Cable & Wireless Announces New Web Hosting Servicefor Small to Medium-Sized Business.
Business Editors
NetWorld Interop 2000
LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 9, 2000
Combines Scalable Hosting and E-commerce Solutions That Enable
Businesses to Expand Web Sites as Their Business Grows
Cable & Wireless (NYSE: CWP), the global telecommunications group, today announced at Networld+Interop it has expanded its portfolio of web hosting solutions with the addition of Cable & Wireless Shared Web Hosting, which combines web hosting and e-commerce solutions to meet the needs of small and medium-sized businesses. Cable & Wireless Shared Web Hosting enables businesses to quickly build customized web sites with e-commerce functionality and is designed to allow businesses to enhance their web sites and e-commerce capabilities as their business grows.
"Cable & Wireless Shared Web Hosting gives small and medium-sized companies the ability to bring their business to the web quickly and is a scalable platform that enables them to become more sophisticated as their online business grows," said Art Medici, senior vice president of Marketing at Cable & Wireless North America. "What's more, these businesses also have access to our portfolio of Internet services beyond web hosting to help them level the playing field with larger competitors."
With Cable & Wireless Shared Web Hosting, companies can choose from five web-hosting packages and three e-commerce packages, each designed to create and maintain web sites at different levels of sophistication. Cable & Wireless Shared Web Hosting is now available in the United States and starts at $24.95 a month and goes up to $375 per month. Companies outside the U.S. can also use Cable & Wireless Shared Web Hosting to establish a web site within the US-based network. Cable & Wireless also plans to make shared web hosting services available worldwide in the future.
Build It And They Will Come
Businesses can order Cable & Wireless Shared Web Hosting online at www.cwusa.com. With the assistance of online tours and forms, companies simply choose the plan that suits their needs, select a domain name, and the site is ready to upload content in minutes. As businesses need to become more sophisticated, they can easily go online and upgrade their web sites to include more site and e-commerce functionality. In addition, the new service provides an easy way for businesses to migrate to Cable & Wireless Shared Web Hosting from other hosting providers' services.
