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AOL UK Redundancies Could Prompt Strike
News Journalists working at AOL UK may strike following the announcement of a wave of redundancies at the company. The journalists are upset by AOL UK's decision to make over 100 compulsory redunancies rather than provide the option for employees to...
[December 15, 2006, 11:31]
AOL UK Passes 200,000 Users, Goes Flat Rate
News AOL UK managing director Jonathan Bulkeley promises AOL has learned from problems in the US when unexpectedly high traffic shattered capacity following the flat-rate move. AOL users will have 60 days to choose a new plan.
[June 19, 1997, 11:01]
AOL UK Boss Sees CIS Buy Leading To 'cooler' Future
News "Complicated is the word," admitted AOL UK managing director Jonathan Bulkeley this morning as he contemplated the three-way deal that ends months of speculation about the future directions of AOL and CompuServe and gives WorldCom the networking...
[September 8, 1997, 12:18]
AOL UK Sale 'not Threatened' By Portal Ambitions
News Reports have suggested that AOL is jeopardising the sale of its UK arm by insisting that its users will continue to be guided to the AOL content portal, but insiders have played down the claim. According to a report in Tuesday's Guardian, AOL UK's...
[August 1, 2006, 13:55]
Five Years Ago: AOL UK Passes 200,000 Users, Goes Flat Rate
News AOL UK managing director Jonathan Bulkeley promises AOL has learned from problems in the US when unexpectedly high traffic shattered capacity following the flat-rate move. AOL users will have 60 days to choose a new plan.
[June 16, 2002, 7:02]
AOL UK Unmetered Package 'imminent'
News AOL UK is to roll out unmetered access "imminently", the company says. AOL was seen as slow to respond to its first big challenge in the UK market, when Freeserve (quote: FRE) launched the "free" ISP business model in 1998.
[June 27, 2000, 12:51]
AOL UK To Partner With Vodafone?
News Amid a great deal of speculation, Citigroup will complete its strategic review of AOL UK's future this week. It has been widely reported that Citigroup will recommend that AOL's UK operations are sold off.
[June 12, 2006, 12:45]
AOL Says UK Prices Will Stay The Same
News Bulkeley said AOL passed 350,000 users in the UK two weeks ago, adding 50,000 users in just eight weeks - its fastest ever rate of 50,000-user growth here. That said, Bulkeley said that AOL also won't be cutting prices either, although some rivals...
[February 13, 1998, 15:00]
A Year Ago: AOL Says UK Prices Will Stay The Same
News AOL pledged today it won't put prices up in the UK this year. Bulkeley said AOL passed 350,000 users in the UK two weeks ago, adding 50,000 users in just eight weeks - its fastest ever rate of 50,000-user growth here.
[February 10, 1999, 7:14]
UK Escapes AOL Data Screw-up
News AOL UK users who feared their personal search details have been published on the Web can stop worrying. I can confirm that the data only included US searches," an AOL UK spokeswoman told ZDNet UK on Wednesday.
[August 9, 2006, 11:25]
AOL Gets Personal, Chases UK Growth
News AOL has signed a deal with the UK's premier home PC installation company in a move to increase its market share in the UK. Protea will carry only AOL 5.0 ISP software when installing PCs in consumers' homes and will recommend and install AOL when...
[December 2, 1999, 9:45]
AOL 'shortlists BSkyB And Carphone Warehouse' For UK Sale
News AOL has reportedly shortlisted the potential buyers for its UK unit - BSkyB and Carphone Warehouse. An AOL spokesman declined to comment on the remaining bidders for the ISP's UK access business but did confirm the UK sale is not as advanced as...
[August 4, 2006, 8:25]
AOL's Immunity From Child Porn To Set UK Precedent
News In a four to three decision by a panel of judges, the lawsuit filed by a Florida woman whose 11-year-old son appeared in a lewd videotape sold by one AOL user to another, was thrown out. The mother had alleged that AOL was violating Florida...
[March 9, 2001, 14:45]
AOL UK Members Disprove Nerd Rep
News Marketing director Karen Thomson said the survey showed AOL members "are not interested in technology for its own sake". A quarter live in the south-east of England, 89 per cent own their home, and they are more than 50 per cent more likely to have...
[March 11, 1997, 15:45]
Five Years Ago: AOL UK Members Disprove Nerd Rep
News Marketing director Karen Thomson said the survey showed AOL members "are not interested in technology for its own sake". A quarter live in the south-east of England, 89 per cent own their home, and they are more than 50 per cent more likely to have...
[March 4, 2002, 6:01]
Carphone Warehouse Buys AOL UK
News Carphone Warehouse has bought AOL UK for £370m, following a protracted and secretive bidding war. Parent group Time Warner hired Citibank in the first half of this year to review the options for AOL UK.
[October 11, 2006, 11:30]
Freeserve Attacks AOL Over UK Customer Claims
News UK Internet service provider Freeserve has complained to the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) over a recent claim by AOL Time Warner that AOL UK is "the leading ISP" in Britain. Discussing AOL Europe, which had achieved membership growth...
[January 22, 2002, 12:03]
Carphone Warehouse Downplays Talk Of AOL UK Buy
News As speculation grows over the future of AOL's UK arm, Carphone Warehouse has played down reports that it may be poised to launch a bid. According to a report in The Times, Carphone Warehouse chief executive Charles Dunstone revealed on Tuesday that...
[June 7, 2006, 16:50]
AOL Ponders Wireless Service In The UK
Talkback this would be a good move by AOL, i have been with aol for some time now and recently tried to obtain there broad band silver package but as i am too far from my main phone socket around 10 mts the signal was too weak to reach my pc i had thought...
[November 22, 2004, 13:35]
AOL 'shortlists BSkyB And Carphone Warehouse' For UK Sale
Talkback Dont waste your time buying AOL, they are dead and have been dead for many years, they think they are bigger than what they are when in fact they are quite annoying! Ken learn to spell, however i like what you said.
[August 16, 2006, 11:29]
