AOL Europe and Fujitsu to Offer Subsidized Net PCs?AOL (A division of Time Warner, Inc., New York, NY, www.aol.com) The world's largest online information service with access to the Internet, e-mail, chat rooms and a variety of databases and services. Deutschland GmbH is reported to be in negotiations to provide new subscribers with a subsidized PC from Fujitsu Siemens Computers Fujitsu Siemens Computers is a Japanese and German IT vendor, selling consumer and business computing products in the markets of Europe, the Middle East and Africa (products marketed elsewhere are sold under the Fujitsu brand). BV, following on from the revelation that the ISP (1) See in-system programmable. (2) (Internet Service Provider) An organization that provides access to the Internet. Connection to the user is provided via dial-up, ISDN, cable, DSL and T1/T3 lines. intends bringing such an offer to market before Christmas. The internet service provider Internet service provider (ISP) Company that provides Internet connections and services to individuals and organizations. For a monthly fee, ISPs provide computer users with a connection to their site (see data transmission), as well as a log-in name and password. , a unit of AOL Europe, the joint venture of America Online See AOL. Inc and Bertelsmann AG, will charge consumers who sign up for AOL for three years DM50 ($27.25) per month for the machine, according to the Wall Street Journal Europe, citing sources familiar with the situation. This puts a price of DM1,800 ($985) on the machine, in a country where a top-spec PC costs about DM2,000 ($1,089). AOL clearly hopes to replicate the success of its Compuserve brand in the US, where a $21.95-per-month three-year subscription allowed users to claim a free $400 eMachines Inc PC. But the model has so far failed to take off in a big way in Europe, with some schemes in the UK already admitted failures. |
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