Interesting tidbit I found on RB:
Millennium: T. Rothschild Assumes Position of President and
4/6/98 15:3 (New York)
98/04/06 Market News Publishing Inc. No: 000283
MILLENNIUM COMMUNICATIONS INC ("MLU-Y")
- T. Rothschild Assumes Position of President and CEO
Millennium Communications Inc. ("Millennium") is pleased to announce that Tony Rothschild has assumed the position of
President and CEO of the Corporation. Tony is an experienced senior executive best known for his
entrepreneurial flair and his capacity for starting new companies from scratch, launching new products and taking
responsibility for controlling all areas of running a company. He started Phonettix Intelecom Ltd. in 1987
and as Chief Executive Officer, grew the company to over forty employees. Phonettix, a Toronto Stock Exchange publicly
listed company, (PXT) has become the market leader in Canada for Interactive Voice Technology and is
now Canada's largest independent call centre Company, selling to major corporations, banks, government and telephone
companies.
Customers include such companies as Bell Canada, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, Toronto Dominion Bank,
Canada Trust, ManuLife, Microsoft, Canadian Tire and Air Canada. He has also steered a number of other embryonic
ventures to success including a $30 million service bureau.
Tony is also the Co-Chair of ACT Canada's Communication and Marketing Committee. The Advanced Card Technology
Association was formed in 1989 to promote emerging technologies like smart cards.
Steven Hecht served as President of Millennium Communications Inc. for the period from February 13, 1997 to August 30,
1997. For the period September 1, 1997 to September 30, 1997, the office of the President was
vacant and duties of the President were conducted by Eugene Foo, the then C.E.O. and Donna Marie Anton, a vice-president.
October 1, 1997, Tony Rothschild joined Millennium Communications Inc. and was made its
President. November 1, 1997, Eugene Foo resigned as C.E.O. in favour of Tony Rothschild, remaining with Millennium
Communications Inc. in a consulting capacity only.
TEL: (416) 360-6450 Millennium Communications Inc.
Tony Rothschild, President
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LBE SECURES LICENSE FOR "VIRTUAL
5/5/97 16:50 (New York)
Reality" Name For Use In Location Based Entertainment Theme Parks
Business Editors
TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 5, 1997-- LBE International In
(Alberta Stock Exchange MLU. ) LBE International Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Millennium Communications Inc. is
pleased to announce that it has secured a license for the name Virtual Reality from Virtual Reality Inc. for use in its location
based entertainment theme parks.
LBE provides software engineering, application development tools and consulting services to its strategic partners in the
Defense/Aerospace industry. In the private sector, it supplies turnkey solutions that integrate proven software, hardware and
proprietary application development tools with Lan/Wan network
communications. LBE's experience is currently being directed into emerging markets in the Entertainment and New Media
Industry for both the prosumer and consumer marketplace.
Applications and equipment developed for the Defense/Aerospace industries including cockpit based simulation/training
systems have
been re-engineered to take advantage of a new growth market in the entertainment sector. LBE's Virtual Advanced Cockpit
Systems (VACS) are sold as standalone and networked units and can be turned into different interactive gaming experiences
by simply installing
alternate games software. Current titles such as LBE's ENFOR$ER VR game, are also integrated into VACS systems.
Upgrades to existing titles and PC based versions of the software will open up the product line to the retail consumer market.
Among LBE's many products are; Fluid Motion, Terra3D, Wavefront Converters, Shell design and prototypes, and Power
Tools.
The company designs and builds these interactive simulators as turnkey systems for amusement and theme parks, theaters,
theme restaurants, cruise lines, casin os and arcades. LBE has the expertise to produce these units on a PC platform which
reduces the production and delivery costs substantially, thereby creating
breakthrough price points.
--30--SP/ho
CONTACT: LBE International Inc., Toronto
Investor Relations, 416/203-2001
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Millennium: First Merchant Associates Inc. Launches Credit C
5/9/97 12:51 (New York)
97/05/09 Market News Publishing Inc. No: 000227
Foos credit card company processing for casin0vr.com
MILLENNIUM COMMUNICATIONS INC ("MLU-Y")
- First Merchant Associates Inc. Launches Credit Card Programs
Steve Hecht of Millenium Communications Inc. ("MLU") is pleased to announce that First Merchant Associates Inc., (FMA) a
51 percent division of Millennium Communications Inc. has launched a credit card and point of
sale debit program with Subway Sandwiches. The initial results of the program have been very successful. Within 90 days the
average credit card transaction had increased by 73 percent compared to the average for cash
transactions before the implementation of credit card acceptance. The systems were installed in 50 locations. The program
included Visa, MasterCard, American Express and Discover cards.
"The eyes of the fast food industry are closely tracking the Subway credit/debit card program and will be a determining factor
in the success and implementation in this market sector. We are excited to be working
with Subway, a group that is on the cutting edge of technology as it relates to their business," said Gordon Folz, President of
First Merchants Associates.
The Fast food industry accounts for $107 billion dollars a year in sales. Less than 1 percent of their sales come from credit
cards, compared to over 25 percent in traditional restaurants. FMA is currently running a
pilot program with another leading company in the fast food industry.
FMA specializes in financial processing services, including credit and debit processing, point-of-sale transactions and other
electronic funds processing for banking partners and individual companies. Millennium
Communications, Inc. is a New Media, Entertainment and Electronic Commerce solutions company, and has achieved its
market position by focusing on interactive multimedia development, virtual reality software and development tools; location
based entertainment systems and credit card
transactional processing services in Canada and the United States.
TEL: (416) 203-2001
FAX: (416) 203-9333
WEBSITE: www,solutions2001.com
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