Internet/Software/E-Commerce

Internet Network Services

During BCE’s involvement with Internet Network Services (INS), it was one of the UK’s and Europe’s leading Internet connectivity providers to companies, schools and government institutions. It was the BCE team’s first investment in a pure Internet business. INS had a highly differentiated business strategy built around delivering high bandwidth and very high availability to a blue chip client list. The capital infusion in August 1997 helped INS expand organically in the UK, increasing its monthly customer order rate sevenfold in the first year. The BCE team was actively involved with management during what was an intense growth period, and also assisted INS in making an acquisition which boosted growth at the European level, giving INS an immediate presence in eight Continental markets. INS was sold to Cable & Wireless plc in July 1999.

Centrum

Centrum Holdings is a net media company active in the CEE region. Its Czech audience is 1 million visitors a day and 3.8 million visitors a month. It operates, among others, Atlas.cz, Centrum.cz, Aktuálně.cz, ICQ, Xchat.cz, or Žena.cz. Centrum Holdings was founded in 2008, following the merger of Atlas.cz and NetCentrum. Centrum Holdings is 85% owned by Warburg Pincus, an American private equity firm, which purchased it’s NetCentrum stake in November 2007 and Atlas.cz in January 2008. Centrum Holdings has approximately 400 employees in three countries – Czech, Slovakia, and Croatia.

TicketPro

TICKETPRO is a leading provider of ticketing services with active operations in Belarus, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, China, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Greece, Hungary,  India, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Malaysia, Poland, Russia, the Slovak Republic and the United-States, serving a majority of the foremost local entertainment facilities and promoters. Thanks to its distribution network comprised of hundreds of various sale points, call centers, and Internet websites, Ticketpro sells millions of tickets every year. Most Recently TicketPro provided the technology for the Commonwealth Games in India, providing 1.4 million tickets for the event.

Systinet

Systinet Corporation was acquired by Hewlett-Packard Co. Systinet Corporation develops and sells Web services infrastructure software. The company’s products build and integrate business applications over the Internet. Its Systinet Registry provides publishing and discovering reusable business services and service oriented architecture artifacts. The company’s Systinet 2, a service oriented architecture governance and lifecycle management platform, which integrates with the Systinet information manager to provide a system of record for service oriented architecture information.

Local Billing

Local Billing specializes in providing turn-key solutions for clients. Once the billing platform is implemented, Local Billing applies its expertise to maximize client’s earnings.
Local Billing’s infrastructure delivers industry leading security and reliability. Merchant facing systems were designed in collaboration with successful Merchants, experienced Client and Customer Support personnel and end-users. Banking partners rank among the most respected global financial institutions. Local Billing’s Management team includes some of the most experienced and knowledgeable executives in the payment processing industry.