10th March 2002 Archive

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So who's going to buy Energis?

Rack of bidders lined up

Energis, the ailing alternative telco, has a rack of potential buyers lined, according to the weekend papers. The Sunday Telegraph names Worldcom as a bidder, while the FT reports that distress purchase/ private buyout firms Carlye Group, Kohlberg Kravis &Roberts, Providence Capital and Apax Partners have all tabled bids. The …

Music and Media 10 Mar 2002, 13:04
The Net way to wet the baby's head

Forget cigars, make a home page

Our congratulations to Paul Gregg and Mrs. Paul Gregg for the birth of their "2002 Reg twins" Shane and Kirsten at 3.30pm on Friday, March 8. By 5.30pm, Paul, who describes himself as a regular reader of The Register and creator of two ISPs, had registered kirstengregg.com and Shanegregg.com. The websites were live before …

Music and Media 10 Mar 2002, 21:20
Pay for content? Norwegians would…

Not that they've got much choice

Norway's media industry is embarking on a mass drive to charge for content on their online sites. The move comes at a time of falling Net advertising revenues in the country, apparently. The media luvvies last year commissioned a microbilling system devised by e-Solutions, an Oslo-based software house, as a way of sidestepping …

e-Business 10 Mar 2002, 22:18
Freeserve goes legal in AOL VAT spat

Judicial review

Freeserve is taking HM Customs & Excise to court in an atempt to overturn a loophole in tax law resulting in AOL's exemption from paying VAT in the UK. The ISP, Britain's biggest, filed for a judicial review of customs treatment of AOL - which it estimates saves the American giant £40m a year - on Friday (March 8). The case …

e-Business 10 Mar 2002, 22:54