TOM.com Aligns with China Unicom, NetcomTOM.com, a cross media portal under Hutchison Whampoa Ltd, announced Thursday a partnership with four ISPs (Internet services provider) including China Unicom, China Netcom to better its Internet access services.The alignment with China Unicom, China Netcom, 263.net and Guangdong Gosun Network Science & Technology Company Ltd will enable TOM to provide for its subscribers four channels to hook up to Internet. The four ISPs charge differently for their dail-up services and TOM subscribers may switch ISPs for the best price. Wang Xian, TOM's president, said: "The alignment is one step further towards TOM goal of combining Internet content with access services." TOM, which started as a media portal in October 1999, tapped the ISP market in March 2001 by rolling out an dial-up access service. To attract more pay users, TOM offers its subscribers online games and its 163.net mailbox services which TOM started charging non-subscribers from June 28. |
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