CardVerify Announces Availability of Specialty Storefronts On the Wireless WAP Shopping Network wapSN.com.Business Editors, Hi-Tech Writers NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 10, 2000 360wireless.com becomes first wireless Internet retail wholesaler to offer its entire product portfolio on the wireless web through wapSN CardVerify, Inc., today announced various specialty storefronts for its WAP (1) (Wireless Access Point) See access point. (2) (Wireless Application Protocol) A standard for providing cellular phones, pagers and other handheld devices with secure access to e-mail and text-based Web pages. Shopping Network (wapSN) - a wireless web merchant network. The flower/gift storefront includes delivery day and greeting Greeting is a way for humans[1] to intentionally communicate awareness of each other's presence, to show attention to, and/or to affirm or suggest a type of relationship or social status between individuals or groups of people coming in contact with card features, while the cellular phone storefront supports wireless activation activation /ac·ti·va·tion/ (ak?ti-va´shun) 1. the act or process of rendering active. 2. the transformation of a proenzyme into an active enzyme by the action of a kinase or another enzyme. 3. and service plans. 360wireless.com is the first cellular phone retailer to offer its complete product portfolio including service plans on the wireless web via wapSN. "With wapSN's interface, we were able to launch our Internet-based store into the wireless world almost instantaneously in·stan·ta·ne·ous adj. 1. Occurring or completed without perceptible delay: Relief was instantaneous. 2. -providing our customers with access to our entire store anywhere at any time " said Donald Crawford Donald Crawford (1837–1 January 1919) was a Liberal MP. He sat for the constituency of Lanarkshire North-East from 1885 to 1895. In 1884 the Liberal President of the Local Government Board, Sir Charles Dilke, appointed Crawford to the Scottish Boundary Commission, , Co-Founder of 360wireless.com. "The wireless web enables our customers and independent agents to place orders without the need for a personal computer. With wireless web capable handsets being produced at a faster rate than PCs, the wireless web will become the `convenience store' of the future." CardVerify's wapSN enables merchants to open a wireless web store in minutes - providing their customers with a one-stop wireless shopping-cart order interface. Shoppers on wapSN avoid having to enter name and shipping information on the cell phone's keypad A small keyboard or supplementary keyboard keys; for example, the keys on a calculator or the number/cursor cluster on a computer keyboard. See programmable keypad. . They type in their credit card number, while CardVerify provides shipping information to the wapSN merchant. CardVerify associates card details with shipping information during an initial wapSN purchase. "We are extremely excited about our capabilities of meeting our customers' needs" said Peter Kostka, CardVerify's 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. . "When we launched wapSN four weeks ago, we received valuable suggestions from merchants all around the world. Within days we were able to respond by providing new functionalities exceeding our merchants' requirements, opening the wireless web to a wide variety of merchants." About 360wireless.com 360wireless.com is a leading wireless wholesale and retail company serving customers nationwide since 1997. Low pricing, excellent service and a quality shopping experience make 360wireless.com's Internet business model a strategic part of the company's `clicks and mortar' wholesale and retail operations. About CardVerify CardVerify, Inc. develops e-commerce solutions in the area of credit cards and mobile devices. Security is provided through CardVerify's unique transaction model. CardVerify only stores "fingerprints Impressions or reproductions of the distinctive pattern of lines and grooves on the skin of human fingertips. Fingerprints are reproduced by pressing a person's fingertips into ink and then onto a piece of paper. " of sensitive data - such as credit card numbers - on its servers. |
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