Monday October 5, 9:18 am Eastern Time
Company Press Release
Interactive Telesis Signs Excite Inc. to InvestorREACH Service
SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 5, 1998--Interactive Telesis, a leader in interactive shareholder communication (OTCBB:TSIS - news), today announced that Excite Inc. (NASDAQ:XCIT - news), will be utilizing ITI's InvestorREACH(TM) service.
InvestorREACH will allow Excite to streamline its investor relations by utilizing interactive voice response (IVR) to automate shareholder access to news releases, earnings reports, financial statements, stock quotes and management updates, 24 hours a day, by toll-free telephone, fax-on-demand, and mail fulfillment.
InvestorREACH complements corporate websites by providing immediate access to investment information from any touch-tone phone, anytime, anywhere. To experience how Excite is utilizing IVR technology to communicate more efficiently with its investors, please call 888/924-XCIT (9248).
Greg Klaben, vice president of Excite's investor relations, said, ''With this suite of services in place, shareholders and other interested parties are able to access current information about Excite and utilize state-of-the-art services at their convenience, at any time of the day or night, and from anywhere with a live telephone or data connection.''
Excite Inc. is a global media company offering consumers a personalized Web start page on www.excite.com and a back-to-basics Web search service on www.webcrawler.com. The Excite Network consists of two of the largest brands on the Web, Excite (www.excite.com) and Webcrawler (www.webcrawler.com) and its subsidiaries: Classifieds2000, MatchLogic Inc., Excite Japan Co., and Excite UK Ltd. Excite Inc. has strategic relationships with America Online, Apple Computer, CUC Investments, Intuit, Netscape Communications, Prodigy Internet and Tribune Co [NYSE:TRB - news].
ITI's clients report being pleased with their enhanced corporate image with shareholders and increased exposure to potential investors that InvestorREACH provides. ITI's clients include, Ascend Communications, Norwest Bank and Avery Dennison. Additional information can be found at www.intelesis.com.
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Contact:
Interactive Telesis Inc.
Scott Cameron, 888/546-2957
Michael Hutchison, 800/931-5050
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