1&1 Internet, Ltd.
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| Type: | Publicly held |
| Industry: | Internet |
| Founded: | 1988 |
| Founder(s): | Ralph Dommermuth |
| Headquarters: | 701 Lee Rd, Ste 300 Chesterbrook, PA |
| Country: | USA |
| Employees: | 4561 |
| Website: | order.1and1.com |
| Facebook: | 1 and 1 |
| Twitter: |  and 1 @1 and 1
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| Key People | |
| Oliver Mauss, CEO | |
1 & 1 Internet is a German company which offers web hosting, domain name registration services e-mail and messaging services as well as cloud solutions and dedicated servers. It is a subsidiary of United Internet AG. 1 & 1 Internet's headquarter in the United States is located in Pennsylvania and it has a data center in Kansas. The company also maintains offices in Austria, France, Germany, Philippines, Romania, Spain and United Kingdom.
History
Ralph Dommermuth founded the company in 1988 and it started as a marketing company. 1 & 1 Internet's first major and innovative project was to revitalize the online service offerings of BTX which became successful by using new technology for its advertisements and changed the name of BTX to T-Online. 1 & 1 also provided content for T-Online and partnered in the developing new technologies and services. The company developed the Kits Standard, a core softare for intelligent terminals and the decoder or browser for T-Online.[1]
In 1992, IBM became one of the company's major client after launching is Customer Care Division to provide support for PC users. By 1998, United Internet AG went public and the proceeds of the company's Initial Public Offering worth $60 million was used to expand 1 & 1 Internet into a group of internet companies by bringing in Schlund+Partner. [2]
1 & 1 Internet introduced Puretec, an affordable web hosting service, GMX, e-mail and messaging services and domain name registration services during the latter part of 1998. The company also developed its data center. In 2000, the company launched its 1 & 1 e-Shops and e-commerce suites and by 2001, the company introduced its dedicated server packages. The company's 1 & 1 Web Hosting service received recognition as market leader in Europe.[3]
The company started to expand its web hosting business internationally by opening an office in the United Kingdom. In 2003, 1 & 1 Internet opened its business in the United States and offered its services free of charge for three years to US customers to explore the company's potential. By 2004, 1 & 1 Internet launched its complete service offerings. At present the company has more than 10 million customers worldwide and it has 4561 employees, 250 developers and maintain different offices and websites in several countries around the world.[4]