To: Gabe Heti who wrote (998 ) 9/9/1999 7:19:00 PM From: Gabe Heti Respond to of 1622
InfoInterActive CEO Named Finalist for Entrepreneur Of The Year Award BEDFORD, NS, Sept. 9 /CNW/ - InfoInterActive Inc. (ME, ASE: IIA) announced tonight that its founder and CEO, Bill McMullin, has been named a finalist for an Entrepreneur Of The Year award. The Entrepreneur Of The Year program--sponsored nationally by Ernst & Young, Canadian Business magazine, Bank of Montreal, Nesbitt Burns and Air Canada with regional sponsorship by Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, Atlantic Progress magazine, Global Television and Enercom Inc.--recognizes Canada's outstanding entrepreneurial leaders and showcases the immense business talent that makes our country strong and vibrant. McMullin was named as a finalist in the Young/Emerging Entrepreneur category for the Atlantic region. McMullin is the founder of Bedford-based InfoInterActive Inc., which began as a private company in 1994 and went on to become publicly traded in 1996. InfoInterActive invented, patented, and has globally distributed its flagship service Internet Call Manager, which allows Internet users to manage and receive telephone calls while on-line. A native of Sydney, N.S., McMullin has a degree in business and a diploma in export marketing as well as an in-depth knowledge of computer, telephony and networking technologies. He is an accomplished entrepreneur, having previously established and successfully sold one of the first cellular telephone businesses in Nova Scotia. He is 31 years old. An independent judging panel chose the finalists from nominees representing successful entrepreneurs from all regions of Atlantic Canada. To qualify, a nominee must be a business owner or founder primarily responsible for the recent performance of a privately held company that is at least two years old, a founder of a public company--if he or she is still active in top management, or a person who has made a significant contribution to the local economy and the entrepreneurial spirit. The Atlantic Canada 1999 Entrepreneur Of The Year winners will be announced on October 7. IIA develops and deploys network-based enhanced services combining telephone, Internet and wireless technologies. The company's patented flagship product, Internet Call Manager, allows Internet users to monitor and handle their calls while their phone lines are busy engaged on an Internet session. The company holds US and Canadian patents for the relevant technology and has patents pending in 22 other countries worldwide. See www.infointeractive.com for further details. Neither the Montr‚al nor the Alberta Stock Exchanges have approved or disapproved the information herein. -0- 09/09/1999 For further information: Elaine Benoit, Marketing Communications Specialist, InfoInterActive Inc., Tel (902) 832-3614, E-mail elaine.benoit@infointeractive.com