Everyday.com and Optimal Telecom Launches Internet Cash Card.Business Editors STOCKHOLM, Sweden--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 15, 2001 MODERN TIMES 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 :MTGNY)(STOCKHOLM EXCHANGE:MTGA MTGA Minnesota Turkey Growers Association MTGA Motion Tga , MTGB MTGB Medium to Good Beans ) Everyday.com and Optimal Telecom today is launching Sweden's first cash card for the Internet. With Internet Kontant (Internet Cash), as the card is called, consumers can retain full control over their costs for Internet surfing. The card functions under the same principle as the cash card for mobile phones. Even though many Internet site - like Everyday.com - offer free access and services like e-mail and 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. messaging, consumers have to pay for the connection to the Internet via their phone bills. "We are happy to be the first to offer the people of Sweden Internet Kontant," says Claes Peyron, president of Everyday Webgide AB, which is owned by Modern Times Group MTG MTG Meeting MTG Mortgage MTG Magic: The Gathering MTG Mounting MTG Mind the Gap (London underground announcement) MTG Methanol To Gasoline MTG Manual Tank Gauging MTG Master Timing Generator MTG Micro Turbine Generator AB and NetCom AB. "Now, parents can easily let their children surf the exciting content of the Internet and not worry about being surprised by their phone bills. The Internet Kontant card has been developed by Optimal Telecom and Everyday.com. The consumer buys Internet Kontant and activates the card via the phone to enable surfing up to the amount specified on the card. This means that time spent on the Internet does not affect the phone bill. "High costs for surfing is a growing problem for many consumers," says Markus Takte, president of Optimal Telecom. Internet Kontant is being distributed initially through the Teknikmagasinet chain of shops. Everyday.com is an Internet portal with a presence in 12 countries and more than 1.4 million registered members. Members are offered a complete range of services, such as free e-mail See Internet e-mail service. , SMS, messaging, a broad selection of e-commerce, news, and other content. Optimal Telecom offers phone and Internet services to help households communicate more simply and cheaply. Modern Times Group MTG AB's class A and B shares are listed on the OM Stockholm Exchange's O list (symbols: MTGA and MTGB) and on the Nasdaq National Market in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of (symbol: MTGNY). NetCom class A and B shares are listed on the OM Stockholm Exchange's O list (symbols: NCOMA and NCOMB) and on the Nasdac National Market in New York (symbol: NECSA NECSA Nuclear Energy Corporation of South Africa NECSA New England Convenience Store Association and NECSB). ------------------------------------------------------------ This information was brought to you by BIT http://www.bit.se The following files are available for download: http://www.bit.se/bitonline/2001/01/15/20010115BIT00980/bit0001.doc http://www.bit.se/bitonline/2001/01/15/20010115BIT00980/bit0002.pdf |
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