This AM's news on UOLP. . . .UOL Increases Telecom Market Share
McLEAN, Va., June 2 /PRNewswire/ -- UOL Publishing, Inc. (Nasdaq: UOLP), announced today that Qwest Communications International, Inc. (Nasdaq: QWST), a leading broadband telecommunications company, will use the centrally hosted VCampus(TM) distance learning platform to train its employees in a variety of available Teletutor(TM) telecommunications courses. The VCampus will enable an introductory group of Qwest employees to establish 'round-the-clock access to the most widely used distance learning engine on the market.
VCampus is the number one provider of administrative, hosting and delivery systems for web-based education. The centralized hosting of VCampus within the UOL server farm means there is no requirement for specialized programming or software and no need for dedicated client servers to be operational. It is designed to deliver millions of courses and is totally scaleable. In addition, all VCampus courses are run in a standard format, so that users need learn only one navigation style.
"We are pleased to expand our market reach into the telecommunications industry through our association with Qwest and other major players in the industry," said Nat Kannan, UOL Chairman and CEO. "They are joining a growing list of leading telecom companies who are enjoying the benefits of accessing our Teletutor content through the simplicity and ease-of-use of the VCampus learning engine. We recently added Tellabs to our client roster, and had previously established relationships with Cable and Wireless, Lucent Technologies, Bell South and Global One."
Each participating company will also have access to UOL's entire content library, one of the largest in the industry. The VCampus has delivered more than 200,000 courses to 120,000 students to date and leads in the delivery of web-based education and training.
About Qwest
Qwest Communications International Inc. (Nasdaq: QWST) is a leader in reliable and secure broadband Internet-based data, voice and image communications for businesses and consumers. Qwest is headquartered in Denver, Colorado.
For more information, please visit the Qwest web site at www.qwest.com.
About UOL and the VCampus
VCampus is a full-service, centrally hosted, totally scaleable distance education platform. It allows for the registration, enrollment, teaching, tracking, testing, grading and certification of distance learners. UOL Publishing, Inc. develops, manages and hosts Internet-based training and education for corporations, government agencies and academic institutions through VCampus. With a courseware library of more than 1,100 web-based courses and more than 200,000 courses delivered to date, VCampus is the clear industry leader in web-based learning. UOL is headquartered in McLean, Virginia.
For more information, call 800-915-9298, or visit the VCampus web site at www.uol.com.
With the exception of the historical information contained in the release, the matters described herein contain forward-looking statements that are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements involve a number of risks and uncertainties including but not limited to difficulties in managing rapid growth (including future capital needs), development of its target market, risks associated with acquisitions, and economic, competitive, governmental and technological factors outside the control of the Company. For more information regarding these risks and uncertainties see the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1 and other SEC filings, copies of which are available upon request from the Company.
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