In 1989, the company expanded into Europe where it grew to be a leading Internet service provider. By 1982, the company had formed its Network Services Division to provide wide-area networking capabilities to corporate clients.ĬompuServe also led the interactive services industry overseas, entering the international arena in Japan in 1986 with Fujitsu and Nisso Iwai, developing a Japanese-language version of CompuServe called NIFTYSERVE. CompuServe broke new ground again in 1980 as the first online service to offer real-time chat online with its CB Simulator. In 1979, CompuServe became the first service to offer electronic mail capabilities and technical support to personal computer users. An Internet Pioneerįounded in 1969 as a computer time-sharing service, Columbus, Ohio-based CompuServe drove the initial emergence of the online service industry. Since its acquisition by AOL in 1998, CompuServe has continued to enhance its core service to meet the needs of one of the fastest-growing segments of the Internet: value-driven adults going online for the first time. With the launch of CompuServe 7.0 in 2001, CompuServe reached a new milestone by making the gathering of information and exploring the Internet faster, easier and more convenient than ever before for its worldwide membership. CompuServe: The Value Leader in CyberspaceĬompuServe Interactive Services provides complete and comprehensive products and access for Internet online users at home, in the workplace and around the globe.

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