CalendarONE.com and Pacfusion.com Form Content Collaboration for City-Centric Events Information.Business Editors SINGAPORE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 9, 2000 Asia's leading Internet service provider Internet service provider (ISP) Company that provides Internet connections and services to individuals and organizations. For a monthly fee, ISPs provide computer users with a connection to their site (see data transmission), as well as a log-in name and password. , Pacific Internet Limited (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 :PCNTF), today announced a content partnership with CalendarONE.com to deliver online events guides of Asia-Pacific cities to users of its lifestyle and e-business portal, Pacfusion.com. CalendarONE.com is a provider of city-centric events content through its City Guide portal, which features leisure and business events for most major cities in the Asia-Pacific region. It also provides web-based calendaring and scheduling solutions that allow companies to provide for online reservations, registrations and transactions, as well as update events. Under the partnership, CalendarONE.com will provide Pacfusion.com with information on events happening in the Asia-Pacific region, starting with Singapore, Australia and the Philippines. The co-branded web pages can be accessed at Pacfusion.com's eConcierge website (http://www.pacfusion.com/econcierge/events/). Advertising revenue generated from banners in the co-branded pages will be shared equally between both parties. "Pacfusion.com aims to deliver the ultimate Web lifestyle to both consumers and businesses. With our collaboration with CalendarONE.com, our members can benefit from their strength as a content provider for event related information in the Asia Pacific. This brings us a step closer to our goal of becoming a truly comprehensive Asian portal," said Mr. Larry Ang, President of Pacfusion.com, Inc. Commenting on the alliance, Mr. Goh Kim Siew, 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 CalendarONE.com said, "CalendarONE has demonstrated a proficiency in the gathering of dynamic events content and we are excited at this opportunity to team up with Pacific Internet by offering our services to the Pacfusion website. Added Mr. Goh, "This alliance also lends tremendous value as it allows us to widen our reach in the events arena as well as distinguishing ourselves as a content provider for one of the region's leading Internet portals." About Pacific Internet Pacific Internet is listed on the NASDAQ stock exchange under the ticker symbol Ticker Symbol An arrangement of characters (usually letters) representing a particular security listed on an exchange or otherwise traded publicly. When a company issues securities to the public marketplace, it selects an available ticker symbol for its securities which investors PCNTF. Pacific Internet offers award-winning services in six countries (Singapore, Hong Kong Hong Kong (hŏng kŏng), Mandarin Xianggang, special administrative region of China, formerly a British crown colony (2005 est. pop. 6,899,000), land area 422 sq mi (1,092 sq km), adjacent to Guangdong prov. , the Philippines, Australia, India and Thailand) including Internet access See how to access the Internet. , portal sites and the ultimate web lifestyle with the "4Cs" (connection, commerce, content and community) under Pacfusion.com. Pacific Internet won the "Best 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. in Asia-Pacific" award in 1999 from Telecom Asia, and also the "Best ISP in Singapore" award for three consecutive years (1997, 1998, 1999) from ComputerWorld Publications. About Pacfusion.com Inc Rated Singapore's most popular local website by ACNielsen eRatings.com, Pacfusion.com Inc. is positioned as Asia's premier dot com dot com - com company focusing on both the business-to-business (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 ) and business-to-consumer (B2C (Business to Consumer) Refers to a business communicating with or selling to an individual rather than a company. See B2B. ) segments. About CalendarONE.com Founded in 1996, CalendarONE.com is a leading eCommerce solutions provider to time-based merchants. Winner of the prestigious Singapore National IT Awards '98 in the category of 'Most Innovative Service', CalendarONE.com provides a dynamic web-based calendaring and scheduling application that allows time-based merchants to manage its events, resources and facilities, and to broadcast its inventory to the marketplace. Via its flagship product, the eCalendar, CalendarONE.com delivers group and community calendaring solutions to these time-based organizations such as clubs, hotels, restaurants, training and educational institutions. Using its unique eCalendar application, CalendarONE.com has been proficient in the gathering and distribution of dynamic events content covering both the leisure and business sectors in each city. To date, CalendarONE.com has forged strategic partnerships with branded portals such as Microsoft MSN (1) (MicroSoft Network) A family of Internet-based services from Microsoft, which includes a search engine, e-mail (Hotmail), instant messaging (Windows Live Messaging) and a general-purpose portal with news, information and shopping (MSN Directory). , Lycos Asia, CNET (body) CNET - Centre national d'Etudes des Telecommunications. The French national telecommunications research centre at Lannion. in Asia, Skali, ZDNetAsia and SingTel Yellow Pages. CalendarONE.com's regional presence includes the major cities of Singapore, Hong Kong, Kuala Lumpur, Bangkok, Manila, Taipei, Shanghai, Melbourne and Sydney and is poised to advance its growth and development by establishing a presence in all the major Asia-Pacific cities. CalendarONE.com is headquartered in Singapore and can be found on the Internet at http://www.CalendarONE.com and contacted at (65) 337-4554. |
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