Activeworlds.com Partners to Bring 3D To Korean B2B; Haas Media Corp. Wins Bid for Exclusive Distributorship of Active Worlds in Korea.Business Editors/Hi-Tech Writers NEWBURYPORT, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 28, 2000 Activeworlds.com, Inc. (OTC OTC See: Over-the-counter. OTC See over-the-counter market (OTC). BB: AWLD) (http://www.activeworlds.com), an information technology company dedicated to providing ASP delivery systems for the 3D Internet, today announced the signing of an agreement with Korean based Haas Media Corporation for exclusive distribution of Active Worlds(TM) in Korea. Four companies were bidding for this contract, which in the end was awarded to Haas Media. "The Korean market has shown a rapid increase in interest in Active Worlds(TM) these past several months", said JP McCormick, Chairman of Activeworlds.com. "We have been recently featured on Korean national TV, and since then we have received many inquiries for the distribution of our software suite in Korea. We are excited about this new partnership with Haas Media. They have shown both the financial and strategic commitment which will ensure the success of the Active Worlds(TM) - Haas Media partnership." "This contract enables us to plan a long term business strategy for Active Worlds(TM) products in Korea." Said Lee Kwang Se, President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Haas Media. "In particular, the innovative technology of Active Worlds(TM) for 3D/VR will play a leading role in the existing e-commerce, education, architectural design This article or section may contain original research or unverified claims. Please help Wikipedia by adding references. See the for details. This article has been tagged since September 2007. , communication, and entertainment markets." Mr. Kwang Se further added. "It is our immediate plan to promote the products and technologies of Active Worlds in the 3D/VR area and to absorb a large community by fusing the Active Worlds(TM) technology with communication technology such as messaging and VoIP. Our plan is designed to target not only the Korean 3D/VR community, but also to expand to the Asia-Pacific regional markets." "Haas Media is a company which specializes in innovative corporate solutions for internet and unified messaging Having access to e-mail, voice mail and faxes via a common computer application or by telephone. For example, unified messaging may send faxes and digitized voice mail to a mail server that turns them into e-mail attachments. . Their approach to this market is a great fit with our new direction. Using Active Worlds to extend the services they can offer in the Korean infrastructure is advantageous to both our companies", said Activeworlds.com CEO, Rick Noll, " Haas Media has been a longtime client of ours and we are happy they have chosen to expand the relationship we had." According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the Gartner Group (company) Gartner Group - One of the biggest IT industry research firms. Address: Connecticut, USA. , the Korean market is already at 10 million users and growing rapidly. The annual growth rate of the Asian Pacific B2B (Business to Business) Refers to one business communicating with or selling to another. See B2B e-commerce, B2C and B2G. B2B - business to business e-market is forecasted at 155 percent over the course of the next 5 years. Predictions show the potential to reach a trillion dollars by 2004. The partnership between Activeworlds.com, Inc. and Haas Media will poise them to take full advantage of this unique time in the Asian Pacific market. About Activeworlds.com, Inc. (OTC BB: AWLD) (http://www.activeworlds.com) Activeworlds.com, Inc. is an information technology company dedicated to providing ASP delivery systems for the 3D Internet. Its communications enhancement technology uses techniques initially developed for virtual reality environments for the Internet, whether it be the website author or application provider. Activeworlds.com, Inc. currently has a worldwide user base of over 1,000,000 users on the Universe server it operates, which receives over 1 million impressions per day. Companies such as Boeing, NASA NASA: see National Aeronautics and Space Administration. NASA in full National Aeronautics and Space Administration Independent U.S. , The United Nations, Philips Multimedia, the US Government, and many more are currently using Active Worlds(TM) technology. 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