To all: A lot of September in the money and near in the money calls bought today. round lot contracts - big money. Strong buy rating on stock today from ScotiaMacleod, 12 month target of $57 Can. Technically the chart is very strong for the intermediate term, and for long term.
Also this:
BELL CANADA TEAMS WITH NETSCAPE AND ACTRA TO PROVIDE
MADE-IN-CANADA ELECTRONIC COMMERCE SOLUTIONS
TORONTO, Sept. 9 /CNW/ - Bell Canada will provide a host of new
electronic commerce solutions to the Canadian market under a strategic
agreement signed with Netscape Communications Corporation and Actra. The
solutions will help Canadian businesses use the Internet to extend their reach
to their business partners and realize significant productivity gains.
Under the agreement, Bell Emergis, a division of Bell Canada, will
integrate solutions offered by Actra, a Netscape joint venture and Internet
commerce applications solutions provider, responsible for developing
electronic commerce solutions.
``This agreement demonstrates our commitment to providing customers with
the most advanced communications tools to compete in today's demanding
marketplace,'' said Jim Tobin, Senior Vice President, Bell Emergis. ``Bell
Emergis now moves to the forefront of helping Canadian businesses reduce
operating costs by improving the effectiveness and efficiency of their
buy-sell transactions with customers and suppliers. We will now be a leader in
providing online customer support and advising them on how to best leverage
the unique selling points of the Internet with solutions that are open,
reliable and encrypted.''
Actra technology was selected as the underpinning infrastructure of the
electronic commerce solutions because it reduces implementation and
operational costs while providing interoperability, wide accessibility,
integrated encryption capabilities and the flexibility to operate on a
traditional Value Added Network or an I/P (Internet Protocol) network.
Bell Emergis will add further value by offering a flexible installation
approach which allows companies of all sizes to choose the solution and
professional services that best meet their needs.
As an integrator, Bell Emergis will lead a strategic alliance that will
provide turnkey solutions to its customers. It will be responsible for
connectivity, implementing the electronic commerce solution, integrating it
with existing applications and fully deploying the solution throughout each
client's trading partner community. Bell Canada is also acquiring the rights
to adapt Actra's electronic commerce software to the needs of the Canadian
marketplace.
``By signing this agreement with Netscape for Actra products, Bell
Emergis is increasingly assuming its role as a solutions integrator and
software developer,'' Tobin said. ``Bell Emergis is eager to form partnerships
with the top specialists in their fields in order to be able to provide its
customers with leading-edge solutions that are effective, reliable and
tailored to their specific needs.''
The Internet has become a central focus for Bell Canada's electronic
commerce solutions. As a provider of Internet services tailored to meet its
customers' business and consumer requirements, Bell Canada is committed to
providing a single I/P-based network with guarantees of performance,
reliability and security as well as the ongoing introduction of new
value-added services.
Netscape Communications Corporation is a leading provider of open
software for linking people and information over enterprise networks and the
Internet. The company offers a full line of clients, servers, development
tools and commercial applications to create a complete platform for
next-generation, live online applications. Traded on NASDAQ under the symbol
``NSCP'', Netscape Communications Corporation is based in Mountain View,
California.
Founded in April 1996, Actra is a Netscape joint venture and Internet
commerce provider, responsible for developing electronic commerce solutions.
Bell Emergis is a division of Bell Canada created to develop
software-based networking and interactive multimedia applications for
telecommunications and electronic service provider companies in domestic and
international markets.
Bell Canada, the largest Canadian telecommunications operating company,
markets a full range of state-of-the-art products and services to more than
seven million business and residence customers in Ontario and Qu‚bec. Bell
Canada is a member of Stentor -- an alliance of Canada's major
telecommunications companies.
Bell Canada's Internet web site is located at: bell.ca. The
Bell Emergis web site is located at emergis.com. News releases,
speeches and background information are in the Reading room under the main
menu. Our e-mail address is forum(at)bell.ca
For more information on Netscape Communications Corporation:
home.netscape.com or by sending email to moreinfo(at)netscape.com.
Corporate customers can call 415/937-2555 while consumers can call
415/937-3777 for more information. Netscape and Netscape Navigator are
registered trademarks of Netscape Communications Corporation in the United
States and other countries. Netscape's logos and Netscape product and service
names are also trademarks of Netscape Communications Corporation, which may be
registered in other countries. |
