Press Release
March 21, 2000
Instant Messaging, Email, Group Chats and Group Scheduling now accessible on any Wireless Device through w-Trade Technologies
Mobile Commerce Pioneer Now Offers Nearly 20 Unique Wireless Applications for Businesses Worldwide
New York, NY - w-Trade Technologies, the company that pioneered wireless trading and banking more than two years ago, today introduced a comprehensive set of Wireless Communications Solutions that will make handheld access to wireless messaging, email, group chats and group scheduling a reality for mobile device users worldwide.
The four new products introduced today are w-Messaging, w-Mail, w-Chat and w-Meeting, all of which work on virtually any wireless network globally and a wide variety of mobile handheld divices including the 3COM (Nasdaq:COMS) Palm III , PalmIIx , PalmV , PalmVx and Palm VII organizers, Microsoft (Nasdaq:MSFT) Windows CE-based handheld devices, one and two-way pagers such as the RIM (Nasdaq:RIMM) pager, personal communicators like the Nokia (NYSE:NOK) 9000il Communicator and cellular phones.
The Wireless Communications Solutions become part of the most comprehensive set of wireless applications available today, joining w-Trade Technologies Wireless Financial, Commerce and Content Solutions. These four solution sets consist of 19 individual application products that can either stand-alone or work together as a fully integrated and branded offering that any business can easily deploy. Since applications can be used in unique combinations and are easily customizable, organizations can quickly implement their own personalized wireless business solutions with minimal cost and time to market.
"Our Wireless Communication applications round out our list of mobile solutions that we are offering businesses worldwide," said Donna R. Oliva, CEO of w-Trade Technologies. "With now nearly 20 different wireless application products available, w-Trade Technologies can build any type of customized mobile business solution to meet any organizations needs."
The Wireless Communications Applications
The w-Trade Technologies' Wireless Communications Solution includes the following applications:
w-Messaging - a wireless instant messaging system that allows individuals to send and receive instant text and data messages using any mobile device. Users can also manage lists to see if friends and colleagues are currently accessible either online or on their mobile devices.
w-Mail - offers users the ability to send and receive emails using any mobile device, program and receive notifications alerting you to messages sent by particular individuals, and build and manage customized email lists.
w-Meeting - allows users to view calendars and schedules, book and confirm meetings with others, and automatically send and receive reminders from any handheld wireless device.
w-Chat - provides wireless group chat capabilities. Users can participate in wireless chat rooms and manage lists to see if friends and colleagues are currently accessible either online or on their mobile devices.
The additional wireless applications currently available through w-Trade Technologies include its Wireless Financial Solutions (consisting of its market-leading w-Trade and w-Bank products, as well as w-Cash, w-401k, w-Research and w-Alert ), Wireless Commerce Solutions (w-Store, w-Travel, w-Dine, w-Ticket and w-Auction) and Wireless Content Solutions (w-Content, w-News, w-Sports and w-Weather).
w-Trade Technologies pioneered the wireless application industry two years ago by bringing the first wireless commerce application product to market. Together with companies including Phone.com (NASDAQ: PHCM), 724 Solutions (NASDAQ: SVNX) and Aether Systems (NASDAQ:SVNX), w-Trade Technologies today is part of a burgeoning industry known as mobile commerce, or "m-Commerce". Many people agree that m-Commerce will have a larger impact than the Internet on the way individuals receive information and conduct transactions, with there currently being more wireless device users than PC users, according to industry analysts.
About w-Trade Technologies
Founded in 1997, w-Trade Technologies (www.w-trade.com) introduced wireless trading and banking to the world when it released the first of its w-Trade™ and w-Bank™ products two years ago. The company has since expanded its offerings to include fifteen mobile finance, commerce, content and messaging applications. Today, w-Trade Technologies remains the only company able to extend any business globally into the wireless world through any kind of wireless device and wireless network. Based on the company's core, patent pending technology, w-Trade Technologies' wireless application products are completely customizable and can be developed and implemented within weeks. Additionally, w-Trade Technologies' solutions provide an unparalleled level of personalization, delivering unique information directly into the hands of each individual user.
Headquartered on Wall Street with a worldwide presence in Germany, Finland and Russia, w-Trade Technologies has a client list that includes some of the world's leading organizations. In addition, w-Trade Technologies has strong strategic alliances with many of the leading telecommunications companies, device manufacturers and wireless infrastructure organizations.
