Asia Online Adds Three More ISPs to Growing Australia Base; US Multinational Plans to Build Asia-Pacific Network of Value-Added Service Providers.SYDNEY, Australia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 11, 1999-- Asia Online, the J.P. Morgan and Softbank-backed regional Internet corporation, today announced the acquisition of three more Australian Internet Service Providers 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. , bringing to five the number of ISPs the company has purchased in Australia in less than a month. The new additions to the Asia Online regional network are Brisbane Internet Technology, The Message Exchange of Sydney and Adelaide's Dove. They join Melbourne's Internet Access See how to access the Internet. Australia and Interact of Canberra which, along with Auckland's Internet Company of New Zealand New Zealand (zē`lənd), island country (2005 est. pop. 4,035,000), 104,454 sq mi (270,534 sq km), in the S Pacific Ocean, over 1,000 mi (1,600 km) SE of Australia. The capital is Wellington; the largest city and leading port is Auckland. , were acquired in late September. The series of acquisitions are a significant part of the US multinational's plan to roll out a full service network of Internet-related operations throughout the Asia-Pacific from its regional headquarters in Hong Kong Hong Kong (hŏng kŏng), Mandarin Xianggang, special administrative region of China, formerly a British crown colony (2005 est. pop. 6,899,000), land area 422 sq mi (1,092 sq km), adjacent to Guangdong prov. . "Australia and New Zealand are very important to our long-term strategy to create a pan-Pacific network of business-oriented Internet providers to serve not only our customers based here, but the millions of others that have business or cultural links to the region," said Asia Online President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. , Kevin Randolph. Randolph added that the three new acquisitions were in line with his strategy to procure companies that can go beyond simple Internet access and can contribute to the group's plans to provide high quality end-to-end Internet solutions for corporate clients. "We are reaching a stage where business users will no longer be satisfied with an 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. that simply provides them with a link to the Internet. They want value-added products and services that are going to help them improve their bottom line and a service provider than can show them how to do that," said Randolph. "The companies we have acquired all have the capability to do just that." Asia Online, Ltd istter global communications among people with a lnline - Hong Kong, the city's oldest independen US operations. Asia Online currently offers a and internal development, Asia Online plans to offer Internet-based communications products to both international and domestic customers. These will include voice-over-IP, Internet fax Using the Internet to send faxes. Fax servers accept an incoming fax message and route it to a fax server in the same locality as the destination fax machine. The fax server then makes a local telephone call to send the fax. , digital signatures, and certified email to mention few. Additional information about Asia Online is available at www.asiaonlineltd.com. |
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