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*previously ASMC*
Tuesday May 11, 10:13 am Eastern Time
Company Press Release
Arthur Andersen Completes Audit Of MyWeb
Business Unit
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 11, 1999--MyWeb Inc.com (OTC BB:MYWB) announced today that Arthur
Andersen has completed an audit of 1998 operating results at its recently acquired subsidiary, TechnoChannel Technologies
Sdn. Bhd., operating as MyWeb, a business unit of MyWeb Inc.com. Full details of the financials are included in MyWeb's
8-K A filed yesterday with the U.S. SEC.
In February, MyWeb Inc. com, then known as Asia Media Communications Ltd., announced its acquisition of 100 percent of
TechnoChannel, whose MyWeb unit allows customers in Asia to use their television sets to access the Internet using a MyWeb
set-top box and a remote control or wireless keyboard, much as Microsoft's (Nasdaq:MSFT - news) WebTV operates.
The Arthur Andersen audit confirmed TechnoChannel's financial results for fiscal year 1998. In U.S. dollars, revenues were
$1.31 million and profits were $375,000. The audit was conducted according to U.S. generally accepted accounting practices.
According to T.S. Wong, president of MyWeb, ''We are very gratified that our 1998 operating results have been found to be
in compliance with all applicable accounting practices and procedures.'' In recent weeks, MyWeb has consummated a number
of several strategic relationships with major Internet providers in China, as well as with several leading television and computer
manufacturers. ''From a base of 15,000 set-top boxes at the beginning of 1999, we now project approximately 300,000
MyWeb set-top boxes in use by the end of this year, thanks to our new affiliation with the Beijing Telecom subsidiary of China
Telecom,'' continued Wong.
Under terms of agreement, Beijing Telecom and MyWeb are to jointly deploy 200,000 units of MyWeb set-top boxes this
year through a combination of rental and leasing. This should help MyWeb to establish itself even further as a leading Internet
solution provider in China.
In other recent collaborations, MyWeb has teamed with Soyea, part of the West Lake Electronics Group, for the licensing of
MyWeb's Thunder client software. West Lake, which produces 1.6 million TV sets annually, is one of China's largest TV
manufacturers. The Lang Chao Computer Co., maker of China's third-largest-selling computer brand in 1997, has also allied
itself with MyWeb to develop set-top boxes for distribution and use in China.
Since the number of Internet users in China is expected to grow dramatically from 2 million in 1999 to as many as 10 million in
2000, China would then rank second only to the United States in Internet usage, according to Far Eastern Economic Review.
MyWeb is also a major player in e-commerce, where its volume is currently growing by more than 100 percent per quarter.
MyWeb projects $1 million per month in 1999 from e-commerce sales of consumer goods alone, with the majority of its
e-commerce revenues originating from transaction-based commissions from its merchants. Major online advertisers at
MyWeb's e-commerce sites include Unilever (NYSE:UL - news), United Pictures and Hewlett-Packard (NYSE:HWP -
news).
MyWeb's growth this year is being propelled by the expansion of its number of set-top boxes, TVs with MyWeb functionality
and partnering with Internet service providers, causing its revenues from advertising and e-commerce transactions to expand
substantially.
''We are very pleased,'' Wong said, ''at the successful results of our Arthur Andersen audit, and we are confident that
operating results for fiscal year 1999 will show strong progress across the board.''
The statements made by MyWeb Inc.com may be forward-looking in nature. Actual results may differ materially from those
projected in forward-looking statements. MyWeb Inc.com believes that its primary risk factors include, but are not limited to:
the need for substantial financial requirements; the need to develop effective internal processes and systems; the ability to attract
and retain high-quality employees; changes in the overall economy; changes in technology; the number and size of competitors
in its markets; changes in the law and regulatory policy; and the mix of product and services offered in the company's target
markets. Merger Communications (Merger) is a media relations firm employed by the Company. The statements and opinions
presented here represent the views of the Company, not Merger, as the release is based on information provided by the
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