went and STOLE our Customers right from under us. Damn. Keep those financials secret!
Yahoo! Germany and Mannesman
Arcor Announce Alliance to Launch
Internet Access Service in Germany
Web Access Made Easier with Yahoo! Online
Service
SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 12, 1999--Yahoo! Inc. (Nasdaq:YHOO -
news) today announced that Yahoo! Germany, www.yahoo.de, Germany's leading Web guide, has
joined forces with Mannesmann Arcor, arcor.net, the second largest telecommunications
service provider in Germany to make Internet access easier for Germany's 8.4 million
German-speaking users (Source: GfK Online-Monitor, 3rd wave).
The new pay-as-you-go service, called Yahoo! Online, is expected to launch in May 1999.
Yahoo! Online will be prominently featured on the Yahoo! Germany site. Downloading the service
will create a Yahoo! Online icon on the user's PC and by clicking on this icon, the user's PC will
automatically dial the Yahoo! Online number at Mannesmann Arcor, directly connecting the user to
Yahoo! Germany's homepage. The service will be charged on a pay-as-you-go basis at the same
rate as Mannesman Arcor's ''Internet By Call'' product with the charges simply appearing on the
user's phone bill. There are no monthly subscriber fees.
As part of this new relationship, a link to Yahoo! Germany will be integrated into Mannesmann
Arcor's Web site to give users of www.arcor.net direct access to Yahoo!'s services.
Heather Killen, vice president, international at Yahoo!, said: ''Yahoo! is committed to providing
users with simple ways to get the most from the Web. We are delighted to be working with
Mannesman Arcor to provide a value-added Internet access service for our millions of users in
Germany.'' |
