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Yahooo trying to get into European Market

         

2_much

7:55 pm on Jan 17, 2003 (gmt 0)

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[news.zdnet.co.uk...]

"The company is looking to enter the European Internet access market this year, but faces strong competition from local incumbents "

heini

11:55 am on Jan 18, 2003 (gmt 0)

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The problem for Yahoo is their European divisons are all loosing money. Never worked profitable from the beginning.
I really wonder if they will have any success with this plan. The problem is in the major countries you have a situation where the ex-statehold providers still dominate the market in a big way.
And the rest of the market is under such a heavy competition that any newcomer will have a very hard time making a dent.
What I could see would be partnerships rather than acquisitions.