As mail volume slips, Sweden Post takes lead on Internet; Nordic letter carrier uses good name to become a major player on Web; sales, delivery, and payment
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Sweden Post AB has successfully built up Internet operations to compensate for declining paper mail volume. Sweden Post's Postnet e-commerce unit reported sales of 31 million euros in 1998. Sweden Post's Internet portal, Torget, has become one of the most popular shopping sites in Europe, with an estimated 200,000 hits a day. Sweden Post does not require that Torget tenants use its services to ship their goods, but most do. Sweden post estimates that e-commerce generates 12,000 extra parcel shipments daily in Sweden, and says that it delivers most of these extra parcels.
Publication Name: Wall Street Journal. Europe
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0921-9986
Year: 1999
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AOL France establishes flat fee for unlimited Internet access
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AOL France said that it will offer unlimited Internet access for a flat fee. The firm, which previously charged its customers per hour for the Internet service, will charge 95 French francs (US$15.66) a month for the unlimited access service. The move will bring AOL France in equal footing with France Telecom's Internet service, Wanadoo, which has offered the unlimited access since 1997. AOL France also said that it will introduce a new pricing option for infrequent users or novice-users of the firm's Internet service.
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Will offer unlimited Internet access for a flat fee
Publication Name: Wall Street Journal. Europe
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0921-9986
Year: 1998
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Deutsche Telekom defends fees that it charges for online access
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Deutsche Telekom AG responded to charges that it is discriminatory in its behavior and that it uses "predatory pricing" to improve the fortunes of its popular T-Online Internet division. The company called the criticism of its online business "nonsense." The European Commission has begun a probe into Deutsche's Internet operations following a complaint that was filed by the company's online competitor, AOL Europe.
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Responds to charges that it uses discriminatory behavior and predatory pricing for its Internet services
Publication Name: Wall Street Journal. Europe
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0921-9986
Year: 1999
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