COLUMBUS, Ohio, Feb. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- In discussing financial results for the company's third fiscal quarter yesterday, Frank L. Salizzoni, CompuServe's (Nasdaq: CSRV) chairman and acting CEO, stressed Europe's strategic importance for the firm.
"CompuServe is the European market-leader among global online service and Internet companies today," he said. "Our strategy calls for continuing this impressive growth."
Denny Matteucci, president of CompuServe's Interactive Services division, said CompuServe has nearly doubled its membership in Europe during the past 12 months. "With approximately 900,000 subscribers, we now have a two-fold lead over the next-largest global competitor in Europe."
Founded in 1969, CompuServe Incorporated provides the world's most comprehensive online/Internet access through its two brands, CSi and SPRYNET. Through CompuServe, its Japanese licensee NIFTY-Serve and its affiliates around the world, more than 5 million home and business users in more than 185 countries are connected online and to the Internet. CompuServe Network Services manages complex global data communication environments for more than 1,100 corporate customers. With world headquarters in Columbus, Ohio, the CompuServe organization includes offices in the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Switzerland and the Netherlands.
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