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INTERNET.COM ADDS COMPUBANK, MEDIA1ST.COM, PAGOO, TOPHOSTS.COM AND WEB2PCS.COM TO E-COMMERCE PARTNER PROGRAM
(New York, NY--April 6, 2000)--internet.com (Nasdaq: INTM), the Internet Industry Portal, today announced that it has signed exclusive e-commerce agreements with Media1st.com, Pagoo, Tophosts.com and Web2PCS.com. internet.com also extended its relationship with CompuBank, the original Internet National Bank. Each company will expand their reach throughout the internet.com network of Web sites and related Internet media properties.
"We now have over 30 commerce partners (including nine additions in the last week) and we will continue to form strategic alliances with top-tier companies seeking to reach the most influential purchasers of Internet and computing products and services on the Web," said internet.com chairman and CEO Alan M. Meckler.
CompuBank (http://www.compubank.com)
CompuBank, rated #1 in banks online by SmartMoney Magazine, is the first Internet national bank to receive a charter from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) with approval from the U.S. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC). Its strategic investors include SOFTBANK Finance, GE Financial Assurance, Goldman Sachs and Marsh & McLennan Capital. CompuBank has also been rated the #1 bank online by SmartMoney.com's Online Banking Survey.
Media1st.com (http://www.media1st.com)
Media1st.com is a technology-based global Internet broadcasting company that produces, aggregates and multicasts an array of original and third party Internet channels, including pay-per-view and live Webcast events. Its video portal, (http://www.media1st.com)
offers on-demand access to vertically focused video, a free broadband e-mail service, (http://www.Mail1st.com), and provides content owners with media-commerce and instant access to highly targeted Internet audiences.
Pagoo (http://www.pagoo.com)
Pagoo.com is a leading provider of IP-based (Internet Protocol) voice communications services for end users and partners. Pagoo's technology links the public telephone network with the Internet, allowing users to manage voice communications with the added functionality of the IP network. Pagoo's first service is a virtual second phone line for Internet users, which allows them to receive and manage calls they would otherwise miss while connected to the Internet over their phone line.
TopHosts.com (http://www.tophosts.com)
TopHosts.com, a premier provider of Web hosting information, features the 'Top Twenty Five' Directory which profiles and ranks the leaders in one of the fastest growing Internet industries. TopHosts 'Host Expert' allows visitors to ask questions directly to TopHosts on-line hosting expert. The company also provides product and service reviews to track the newest developments in Internet technology.
Web2PCS.com Inc. (http://www.web2pcs.com)
Web2PCS.com Inc., is the "premier wireless Internet portal" providing free wireless applications to mobile subscribers. In addition to both "Push" and "Pull" based Information services such as PCS Alerts and WAP Info Now, Web2PCS provides a diverse array of additional added value wireless services including wireless instant messaging, wireless e-mail, a wireless search engine and a wireless control center. In the near future Web2PCS.com will be launching new services including WAP games, WAP instant messaging, wireless transaction services, PCS Calendar Synchronization and Event Driven Content Services that can be scheduled and/or received on demand.
For e-commerce and licensing opportunities, contact David Arganbright, Vice President, Commerce and Licensing, at [email protected] or (203) 662-2858.
internet.com Corporation (Nasdaq: INTM http://www.internet.com) based in New York, NY, is a leading provider of global real-time news and information resources for Internet industry and Internet technology professionals, Web developers and experienced Internet users. internet.com operates a network of 106 Web sites, 132 e-mail newsletters, 117 online discussion forums and 78 moderated e-mail discussion lists with over 2.2 million unique visitors that generate more than 120 million page views monthly. Total "views", which include Web site page views, e-mail newsletter views and e-mail discussion list views, are now over 180 million per month. internet.com's global presence includes editions in Arabia, Asia, Australia, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Israel, Japan, South Africa and the United Kingdom. In addition, internet.com with its related internet.com Venture Fund I and Venture Fund II is an investor in a growing number of business-to-business content sites and related Internet media properties.
"Safe Harbor" Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995: Statements in this press release regarding internet.com Corporation's business which are not historical facts are "forward-looking statements" that involve risks and uncertainties. For a discussion of such risks and uncertainties, which could cause actual results to differ from those contained in the forward-looking statements, see internet.com's reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The forward looking statements included herein are made as of the date of this press release, and internet.com assumes no obligation to update the forward looking statements after the date hereof.
For more information contact:
Steve Rubel
Schwartz Public Relations
(212) 677-8700 x23
[email protected]
Nicole Catalano
internet.com Corportation
(212) 547-7939
[email protected]
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