Affordable Telecommunications Technology Forges 3-Year Marketing Agreement With Arch Communications.Business/Technology Editors HOUSTON, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 6, 2000 Affordable Telecommunications Technology Corporation (OTC OTC See: Over-the-counter. OTC See over-the-counter market (OTC). BB: ATTP ATTP Appalachian-Turkish Trade Project ATTP Apprenticeship and Traineeship Training Program (NSW, Australia) ATTP Advanced Technology Transition Process aTTP Acute Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura ) announced today that it has forged a three-year marketing agreement with Arch Communications Group (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : APGR APGR Ann Arbor AP-42 Program ). Arch Communications is an advanced two-way Internet messaging and wireless data company, and the recipient of this year's Personal Communications Industry Association (PCIA PCIA Personal Communications Industry Association PCIA Personal Care Ingredients Asia PCIA Parent-Child Interaction Assessment (structured direct observation procedure) PCIA Professional Concepts Insurance Agency, Inc. ) LifePage Award. President of Affordable Telecommunications, Steve Bethke, stated, "Arch is recognized as one of the leading providers of advanced, wireless services. This key marketing agreement strengthens Affordable's position in the explosive two-way messaging products and services sector- a market projected to reach $300 million in annual sales with over 11 million units sold by 2004." According to the agreement, Arch's one-way and two-way wireless communications products and services will be marketed through Affordable's 11 retail stores and a team of outside sales representatives. About Arch Communications Group Arch Communications Group, Inc., of Westborough, MA, is a wireless messaging and mobile data company. The Company provides local, regional and nationwide wireless communications services to customers in all 50 states, the District of Columbia District of Columbia, federal district (2000 pop. 572,059, a 5.7% decrease in population since the 1990 census), 69 sq mi (179 sq km), on the east bank of the Potomac River, coextensive with the city of Washington, D.C. (the capital of the United States). and in the Caribbean. Arch operates approximately 300 offices and company-owned stores. Arch's pending merger with Paging Network, Inc. will create one of the leading wireless messaging and communications companies in North America. Additional information on Arch is available at www.arch.com. About Affordable Telecommunications Technology Affordable Telecommunications Technology Corp. is a marketer of wireless telecommunications products and services, which it sells directly and through 11 retail stores under the names The Wireless Store, Camera's Etc. and Beeper Boutique that service the South Texas and Louisiana markets. Affordable Telecommunications primarily sells pre-paid and post-paid wireless products and services. The Company also operates a two-way data network covering the greater Houston Metropolitan area, and will utilize the network's technology to provide Automatic Meter Reading Automatic meter reading, or AMR, is the technology of automatically collecting data from water meter or energy metering devices (water, gas, electric) and transferring that data to a central database for billing and/or analyzing. services in the near future. Forward-looking statements in this release are made pursuant to the "safe harbor" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and of 1995 Investors are cautioned that such forward-looking statements involve risky and uncertainties, including without limitation, continued acceptance of the Company's products, increased levels of competition for the Company, new products and technological changes, the Company's dependence on third-party suppliers, and other risks detailed from time to lime in the Company's periodic reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. For additional information, see www.thewirelessstore.net |
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