Yahoo! does UK broadband deal
Published: 12 Feb 2003 14:53 GMT
Yahoo! is going international with its broadband efforts, signing a deal with BT Broadband to offer high-speed Internet service in the United Kingdom.
The new service, dubbed Yahoo! UK Plus, will include multiple email accounts, instant messaging, digital photo storage, firewall security and antivirus software. The companies did not say when the service would be available or how much it would cost. BT Broadband currently costs £27 per month.
High-speed access and other premium services are a key part of Yahoo!'s evolving strategy, aimed at shoring up the Web portal's bottom line. In the third quarter, the company's fees and listing business rose 120 percent to $89.4m. About 70 percent of that business comes from premium services including personals, email forwarding, email storage and Internet access.
Last year, Yahoo! formed a similar partnership with SBC Communications to offer DSL service. Company officials said they intended to do more such deals in the United States and abroad.
In November, BT signed a similar deal with Microsoft, as part of the company's launch of the MSN 8 online service.
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