CBCom Inc. Announces Plans for Billing Internet Access Fees to Mobile Telephone.Business Editors & Internet Writers ENCINO, Calif. & BEIJING--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 3, 2002 CBCom Inc. (OTCBB OTCBB See OTC Bulletin Board (OTCBB). :CBCI) today announced that its strategic partner in the People's Republic People's Republic n. A political organization founded and controlled by a national Communist party. of China (PRC), Beijing Chinet Information Technology Co. Ltd. (Chinet), has begun trial operations of a mobile Short Message System (SMS (1) (Storage Management System) Software used to routinely back up and archive files. See HSM. (2) (Systems Management Server) Systems management software from Microsoft that runs on Windows NT Server. ) purchase and collection system in Tianjin, China. Upon successful completion of this trial operation in Tianjin, anticipated to occur by the end of May, work will commence on fully integrating billing and collection systems with Internet access fees so that mobile telephone users will have the ability to charge Internet access fees to their mobile telephone bill. This eliminates the need to purchase prepaid cards for those customers having mobile telephones. Currently, CHINANET, the market leader, and other government-sponsored ISPs bill Internet access fees to their customers' residential or commercial telephone bill. The new billing service can give Chinet a significant competitive edge in the ISP (1) See in-system programmable. (2) (Internet Service Provider) An organization that provides access to the Internet. Connection to the user is provided via dial-up, ISDN, cable, DSL and T1/T3 lines. marketplace because their potential market could then include all mobile telephone users, a large and rapidly growing segment of the telecommunications market in China. Chinet won approval from China Mobile, one of the two mobile telephone operators in China. The system is now under trial operation for limited SMS/mobile purchasing, billing and collection services. For more information, see www.cbcom.net. Except for historical financial information that may be contained herein, the matters set forth in this release are forward-looking statements that are dependent on certain risks and uncertainties, including, but not limited to, such factors as market demand, pricing and changes in worldwide economic conditions. This report should be read in conjunction with the Company's annual report on Form 10-K Form 10-K A report required by the SEC from exchange-listed companies that provides for annual disclosure of certain financial information. Form 10-K See 10-K. and its quarterly reports on Form 10-Q Form 10-Q See 10-Q. . |
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