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To: LORD ERNIE who wrote (128)3/10/2000 6:55:00 AM
From: DanielleC  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 173
 
MORE NEWS:

eConnect To Distribute Up to 100,000 Free eCashPads To Major United States Internet Business Sites in Second Quarter


LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 10, 2000--

Schedules Launch of Internet Payment Portal for Wednesday, March 15;

Kanakaris Communications To Receive 1,000 Free eCashPads;

eConnect Dominican Republic, Australia, Hong Kong, Ireland

Full Service Host Centers to be Activated in Second and

Third Quarters With 50,000 Free eCashPads to be

Initially Distributed in Each Country in the Second Quarter

eConnect (OTCBB:ECNC), has agreed to supply 1,000 free eCashPads to Kanakaris Communications (OTCBB:KKRS), as the first wave of 100,000 eCashPads targeted for distribution to major Internet business sites to launch the global trillion dollar Internet Cash Payment industry.

Kanakaris Communications,(http://www.kkrs.net), which presently receives approximately 18,000,000 hits per month, will aggressively distribute the eCashPads to key customers for usage of either card- swiped credit card transactions or instant cash payment by ATM card and PIN.

The eConnect eCashPad simply attaches to the consumer's computer keyboard and will then enable Kanakaris customers to download entertainment programs with a card swiped "bank eyes only" cash ATM card and PIN payment or a credit card payment whereby Kanakaris Communications never sees the credit card data nor is the credit card stored at the KKRS.net Web site.

Internet merchants and customers will be directed to the eConnect Internet Payment Portal site by the eConnect business unit of PowerClick, powerclick.com.

As the waves of merchants reach the United States Portal, they will be directed toward a simple registration application in order to be paid by eCashPad "bank eyes only" transactions, then offered listing services similar to a phone directory, which incoming consumers can use to be directed to eCashPad ready Web merchants.

Concurrently, the eConnect Dominican Republic portal will be registering Dominican Republic Web merchants as will the Ireland, Australia and Hong Kong Portals be registering their respective Internet merchants for receipt of eCashPad transactions.

eConnect global Portals will generate merchant registration fees, merchant listing fees, merchant display advertising fees, merchant affiliate fees, and merchant transaction fees.

eConnect will initially distribute 50,000 free eCashPads per country outside of the United States and is targeting second and third quarter activation of eConnect Dominican Republic, eConnect Ireland, eConnect Australia and eConnect Hong Kong full service Host processing centers to drive the incoming eCashPad transaction orders. eFunds will drive the United States transactions.

Safe Harbor: Certain statements in this news release may contain forward-looking information within the meaning of Rule 175 under the Securities Act of 1933 and Rule 3b-6 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and are subject to the safe harbor created by those sections. All statements, other than statements of fact, included in this release, including, without limitation, statements regarding potential future plans and objectives of the company, are forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. There can be no assurance that such statements will prove to be accurate and actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements.

CONTACT:

For eConnect

Prima Capital

Elias Argyropoulos, 800/600-8599

http//:www.econnectholdings.com

KEYWORD: CALIFORNIA INTERNATIONAL ASIA PACIFIC EUROPE



To: LORD ERNIE who wrote (128)3/10/2000 6:57:00 AM
From: DanielleC  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 173
 
And still more:

CinemaPop.com, The World Internet Box Office(TM)Launched Today By Kanakaris


Ad-Supported Free Films, 24/7 Subscription and Pay-Per-View Fuel World's

Largest Multibandwidth Full-Length Online Movie Site

COSTA MESA, Calif., March 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Kanakaris Communications Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: KKRS) launches CinemaPop.com, the World Internet Box Office(TM), today. The site features free ad-supported, 24/7 unlimited access subscription, and pay-per-view movie features. Kanakaris has combined multibandwidth and full-screen scalable capabilities in a site which is accessible to anyone in the world with Internet connectivity.

Kanakaris introduces, with CinemaPop.com, an extremely versatile revenue gathering and tracking process by which any film producer can now offer their movies to the huge world Internet audience with security, revenue trackability and multiple gross earning options.

"Having led the way with the number and diversity of easily accessible online motion pictures, Kanakaris is now implementing the very best transactional technology to make our World Internet Box Office an eCommerce vending machine," stated Alex Kanakaris, CEO, Kanakaris Communications, Inc. "We are building the foundation which can be used for aggregation and online syndication through partnering," he added.

The Wave E-Commerce System is incorporated as part of the Kanakaris web site solution and has been developed for direct digital commerce. The Wave E-Commerce System allows E-tailers to sell digital content while offering consumers flexible purchase options like pay-per-use, event-based, and complete purchase.

From a single chip, known as EMBASSY, the Wave E-Commerce System can perform all content metering, decryption, authentication, measurements, and payment processing functions required for a purchase. This technology focuses the transaction on the consumer, separating it from any network while ensuring unprecedented levels of security, privacy, and ease-of-use.

About Kanakaris Communications:

Kanakaris is introducing revenue producing programs to enhance shareholder value through advertising, subscription and pay-per-view business models for its direct over-the-Internet delivery of entertainment content. Over 18 million hits were received per month to the Kanakaris web portal www.KKRS.Net in both January and February.

Kanakaris puts the Pop in entertainment content delivery. In 1995, Kanakaris launched Cyberpop.com which delivered, in that year, the first ever full-length movie over the Internet with no download time. It was the online evolvement of L.A. POP, a free entertainment publication founded by CEO Alex Kanakaris in 1976 and also published in the nineties.

For further information on Kanakaris Communications, Inc. contact: Colby Marceau, director of Public/Investor Relations of Kanakaris Communications, 714-444-0560, info@kanakaris.com.

This news release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (the "Act"). In particular when used in the preceding discussion, the words "plan," "confident that," "believe," "expect," "intend to" and similar conditional expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Act and are subject to risks and uncertainties, and actual results could differ materially from those expressed in any forward-looking statements. Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, market conditions, competitive factors, the ability to successfully complete additional financings, and other risks.

SOURCE Kanakaris Communications Inc.

CO: Kanakaris Communications Inc.

ST: California

IN: ENT MLM

SU: PDT

03/10/2000 04:43 EST prnewswire.com