Company Press Release
Access Power Announces Co-Marketing Agreement With SimplyTV
Access Power Begins Marketing Net.Caller to SimplyTV's 930,000 Customer Base
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 6, 1999--Access Power Inc. (OTC BB:ACCR) Thursday announced an agreement with SimplyTV to market its Net.Caller(tm) Internet telephony software and service via the newly introduced Net.Caller affiliate marketing program.
Net.Caller is software and service that allows subscribers to make unlimited calls using their multimedia PC and Internet connection to a regular telephone anywhere in the continental US for a flat rate per month.
Access Power Advanced Communications(tm) launched Net.Caller to allow individuals to experience the advantages and economy of using Internet Telephony as an alternative to traditional long distance services. Net.Caller software is free and there is no activation fee to set up an account.
''We see the partnership between SimplyTV and Access Power as a fruitful endeavor to allow our consumer base to use the Internet for making telephone calls to anywhere in the continental US at anytime,'' said Kristol Cameron, president and CEO of SimplyTV, ''We also see this as a tremendous incentive for consumers to keep coming back to our interactive television network, regardless of them being online or offline.''
''We are excited about our marketing arrangement with SimplyTV because of the compatible vision of both companies to grow the Internet industry through innovative approaches,'' said Douglas Bottomley, senior vice president of Sales and Marketing, ''SimplyTV is aggressively approaching the same international markets and customer base as Access Power.''
''From an E-commerce perspective, SimplyTV looks at integrating Access Power's voice over IP technology into our call center partnerships to evolve a true 'voice commerce' model,'' continued Cameron.
About Access Power
Access Power Inc. is a pioneer service provider of Internet Telephony. The company offers Internet based phone-to-phone service, software that allows free PC-to-PC calling, and low rate PC-to-phone calling over the Internet from anywhere in the world to anywhere in the U.S.
About SimplyTV
SimplyTV provides innovative practical and top quality products that inform and entertain through on-demand video programming. SimplyTV is focused on providing video programming largely ignored by mainstream television, cable and broadcast industries. For additional information about SimplyTV visit simplytv.net.
Statements contained in this press release which are not historical facts are ''forward-looking statements'' within the meaning given to that term in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The company intends that such forward-looking statements be subject to the safe harbors created thereby. Since these statements involve risks and uncertainties and are subject to change at any time, the company's actual results could differ materially from expected results.
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Contact:
Access Power Inc., Ponte Vedra Beach
Brandie Hall, 904/273-2980
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brandie@accesspower.com
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