mediaWays

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mediaWays GmbH
legal form GmbH
founding 1996
resolution 2003
Seat Gutersloh , Germany
Branch Internet provider
Website mediaways.de

The mediaWays GmbH in 1996 as a joint venture of Bertelsmann and debis Systemhaus in Gütersloh been set up for AOL set up a dial-up network in Germany. In the period that followed, this dial-up network was also used by other providers, including a. from CompuServe , RTL and Lycos with their Comundo service . Corporate customers such as Toyota and Bertelsmann were also connected to the network. Server services were established in the portfolio as a further pillar, so mediaWays operated the web portals of RTL , Spiegel Online , Focus and other services for end customers of dial-up services, such as mail servers and home page servers.

In 2000 debis was taken over by Telekom . In order to avoid cartel restrictions (mediaWays, as a reseller in the narrowband market, the main Internet access product at that time, as the second largest provider after Telekom, had a 35 percent market share), the mediaWays shares were sold. The shares were taken over by Bertelsmann.

In the middle of 2000 mediaWays expanded to Great Britain in order to also set up a dial-up network for AOL there.

In February 2001 Telefónica took over mediaWays completely for 1.6 billion US dollars .

In May 2001 mediaWays took over the hosting service provider Paderlinx .

In February 2003 the company was merged with HighwayOne , which was taken over by Telefónica Data in February 2002 , and renamed Telefónica Deutschland GmbH .

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  1. ↑ Bertelsmann goes online: Strategic partnership with AOL, acquisition of Pixelpark and development of Mediaways
  2. ↑ Press portal Bertelsmann - Chronicles ( Memento from February 27, 2006 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ↑ Telefónica is pushing to Germany via Mediaways
  4. ↑ Bundeskartellamt 7th Decision Division B 7 - 72202 - UZ - 99/00 ( Memento of February 14, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
  5. ↑ Andreas Bodczek appointed as managing director of mediaWays.uk Ltd. mediaWays, accessed October 29, 2014 (press release).
  6. ↑ Bertelsmann sells Mediaways to Telefónica. In: Handelsblatt. June 5, 2000, accessed October 29, 2014 .
  7. ↑ mediaWays takes over internet service provider paderLinx / mediaWays further expands its server hosting business through acquisition / Former paderLinx managing directors lead strategic business division hosting. (No longer available online.) MediaWays, May 29, 2001, archived from the original on October 30, 2014 ; Retrieved October 29, 2014 (press release). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.wowowo.de
  8. ↑ Christina Rose: Telefónica Data takes over the DSL provider Highway One. February 6, 2002, accessed October 29, 2014 .
  9. ↑ Mediaways and HighwayOne will be merged. heise.de, January 28, 2003, accessed December 4, 2017 .

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