BIG NEWS !!!!!Lycos and Access Power Team Up to Cut UK Internet Users' Phone Bills
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 22, 1999--
Deal with the USA's premier Internet telephone service provider enables "flat rate" calls to the USA, Canada and 11 European countries
Lycos, Europe's leading Internet hub, today announced an agreement with Access Power, Inc. (OTCBB:ACCR) to market its flat-rate long-distance Internet phone service, Net.Caller(TM).
Net.Caller is the world's most economical international calling plan granting users unlimited PC-to-phone calling for a flat fee of only (pound) 13 a month (plus local charges for internet access) to any phone within the United States, Canada and the majority of Europe.
Net.Caller (www.accesspower.com/netcaller/netcaller-uk.cfm) performs the functions of a traditional phone allowing customers to replace their old telephone with their multimedia personal computer. Using free Net.Caller software, users can make unlimited long-distance calls from their PC to any standard phone located in the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Belgium, Denmark, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Sweden, Ireland Luxembourg, the United States (including Alaska and Hawaii), Canada and Puerto Rico.
"This agreement underscores Lycos' proud track record of offering the most up-to-date technologies and value for money to our millions of users. Now anyone with an Internet connection can make inexpensive, unlimited international phone-calls to 11 European countries, the United States and Canada," said Charles Walker, Managing Director Lycos UK and Ireland.
Glenn Smith, CEO and president of Access Power said, "Lycos has the greatest reach in Europe and we are excited that we can combine our European launch of Net.Caller with the number one European Internet search and navigation platform."
"As a Lycos `premier partner', Access Power's Net.Caller will be highly visible on the most frequently visited web pages within the Lycos and Tripod sites in the UK & Ireland including Homepage Studio, Welcome Letter and Template Builder. As a result, individuals will be able to instantly link to Access Power's web site and learn more about Net.Caller, register for service and download the free software," Smith said.
The Access Power Net.Caller web pages will be published in seven European languages including English, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Dutch and Swedish to meet the needs of European customers.
About Lycos
Lycos, your Internet guide, is one of the most visited Internet portals in the world. As a search engine and navigation platform Lycos in the UK at www.lycos.co.uk - offers Internet users a user-friendly, professional introduction to the World Wide Web. The Lycos portal, together with Tripod, the leading online community in Europe with over 750,000 members, forms the Lycos European network. By appealing to different target groups, the Lycos network has established itself as one of the farthest reaching and fastest growing online platforms, with 250 million page views per month in Europe. The firm is managed by Lycos Bertelsmann GmbH & Co KG, a joint venture of Bertelsmann AG and Lycos Inc. Lycos Bertelsmann is currently operating localised web sites in 11 countries (Belgium, Denmark, Germany, France, UK, Italy, The Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland and Spain). European headquarters of Lycos Bertelsmann GmbH & Co KG are in Guetersloh, Germany. Lycos, Inc. stock is traded on the New York Technology Exchange (Nasdaq:LCOS).
About Access Power:
Access Power, Inc. is a pioneer provider of global Internet-based long distance phone service and web-to-phone for e-commerce. The company's Net.Caller PC-to-phone and phone-to-phone service offers a unique flat rate design -- earning the company recognition by SmartMoney.com, an on-line Wall Street Journal magazine, as one of the "best buy" Internet telephony service providers. PC-to-phone calls can be made from anywhere in the world to anywhere in the U.S., Canada, Puerto Rico, and pan-European countries. The Company's phone-to-phone service is available to consumers residing in the U.S. and features low-rate calling to over fifty countries worldwide. The Company's web-to-phone solution for e-commerce, e-button(TM), connects web-surfers to a call center with a simple mouse-click. Affiliates and marketing partners of Access Power include Lycos-Bertelsmann AG; VocalTec Communications, Inc., BTI Telecommunications Services, Phonefree.com, CTDepot.com, and the Riparius Corporation. Access Power, Inc. {www.accesspower.com} 10033 Sawgrass Drive West, Suite 100, Ponte Vedra Beach, FL USA 32082).
CONTACT:
The Lycos Team
Bite Communications
T: 0181 741 1123
F: 0181 563 1324
Email: lycos@bitecomm.co.uk
or
Charles Walker, Managing Director
Lycos UK & Ireland
T: 0171 665 6500
F: 0171 665 6505
or
Information on Access Power is available from:
Peak Communications
Kim DeVigil, Director of Global Communications
T: 904/543-0645
F: 904/543-0645
E-mail: kim@accesspower.com
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