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GBLX will be one the companies to benefit the most from normal trade relations with China.TIPS Phonecalls.com Signs Agreement with Global Crossing Global Crossing will provide Phonecalls.com select access to its global fiber optic network, enabling Phonecals.com to offer highly competitive calling rates to its customers. Global Crossing, Ltd., (http://www.globalcrossing.com) an S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 company, is creating the world's first independent, global fiber optic network designed to provide telecommunications carriers and Internet service providers with a seamless network connecting more of the top cities for telecommunications traffic worldwide. James Tilton, President of TIPS stated, "This agreement with Global Crossing is another major step in our goal to join forces with key players in the telecommunications industry." TIPS owns five Internet related companies. A-Web Internet Services (http://www.aweb.com) is a leading Internet Service Provider in New York City. Established in 1995, A-Web provides a whole range of Internet access and services, including dedicated ISDN lines and even higher speed digital T1 lines. AAAMALL.net, Inc. (http://www.aaamall.net) is an online shopping site, featuring the nation's leading retailers and thousands of products. Chinamalls.com, Inc. (http://www.chinamalls.com), a site with over 2,700 items for sale in 16 different categories. Shoppers can view the site in either English or Chinese. Chongqing Word Technology Co., Ltd. (http://www.wordtech.com.cn) is a mainland China based Internet service provider and e-commerce developer. Wordtech presently has over forty-eight thousand (48,000) mainland China merchants as customers. Phonecalls.com, Inc. (http://www.phonecalls.com) is a leading provider of integrated communication services. These services include internet, internet protocol and data applications, as well as long distance, local, and wireless telephone calling to customers nationwide. Phonecalls.com will offer to consumers the opportunity to purchase on-line, prepaid phone cards with instant PIN#s. This will allow customers to use the prepaid phonecards at the time of purchase.
