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Thursday April 22, 11:03 am Eastern Time
Company Press Release
Global DataTel Unveils eHOLA to News Reporters in
New York
Internet Access Service Network/Spanish Portal Now Available in 13
Countries in North and South America
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 22, 1999--Global DataTel, Inc. (OTC BB:GDIS) today unveiled the eHOLA network, the
company's integrated Internet access service and Spanish language content portal, to news reporters and representatives of South
American consulates, during a special preview held in New York at the Plaza Hotel.
Richard Baker, president of Global DataTel, told news reporters that the company's eHOLA network now provides consumer and
business dial-up and dedicated Internet access to 125 cities throughout 13 countries, covering 85 percent of the population in the U.S.,
Mexico, Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Chile, Venezuela, Peru, Ecuador, Guatemala, El Salvador, Costa Rica and Panama. With more
than 200 local POP's, and monthly subscriptions as low as $9 per month, the eHOLA network provides a unique entry point for the
more than 35 million new Latin American subscribers expected to be online by 2001.
eHOLA is the first Spanish internet portal providing its own content, as well as access to the internet, which also offers subscribers the
capability of dialing into a local access number whether in North, Central or South America.
In conjunction with its strategic online providers, TelMex, the largest telecom provider in Mexico; Telecom de Colombia, Colombia's
largest telecom provider; Impsat, a diversified telecom backbone provider; as well as other ISP providers, Global DataTel's eHOLA
network provides the largest Internet/portal service network in Latin America, boasting an aggregate of more than 500,000 ports, with a
capacity for more than five million dial-up Internet accounts.
''Our eHOLA portal is Latin America's fastest growing Spanish language site,'' Baker said. We are working with numerous industry
leaders such as UUNET (MCI WorldCom -- (Nasdaq:WCOM - news)), who will host our site in its state-of-the-art data center; Inktomi
Corporation (Nasdaq:INKT - news) for search and shopping engine services; DoubleClick Inc. (Nasdaq:DCLK - news) for ad serving
and reporting, as well as many other partners, help us insure maximum reliability and rich content for our subscribers.''
Global DataTel's www.ehola.com features news from more than 300 cities in Latin America, weather reports, entertainment, art, music
and now includes Latin America's first trilingual (Spanish, Portuguese and English) financial Web site for online stock trading in the
Latin American and U.S. equities markets.
Spanish-speaking consumers in the Americas who wish to subscribe to eHOLA may download the software directly from the eHOLA
site, (www.ehola.com), or may call 877/663-1446 or e-mail custservice@ehola.com, to receive a CD of the program. Additionally,
Global DataTel is marketing the site to potential Latin American subscribers through a multi-million direct mailing of the eHOLA CD, as
well as through contracts with major organizations in South America to serve as an official Internet portal, providing e-mail service to
individuals affiliated with these organizations.
eHOLA is operated by Global DataTel's wholly-owned subsidiary, On-Line Latin America, S.A., which is based in Colombia, South
America. Global DataTel is a first tier IBM Business Partner, and is the Latin American leader in medium to large system integration
projects. Global also partners with Compaq, Dell, Hewlett-Packard and Cisco, and is a Microsoft Certified Solution Provider, Lotus
Premier Team Provider and is a destributor of JBA International, an E.R.P. solution company.
Global offers information systems expertise, Online services and Latin media services throughout the Americas. Headquartered in
Delray Beach, Florida, Global has offices in Barranquilla, Bogota, Cali and Medellin, Colombia.
Additional information is available at the company's web site at: www.globaldatatel.com.
This released contains forward-looking statements that are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Securities Litigation
Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements involve the known and unknown risks and uncertainties that may cause the company's
actual results in future periods to differ materially from what is anticipated.
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