Company Profile
United Online Inc.
Company Overview
United Online, Inc. is a leading provider of consumer Internet subscription services through a number of brands, including NetZero, NetZero Voice, Juno, and Classmates. The company's services include Internet access, accelerated dial-up services, premium email, personal Web hosting and domain services, photo sharing services, social networking and VoIP telephony.
Internet Access:
United Online features the NetZero, Juno and BlueLight Internet brands of Internet access. Each brand offers highly reliable value-priced services on a monthly subscription basis and are fortified with powerful spam, security and email virus protection. Consumers have the choice of accelerated dial-up Internet access, standard dial-up and free dial-up service. The access services are available in over 8,200 cities nationwide. For more information on Internet access, go to www.untd.com a and click on the logos for NetZero, Juno or BlueLight Internet.
Voice-over-Internet-Protocol (VoIP) Phone Calling:
United Online offers NetZero Voice, featuring crystal clear calling over dial-up and broadband Internet connections worldwide. NetZero Voice routes phone calls over the Internet, providing users substantial savings on local, long distance and even international calls. A variety of free and pay plans are available. Depending on the plan, free calls can be made from the member's computer to computers, land lines and cell phones in the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico. International calls can also be made at a fraction of the cost of traditional international phone service, with tolls starting at 2 cents per minute. In addition to clear, hassle-free VoIP calling, NetZero Voice features an assortment of premium features including online access to voice mail, call forwarding, an online address book, call blocking, and more.
Social Networking:
United Online also owns Classmates Online, Inc., a leader in online community-based networking connecting millions of members throughout the U.S., Canada and abroad with friends and acquaintances from school, work and the military. Classmates offers two levels of service, free and Gold. Gold membership allows the member access to premium social networking services and a more robust level of interaction and content. For more information on Classmates, go to www.classmates.com.
Other Subscription Services:
Other subscription services include Web hosting and domain services, premium email, photo-sharing services and premium content. Millions of users are served monthly through the brands FreeServers.com, BizHosting.com, GlobalServers, MySite.com, NetZero and Juno MegaMail, emailMyName, Photosite and NetZero and Juno Premium Content Family Packs. Prices vary for the services, however all prices are extremely competitive.
Web-Hosting:
Web-hosting services, which include domain name registration services, are offered through various pricing plans. A limited version of the service is offered free of charge.
Premium Email:
NetZero MegaMail and Juno MegaMail premium email services allow consumers to have more storage for their emails, photos, documents, etc. and provide powerful spam, security and virus protection technologies. For those consumers who want an added level of personalization, the company offers emailMyName, a low-cost, feature-rich email service that enables consumers to create a personalized email address based on their first and last name. For more information on premium email, go to www.netzero.com/megamail, www.juno.com/megamail and www.emailmyname.com
Photo-Sharing Services:
PhotoSite is an online digital photo-sharing service, which enables users to display photos, order prints and create custom photo albums, Web logs and full computer screen slideshows on their own personal photo Web site. A limited version of the service is offered free of charge.
Premium Content:
NetZero and Juno Premium Content Family Packs provide access to leading content providers at a deeply discounted rate. Family Pack members receive over an 84% discount on the content bundle when purchased through NetZero or Juno. The content included in the Family Pack includes GameBlast, Britannica Online, Clever Island, and American Greetings. For more information on Family Packs, go to www.netzero.com/family and www.juno.com/family.
Offices
United Online is headquartered in Woodland Hills, CA, with offices in New York City, NY; Renton, WA; San Francisco, CA; Orem, UT; Munich, Germany; Järfälla, Sweden; and Hyderabad, India. For more information about United Online and its Internet subscription services, please visit www.untd.com.
Notable Products / Brands
NetZero,Juno,Classmates.com,Photosite.com
Benefits
401K,ESPP (Employee Stock Purchase Plan) Plan, Stock Options, Flexible Spending Accounts, etc