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It's A Deal: Wanadoo Makes Freeserve Bid
News Freeserve (quote: FRE) announced Wednesday it has received an offer for a takeover from bankers Lehman Brothers on behalf of Wanadoo, France Telecom's Internet service provider. The all-share deal would exchange .225 new Wanadoo shares for each...
[December 6, 2000, 10:20]
Freeserve And Wanadoo Seize The Day
News On Wednesday France Telecom's Wanadoo unveiled an offer to acquire the UK's leading Internet service provider, Freeserve (quote: FRE), in an all-share deal that would create Europe's second largest Internet provider.
[December 6, 2000, 15:11]
Does Wanadoo Want Freeserve?
News Freeserve (quote: FRE), the Internet service provider 80 percent owned by Dixons, could be taken over by French rival Wanadoo, according to the latest industry rumours. Sunday Business reported this week that Wanadoo, which floated in July, is "in...
[October 2, 2000, 10:34]
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. Ahmed and Wilmot left Freeserve in 2001, after selling the company to Wanadoo...
[September 23, 2004, 10:25]
Freeserve In Possible Takeover Talks
News Wanadoo is also rumoured to have been in talks with LibertySurf and the Freeserve discussions are said to be at a very early stage. The possible deal would be entirely in stock, leading to speculation the mystery buyer is France Telecom's Wanadoo.
[November 22, 2000, 11:33]
Broadband In A Box To Hit The Shops
News Chief executive John Pluthero claimed that the partnership with Dixons -- which launched Freeserve in 1998 before selling 80 percent of the ISP to French group Wanadoo last year -- would be highly successful.
[April 18, 2002, 17:43]
Freeserve Defiant After Dixons Chooses AOL
News Freeserve, now a subsidiary of France's Wanadoo, said that its other distribution channels, including offline and online, topped the number of subscribers generated by the Dixons deal in the first quarter of 2003.
[September 1, 2003, 9:40]
BTopenworld Drops Broadband Activation Charge
News Freeserve, which is part of European telecoms giant Wanadoo, is keeping its marketing cards close to its chest at this stage though. Broadband is a central plank in the Freeserve strategy and the strategy in Europe for Wanadoo.
[February 27, 2002, 12:47]
Tiscali Buys Liberty Surf
News Freeserve, Britain's largest ISP, succumbed to Wanadoo's charms last month, in an all-share deal valuing the company at £1.65bn, only a 10 percent premium on its share price. Tiscali is one of Europe's four big players, the others being Germany's T...
[January 8, 2001, 11:15]
Broadband - Big Names Vs Niche Firms
Forum I'm looking at changing my broadband provider after years with Freeserve/Wanadoo/Orange. Hi everyone, I've been comparing providers at www.theratetart.com/ADSL-Broadband and I've got a question. Basically, looking at the providers listed, the ones...
[July 5, 2007, 20:39]
BT Shrugs Off Freeserve Broadband Complaints
Talkback French Telecom's Wanadoo (still operates as Freeserve) "only just escape a categorical thumbs-down". Wanadoo lied in their advertising (see the Advertising Standards Authority website). The evidence is freely available on the www - just use Google...
[August 2, 2005, 11:48]
Wanadoo Undercuts Broadband Rivals
Talkback Having been a Freeserve Anytime customer for a considersble length of time, I subscribed to Wanadoo's 10x broadband on the very day that my telephone exchange went live. Imagine my surprise when the first message I received when I hooked up was to...
[September 19, 2004, 19:27]
News Burst: BT Facing Legal Action Over ADSL
News British Telecommunications (quote: BT) could be hit by legal action by the likes of AOL Europe and Wanadoo-owned Freeserve over its glitchy rollout of high-speed ADSL Internet access. The introduction of BT's ADSL has been sluggish, with AOL Europe...
[February 8, 2001, 9:47]
BT Faces Legal Action Over ADSL
News British Telecommunications (quote: BT) could be hit by legal action by the likes of AOL Europe and Wanadoo-owned Freeserve (quote: FRE) over its glitchy rollout of high-speed ADSL Internet access. The introduction of BT's ADSL has been sluggish...
[February 8, 2001, 10:33]
Ofcom Accuses BT Over Broadband Pricing
News Freeserve (now Wanadoo) alleged in 2002 that BT Openworld, the telco's retail arm, was selling its broadband at a loss. Freeserve's claim was twice rejected by Oftel, the UK telecommunications regulator that was later replaced by Ofcom.
[September 1, 2004, 14:25]
Orange Widens Broadband Arsenal
News Ahuja said Orange is learning about broadband from Wanadoo, which in the UK was previously Freeserve. Sanjiv Ahuja, Orange CEO, speaking at a press conference in Cannes at this week's 3GSM show, talked up the company's place alongside Equant and...
[February 15, 2005, 11:25]
Decision Due On 2002 BT Broadband Complaint
News But Freeserve, which has subsequently been rebranded first as Wanadoo and then Orange, appealed at the end of 2003, claiming that Ofcom had interpreted the law incorrectly. The complaint was originally brought back in April 2002 by Freeserve, after...
[June 19, 2006, 17:30]
Consumer Electronic Spending Will Defy Global Slowdown
News Most of the increase was due to the £404m paid by Wanadoo for a 79 percent stake in Freeserve. Taking away exceptional items and the Freeserve windfall, Dixons profits were up 5 percent. Analysts expect that UK consumers will increase their...
[July 5, 2001, 6:28]
US Portals To Storm Europe - Study
News Spanish Telefonica's Terra Networks, France Telecom's Wanadoo and Deutsche Telekom's T-Online. The losers will likely be the next ten largest portals, including the UK's Freeserve (quote: FRE), World Online and CMGI-owned AltaVista.
[November 1, 2000, 14:37]
Orange Cuts Broadband Pricing Following Flat Sales
News Fogg - who said he was "not surprised" at Orange's price cuts - also pointed out that Orange's broadband offering could have suffered when it was rebranded twice in the last two years (it was Freeserve prior to becoming Wanadoo).
[October 26, 2006, 16:30]
