February 14, 2005 — (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Verizon Communications (verizon.com) announced on Monday that it has acquired MCI (mci.com) for $4.8 billion in equity and $488 million in cash, confirming reports that emerged late last Friday.
January 17, 2005 — (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Internet consulting firm SkyTrainHost.com (skytrainhost.com) announced on Monday that it has launched its flagship Web hosting site. The site is specifically designed to support small to medium sized businesses in need of hosting, domain registration, graphic and Web design services, Internet and business consulting and internet marketing with or without IT Personnel.
September 16, 2003 — (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Verizon Communications (verizon.com), a provider of voice and data services, today introduced a line of custom-designed storage backup and data retrieval services for large companies concerned about disaster recovery and business continuity issues.
November 28, 2002 — (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Level 3 Communications, Inc. and Genuity Inc announced that they have signed a definitive agreement under which Level 3 will acquire substantially all of
October 25, 2002 — (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Internet service provider Verizon Online (Verizon.net) announced this week that it has introduced a set of Web site tools designed to help businesses design, build and maintain their own unique Web sites.
July 25, 2002 — (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Local telephone company Verizon Communications Inc. (Verizon.com) announced on Thursday that it will not re-integrate the unprofitable communications company Genuity Inc. (Genuity.com) and will not be obliged to provide any further loans to the company it was forced to spin off during the merger of Bell Atlantic Corp. and GTE Corp.
July 4, 2002 — (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — In a new report, Stratecast Partners (Stratecast.com) assesses and forecasts the impact of the recent crises at WorldCom and Qwest.
December 13, 2001 — (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — As 2001 comes to a close, credit profiles in the US telecom sector remain pressured. Yet, there is relief ahead assuming some form of economic recovery, according to rating agency Fitch (bankwatch.com).
October 30, 2001 — (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Micromuse Inc. (micromuse.com), a provider of realtime fault management & service assurance software, has announced that Verizon Enterprise Solutions Group (ba-dsg.com) has implemented the Netcool suite to consolidate network status information and provide realtime alerts for the company’s managed network solutions offering.
