Yahoo! and BellSouth are to form a strategic alliance to provide a co-branded service to BellSouth internet subscribers, by the end of 2006.


Yahoo! and BellSouth have announced a strategic alliance to provide co-branded broadband service to BellSouth internet subscribers throughout BellSouth’s nine-state operating region by the end of 2006.

This new free service will be provided to all new BellSouth residential broadband subscribers on all tiers of service.

Those who have already subscribed and are members of BellSouth will have the option to select the co-branded service.

According to the Press Release, BellSouth customers will get Yahoo!’s tools and services which will include:
a customized browsing environment,
access to more than 750,000 content sources from across the Web, e-mail with spam protection and 2 gigabytes of storage,
a suite of digital photos features,
access to catalogue of music videos, and
news and entertainment contents.

Keith Cowan – president of marketing and product management, BellSouth, said, “BellSouth’s alliance with Yahoo! is a key part of our ongoing effort to enhance our customers’ online experience.

We are committed to offering a broadband service that exceeds customer expectations and are excited at the prospect of partnering with Yahoo! to provide this new co-branded service”. [source]

Dan Rosensweig, chief operating officer, Yahoo! Inc., said, “Yahoo! is focused on delivering the best possible products to our users, and we are excited to partner with BellSouth to bring unique content, powerful security features and award-winning communications tools to consumers throughout BellSouth’s region.

This new BellSouth relationship, in combination with our existing broadband alliances, gives Yahoo! the opportunity to distribute a high-quality broadband experience to consumers across the vast majority of the United States”. [source]

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