T-Online International AG, Europe's largest Internet provider and a unit of Deutsche Telekom AG, said on Thursday that it will integrate the services of Web-based dating agency Match.com into its
portal by the end of August. Match.com is one of the world's largest online-dating services in terms of subscribers and has more than 9 million members and operates 25 sites. Online dating is "clearly
one of the growth areas in the Internet," T-Online board member Burkhard Grassmann said in a statement. "This development is further proof that users are prepared to pay for high-quality online
services," Grassmann said.