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Freeserve demands action on e-commerce VAT directive
News UK Internet service provider Freeserve insisted on Wednesday that the UK government must move swiftly to implement a European directive that would see non-EU companies that sell Internet services forced to pay VAT.
[December 19, 2001, 13:02]
Freeserve denies one of top brass is leaving
News Freeserve denies that any of its executives are about to resign, describing the suggestion as "nonsense". Last month its chief operating officer Frank Keeling quit following Freeserve's acquisition by French ISP Wanadoo.
[April 26, 2001, 17:10]
Freeserve makes e-commerce gains
News Freeserve this week announced it is, for the first time, making more cash from e-commerce and advertising than from telephone-call revenues. Money from advertising and e-commerce made up 52 percent of Freeserve's revenue.
[September 29, 1999, 16:36]
Freeserve wins small victory in VAT row
News Freeserve has won the first round in its legal battle to force rival Internet Service Provider AOL to pay VAT in Britain. At the High Court on Wednesday, a court ruled that the Freeserve's case merited a full judicial review.
[September 26, 2002, 14:23]
Freeserve defiant after Dixons chooses AOL
Talkback I have been with freeserve for 5 years now and been quite happy,I applied 2 weeks ago to go broadband but I am still waiting for modem etc. Will this stop me now, and will I get a free month?
[September 3, 2003, 9:42]
Freeserve anger over BT's broadband plans
News Freeserve has again accused BT of acting in an unfair manner over broadband, and called on Oftel, the government and the Office of Fair Trading to consider taking action over BT Retail's new "no-frills" broadband product.
[September 20, 2002, 12:46]
Freeserve riding high in new millennium
News The UK's first free service provider, Freeserve (quote: FRE) is riding high according to financial results announced Thursday. Despite the proliferation of free ISPs, and BT's announcement it is to offer unmetered access, Freeserve is still proving...
[January 6, 2000, 11:38]
Freeserve cuts broadband price
News Freeserve is upping the odds in its battle with rival Internet Service Provider BTopenworld by cutting the start-up cost of its self-installation broadband service. Freeserve's broadband customers will then be charged £29.99 (inc.
[April 16, 2002, 10:27]
Freeserve faces future without Dixons
News Electrical retailer Dixons could be set to finish off its involvement in the success story of Internet service provider Freeserve in the coming weeks by selling its majority stake. Such a sale -- which could see Freeserve joined to Germany's T...
[May 9, 2000, 14:23]
Freeserve to respond exclusively on ZDNet
News Following an exclusive Eye2Eye interview with ZDNet last week, Freeserve chief executive John Pluthero has responded to erroneous reports suggesting that the company is about to launch a low-cost unmetered service.
[March 7, 2000, 15:24]
Freeserve's broadband complaint bites the dust
Talkback Freeserve is owned by Wanadoo, as subsidiary of France Telecom. What is the situation re broadband pricing to its competitors in its own country?
[December 22, 2003, 13:17]
Freeserve founder pushes private browsing
News The founder of Freeserve has unveiled his latest venture — a Web-browsing tool that claims to preserve the privacy of its users. Ahmed founded the Freeserve ISP in the late 1990s. Browzar, as Ajaz Ahmed's brainchild is called, is a free application...
[August 31, 2006, 13:25]
News Burst: Freeserve announces online trading
News Dixons' recently-floated free ISP has formed a partnership with GlobalNet Financial.com, First Marathon and Mesirow Financial to offer Freeserve customers the chance to trade online. Freeserve hopes to have the service, which will be an extension...
[August 17, 1999, 9:57]
Freeserve won't let broadband complaint die
Talkback Suggest Freeserve go home and moan about French Telecom. I'm sure the air traffic controllers and port workers would come out on strike in their support. Des Saxby.
[December 23, 2003, 23:22]
Freeserve's trading bet could be risky
News Freeserve's announcement to offer trading on the Net met with mixed response from analysts Tuesday: the move by the UK's best known Internet business could empower users at the expense of traditional high street banks, but may be viewed as little...
[August 17, 1999, 15:45]
Eye2Eye: Freeserve chief John Pluthero talks to ZDNet UK News
News What will the unmetered access model mean to Freeserve? John Pluthero, 36-year-old CEO of Freeserve, talks to Richard Barry about BT, the battle for unmetered access and why broadband is vital in the UK.
[March 8, 2000, 12:47]
Freeserve founders switch to VoIP venture
News The founders of ISP Freeserve -- now known as Wanadoo and owned by France Telecom -- have accepted the top spots at voice over IP (VoIP) company Callserve Communications. Freeserve co-founder Ajaz Ahmed will take the role of chief executive and...
[September 23, 2004, 10:25]
Freeserve defiant after Dixons chooses AOL
Talkback hi iam a freeserve member at present and have been for a very long time but since i went over to there broadband i have had nothing but trouble this yr i recently contacted them regarding the emails i was receving only to be keeped on the phone...
[May 1, 2004, 23:46]
Freeserve goes head to head with AOL over unmetered
News Freeserve (quote: FRE) is reopening the old rivalry with AOL Friday as it launches a new unmetered service based on the Friaco agreement. Freeserve Anytime -- due to launch in the middle of January -- will be priced at £12.99, undercutting both AOL...
[December 1, 2000, 15:06]
Freeserve targets AOL and BT
News Freeserve customers will be able to sign up for the Internet service provider's new unmetered access package from Wednesday, the ISP has announced. Freeserve AnyTime allows for 24-hour access at a flat rate of £12.99 a month, undercutting AOL's...
[January 24, 2001, 13:44]
