Totally Free Paging Will Team With MSN To Deliver Content To
Alphanumeric Pagers Nationwide
NEW ORLEANS --
February 28, 2000 -- Totally Free Paging.com Inc. announced today
at CTIA's Wireless 2000 that they would team with MSN to provide MSN Mobile
Service content to alphanumeric pagers throughout the United States. The
agreement between the two companies allows more than 56 million users
of the MSN Hotmail service to receive their email, top-rated MSNBC news
and MoneyCentral personal finance information on their one-way alphanumeric
pagers.
The MSN Mobile Service
is highly customizable, allowing users to receive personalized information
when and where they need it. Consumers can customize the services on MSN
Mobile's Web site (http://mobile.msn.com) and choose among a long list
of content provided MSN to receive national, international, political,
business and technology news, horoscopes, lottery results, stock quotes,
sports results and much more, delivered to the users' pager at any specified
time.
"By teaming up with
MSN, we're able to provide our users with personalized Internet content
designed to serve their needs," said Baden Gilmore President of Totally
Free Paging.com, Inc. "Our goal is to enable everyone to be informed of
the information important to them when they need it."
"Totally Free Paging's
extensive nationwide coverage extends MSN Mobile Service to even more
consumers, providing the information they need any time, anywhere and
from any device," said Yusuf Mehdi, director of marketing in the Consumer
Group at Microsoft Corp.
Totally Free Paging.com
additionally announced the signing of a letter of intent to partner with
eSavingsCenter, which operates eCoupons and eRebates, a leading provider
of online targeted coupon technology to develop a co-branded eCoupons.
Recently, eSavingsCenter signed a $5.7 million strategic agreement with
MapQuest, the leading provider of online destination information solutions
for businesses and consumers.
Totally Free Paging.com
provides free paging content to its users by supporting it with advertising
revenues. It provides 4 line alphanumeric pagers at reduced prices to
encourage users to switch from simple numeric units to its "message" pagers.
There is no charge for basic services which include what is known in the
trade as "unified messaging". In exchange for viewing ads which are demographically
targeted to the recipient and which precede each page, users can choose
from among a large list of content from various web sites and can additionally
receive email, voicemail (in the form of wave files) and faxmail on their
pagers. All email, faxmail and voicemail is stored on the Totallyfreepaging.com
web site (www.totallyfreepaging.com) for 30 days, allowing the user to
click on his messages and retrieve them instantly. The pager, email, faxmail
and voicemail will all have the same number, in most cases toll free,
making it easy for the recipient to keep in touch since he need not give
out a host of numbers to those trying to contact him.
DSI Technology, Inc.,
the parent corporation, has developed DigiTrax, a proprietary communications
billing software, which when combined with the Company's Internet routers,
allows Totally Free Paging.com to not only target ads demographically,
but bill them correctly to the advertising sponsors. The Company can target
ads all the way down to the users area code and prefix, thus allowing
for "virtual coupons"- i.e. discounts on fast food items when shown to
the cashier. Unlike banner ads which can be ignored, paging ads must be
read if the page is to be received, and if the page is stored in memory,
the ad is reviewed multiple times. DSI also will be providing similar
service to two-way pagers, cell phones and PDA devices.
About Totally
Free Paging.com, Inc.
Based in Culver City, California, Totally Free Paging.com, Inc. is a California
corporation wholly-owned by DSI Technology, Inc. Totally Free Paging.com,
Inc. is the first company to provide FREE access and information (paging,
email, voicemail, and faxing) over wireless networks via a pager, while
allowing companies to promote their products and services through advertising
through highly targeted audiences.
CONTACT:
Clyde Gebauer
Totally Free Paging.com, Inc.
10000 Culver Blvd. Culver City, CA 90232
Tel: (310) 845-7545
Fax: (310) 847-7599
Clyde@Totallyfreepaging.com
http://www.totallyfreepaging.com