Here is NETD news...there is interview avail at wallstreetreporter (URL?) that was done a few days ago...first few buys today pushed ask over 3.00 but stock has settled back now to 2.31/2.44 up .19 on 10k...company files on Edgar and there are approx 4.7m shares full/dil. I like this sector right now...and the company is developing add'l dist streams and alliances for their products:
Datalink.net Launches New Retail Channel Program
With Totally Wireless
Provides Access to Value Added Services via New Retail Channel
Business/Technology Editors C
SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 26, 1999--Datalink.net (OTC BB:NETD), a Silicon Valley Internet-based
company, announced the launch of a new retail marketing program to sell its wireless information services with Totally Wireless,
the company's first strategic alliance to take advantage of an important new retail program.
Totally Wireless, a retail wireless chain with stores primarily on the West Coast, will market all of Datalink.net's wireless
information services to customers nationwide, both in their retail stores and on the Internet. These services include real-time
stock and commodity quotes, breaking financial market news, real-time sports coverage, weather and news headlines, email
alerts -- all delivered to customers' wireless devices.
Anthony N. LaPine, chairman and CEO of Datalink.net, said, ''These services are the first of their kind to be offered through a
retail channel. The ability to offer these value-added services to new mobile wireless consumers will help to differentiate the
Totally Wireless product offering and will enable Datalink.net to reach an entirely new customer base. Additionally, customers
will be able to completely customize their information on the Datalink.net Web site -- 24 hours a day -- and have it delivered to
their wireless device when they want it.''
''Datalink.net is an innovative company with services that are ideal for customers in today's volatile business environment,'' said
Michael Merrill, CEO of Totally Wireless. ''By delivering real time information directly to a pager or PCS phone, Datalink.net
allows customers to stay up to date while they're on the go.''
As an introductory offer, Totally Wireless is offering a free 45-day trial version of Datalink.net's services with its newest
product, InfoSampler(TM). InfoSampler will be offered to new customers at the time of purchase, and to existing customers on
its Web site at www.totallywireless.com/sampler. In Addition to InfoSampler, Totally Wireless will market the following
Datalink.net services in its stores and on its Web site:
QuoteXpress®: Enables subscribers to have real-time stock quotes delivered to a pager or PCS phone on the stocks they
want to know about. It alerts them to the critical changes that they specify, such as price changes or excessive trading volumes.
SplitXpress(SM): Lets subscribers stay on top of breaking market and company news -- including stock splits, buybacks,
mergers and acquisitions, and more -- in real time.
CommodityXpress(SM): subscribers can track commodities in real time including highs, lows and daily closing and real time
updates specified by the subscriber. The service includes all major exchanges.
CompanyNews(SM): Provides the latest news stories and press releases from specific companies that the subscriber identifies,
with headlines delivered to their wireless device and the option of having complete story delivered to their email account or
reading it at www.datalink.net.
Sports2Go(SM): Provides personalized real-time sports coverage for subscribers directly to their alphanumeric pager or PCS
phone, with up-to-the minute scoring updates and breaking game events.
InfoXtra(SM): Subscribers can receive personalized information in a wide range of personal lifestyle categories that include:
Local weather Forecasts, Horoscopes, Lottery Results, Ski Results, Beach Forecasts, Trivia, Top Ten Video Rentals, and
News Headlines.
MailXpress(SM): Alerts subscribers when important email arrives in their mailbox. The subscriber sets up filters for keywords
in the ''subject'', ''from'' and/or ''text'' fields for incoming email.
About Totally Wireless
Totally Wireless offers a wide array of wireless products and services from leading carriers nationwide, including: AT&T
Wireless, MCI Worldcom Wireless, Sprint PCS, Nextel, VoiceStream Wireless, GTE Wireless, General Magic and
PageMart. Totally Wireless has 21 retail stores in California, Washington, and Utah. Totally Wireless is also on the Internet at
www.totallywireless.com. The company is headquartered in Fremont, CA and is privately held.
About Datalink.net
Datalink.net, a Silicon Valley Internet company, uses patented technology to provide mobile people with personalized
information content sent to their wireless devices, such as pagers, PCS phones and Palm Pilots. Datalink.net pioneered a new
product platform that combines the World Wide Web, real-time information feeds, and wireless communications into
information services for the next millenium.
All the company's services are marketed through its e-commerce Web site. Datalink.net, recently rated the number one choice
for wireless financial information services by SmartMoney magazine, is found on the Web at datalink.net.
Statements in this release that are not strictly historical are ''forward-looking statements'' and subject to risk and uncertainty.
Factors that effect actual events or results materially include, but are not limited to: (i) the Company's ability to obtain adequate
financing to further its current and future business strategies; (ii) the Company's ability to attract and retain its employees; (iii) the
Company's success against competitive products and services and (iv) the effects of business and economic conditions
generally.
Contact:
DataLink Systems Corp.
Paul Roberts, 408/367-1724
p_roberts@datalink.net
or
Simon/McGarry Public Relations
Michael Adler, 650/596-5877
madler@shandwick.com
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