/ 1 September 1999

INTERNET SOLUTION SELL ICON

THE Internet Solution (IS) has sold its dial-up access division, Icon, to Vodacom World Online. The sale is effective from October 1 1999. In a statement sent to Icon subscribers IS claimed that Vodacom World Online is geared specifically for the consumer market, while IS’s key market focus has been and continues to be corporate. “Icon therefore no longer falls within the future strategic vision of the Dimension Data On-line group, of which IS forms part,” the firm said in a statement. According to the statement Icon will continue to be hosted by on The Internet Solution’s network. The Call Centre will no longer be administered by The Internet Solution, although the majority of Icon’s Call Centre staff will remain in the new structure.