FastMail Strengthens Email Standing With IC Group Acquisition

Melbourne, Australia, November 5, 2015 (Newswire.com) -
​FastMail today announced that it had acquired IC Group, Inc. comprising of the email services businesses Pobox and Listbox.

The move helps FastMail, a global provider of email hosting services, increase its product offerings to the already competitive email hosting market. The acquisition will also continue to drive new research and development in the areas of email hosting and associated services.

FastMail will continue to operate Pobox – which provides email forwarding, filtering and domain services – and email service provider (ESP) Listbox as normal, with no significant changes planned for the immediate future.

“We’ve been aware of the work IC Group has been doing in this space for some time now and when the opportunity arose to acquire the business it made sense, ultimately broadening our offerings in the email space,” said FastMail Director, Rob Mueller.

“The Pobox and Listbox products will be a natural fit into our existing products and services. And while we have no plans to change these product offerings at the moment, they will continue to help us to deliver even more to our customers in the future.”

The new businesses will also benefit from FastMail’s existing server infrastructure, which is recognised for its impressive reliability and security.

FastMail – a wholly privately owned business headquarted in Melbourne, Australia – started in 1999 and now boasts over 100,000 business and personal email users around the world. The company also invests heavily in R&D for new technology, having created the email technology platform JMAP and is a major contributor to the ongoing development of the Cyrus open source platform.

FastMail’s own email platform offers users incredible speed and a design-driven user interface. Privacy, security and reliability remain the cornerstones of the service.

The company, favoured by both IT professionals and lay users, provides a range of email hosting packages for individuals, businesses and families.

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