Book4golf.com to Offer Tee Times via AT&T Digital PocketNet Service, Golfers to Book Tee Times Via Web-Enabled Wireless Phones.Business Editors SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 10, 2000 Book4golf.com(SM) (CDNX CDNX See Canadian Venture Exchange (CDNX). :BFG BfG Bundesanstalt für Gewaesserkunde (Germany: Federal Institute of Hydrology) BFG Big Friendly Giant (Roald Dahl book) BFG Battlefleet Gothic (game) BFG Briefing .) Corporation, provider of the premier Internet-based, real-time, tee-time reservation network to the golf industry, and AT&T Wireless Services, today announced the delivery of Book4golf.com's web site content and services to consumers via the AT&T Digital PocketNet(SM) service Internet-ready wireless phone. The service is available in cities across the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and offers golfers a way to make golf reservations quicker and more efficiently with accessibility while on the go via Internet-ready wireless phones and devices. "Golfers utilizing web-enabled phones will now have mobile convenience to real-time, tee-time reservations from Book4golf.com," said Phil DeLeon, 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. , Book4golf.com. "We truly offer tee times with this service while you are on the go. Combined with the mobile phone agreement we've announced in Canada with Bell Mobility, this new application solidifies Book4golf.com as the leading provider of golf course information and reservations in the wireless arena. "Golf courses will benefit as the 'mobile golfer' can now take advantage of the added convenience a wireless solution provides for accessing available tee times 24 hours a day. The industry will benefit as golf becomes more accessible around the clock to more players," DeLeon added. "Teaming with Book4golf.com is another way AT&T Digital PocketNet service is working to bring the best of the web to your Internet-ready phone," said Kendra VanderMeulen, Senior Vice President, Product Development and Strategy, AT&T Wireless Services. "We are empowering golfers with wireless access to the information they need when they need it - including information to help them make the most of a well-deserved break in their busy schedules." To wirelessly access Book4golf.com services, AT&T Digital PocketNet subscribers simply launch the mini-browser on their Internet-enabled mobile phones and access "Book4golf.com" under the Sports category on their main menu. AT&T Digital PocketNet service is available in more than 3,000 cities across the United States. Access to more than 40 web sites on the AT&T Digital PocketNet Basic Plan is free from AT&T Wireless with the purchase of any digital voice plan from AT&T. Services such as email, calendar, contacts and to-do lists are available for a flat-rate, all-you-can-use monthly fee, along with a voice plan. About AT&T Wireless Group The AT&T Wireless Group (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :AWE) is among the world's premier wireless voice, data and fixed wireless communications wireless communications System using radio-frequency, infrared, microwave, or other types of electromagnetic or acoustic waves in place of wires, cables, or fibre optics to transmit signals or data. companies, serving more than 13 million customers, including consumers, businesses and government. With annual revenues of more than $7 billion and 18,000 employees, AT&T Wireless Group provides services to customers across the globe. Backed by the research and development capabilities of AT&T Labs, the company has one of the largest digital wireless networks in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. . The company's AT&T Digital One Rate offer revolutionized the industry by introducing a national wireless plan with no roaming The ability to use a communications device such as a cellphone or PDA and be able to move from one cell or access point to another without losing the connection. or long distance charges across the United States. AT&T Wireless Group was also the first company to provide wireless access to the Internet with AT&T PocketNet(R) Service and the first company to commercially offer fixed wireless service through its AT&T Digital Broadband Service See broadband and broadband service provider. . About Book4golf.com Book4golf.com is the leading Internet-based, real-time, tee-time reservation network in North America. The Book4golf.com web portal See portal. allows golfers to reserve tee times anytime, anywhere. In addition, golfers using the web site have access to golf news, instructional tips from world-renowned golf instructor Jim Flick, course information, weather forecasts and driving directions to courses across town or across North America. Book4golfVacations will soon make it possible for golfers to book golf vacation packages online through the company's web site. For more information on Book4golf.com, visit http://www.book4golf.com. The Canadian Venture Exchange The Canadian Venture Exchange (CDNX) is now a defunct stock exchange having been acquired by the TSX Group in 2001 and renamed the TSX Venture Exchange. History of the Canadian Venture Exchange (CDNX) has not reviewed and does not accept responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release. |
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