Intershop Communications and TopSoft to Provide One-Stop E-Commerce Solution for Hong Kong Merchants Utilizing First Ecom.com's Payment Processing Gateway.HONG KONG--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 20, 1999-- Intershop Communications (Neuer Market: ISH ISH In Situ Hybridization ISH Isolated Systolic Hypertension ISH Irish Sport Horse ISH Intermediate System Hello ISH International Society of Hypnosis ISH Information Super Highway ISH International Superhits (Green Day album) ), a leading global provider of sell-side electronic commerce software with over 20,000 deployed live stores, and TopSoft, a Hong Kong-based e-commerce systems integrator, today announced it will utilize First Ecom.com's (NASD NASD See: National Association of Securities Dealers NASD See National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD). : BB FECC FECC Far End Camera Control FECC Finnish Environmental Cluster for China FECC Federal Emergency Communications Coordinator FECC Fires and Effects Coordination Cell FECC Federal Electronic Commerce Coalition FECC Forward Error Correction Code ) Internet payment processing gateway to deliver one-stop e-commerce services for the 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. market. Intershop has already developed a ready-to-install payment cartridge built to interoperate with First Ecom's e-commerce payment back-end. The same payment cartridge has been successfully deployed by major e-commerce service providers such as Swisscom, Bell Canada Bell Canada Enterprises (TSX: BCE, NYSE: BCE), legally BCE Inc., is a major Canadian telecommunications company. Through its subsidiaries including Bell Canada, Bell Aliant, Northwestel, Télébec, and NorthernTel, it is the incumbent local exchange carrier for and Telecom New Zealand Telecom New Zealand (NZX: TEL ASX: TEL NYSE: NZT) is a Wellington, New Zealand-based telephone company and, through its subdivision Xtra, an internet service provider. It has been run as a publicly-traded private company since 1990. . Processing online transactions through First Ecom.com's payment processing gateway will allow Hong Kong Internet businesses to quickly deploy a complete e-commerce solution and bring their cyber business to market in a timely manner. Intershop Hosting, ePages and Merchant products feature a powerful but easy to use storefront and back-office. Internet merchants can now access First Ecom.com's real-time electronic payment services Electronic Payment Services (Chinese: 易辦事), commonly known as EPS, is the largest electronic payment system in Hong Kong, Macau and Shenzhen starting from 1985. The service is provided by EPS Company (Hong Kong) Limited. using Intershop's software and ready-to-install payment cartridge. Businesses can turn to TopSoft to implement their Intershop/First Ecom.com solution. "Intershop has been pioneering the acceptance of electronic commerce worldwide," said Petra Vorsteher, vice president of strategic alliance and business development for Intershop. "We are happy to be chosen as the e-commerce solution provider at Bosch and LinkAGE Online in Hong Kong. "It is a natural step to integrate our services and products with local partners to provide a complete E-commerce solution that would maximize Internet merchants' return on investment." "First Ecom.com is excited to be providing an Internet payment gateway that will make it possible for Intershop to provide Hong Kong merchants with a turnkey e-commerce solution," said Gregory Pek, 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. of First Ecom.com. 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Intershop customers include many of the world's largest telecommunications companies and commerce service providers such as Linkage Online, Chunghwa Telecom Not to be confused with China Telecom. Chunghwa Telecom (Traditional Chinese: 中華電信; Hanyu Pinyin: , National Computer Systems Pte, ERANet, Times of India, PSINet, BCE BCE abbr. 1. Bachelor of Chemical Engineering 2. Bachelor of Civil Engineering BCE Abbreviation for before the Common Era. Emergis, Bell South, Deutsche Telekom Deutsche Telekom AG (ISIN: DE0005557508, FWB: DTE, NYSE: DT, LSE: DEU, TYO: 9496 ) (abbreviated DTAG) is a telecommunications company headquartered in Bonn, Germany. It is the largest telecommunications company in Germany and in the EU. , France Telecom, Swisscom and Telecom New Zealand. Major corporations have chosen Intershop as their enterprise e-commerce platform including Bosch, Electronic Arts, Hewlett-Packard, Mercedes, Nat West and Silicon Graphics. To date, Intershop is the global leader in Internet commerce with more than 20,000 live stores deployed. Founded in 1992, Intershop is headquartered in San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden with offices in the U.S., Germany, France, Australia, Canada, Brazil, Sweden and the United Kingdom. For more information, call Intershop at 1-800-736-5197 or send e-mail to sales@intershop.com or visit http://www.intershop.com About TopSoft Limited Formed in May 1997, TopSoft Limited, an independent subsidiary of Technology Venture (Software) Holdings Limited (TVSHL) is a company focusing on providing IT solutions. TopSoft specializes in providing services and software products. TopSoft ranges of services include: Project Management, Application Development, Product Implementation, Technical Support, Training, Standards Development, Consulting, Internet Related Service, Technology Skill Transfer and Outsourcing for major corporations in various industries, such as Banking, Health Care, Manufacturing and Public Utilities. It has extensive experience in managing large scale application development and implementation projects for the banking and financial industries. TopSoft is also an expert in providing the latest technology-related consultancy services to various leading corporations in Hong Kong. It also resells and distributes a full range of development software from various software vendors. TopSoft is headquartered in Hong Kong with offices in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou. For more information, call TopSoft Ltd. at (852) 2802 3882 or send e-mail to info@topsoft.com.hk or visit http://www.topsoft.com.hk About First Ecom.com First Ecom.com is a leading provider of online payment processing services for merchants outside of 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. . Through a series of strategic alliances, First Ecom.com approves merchants and processes transactions in a tax-neutral jurisdiction without the need for using U.S. banking institutions or U.S.-based ISPs. FECC offers online credit card processing solutions for merchants in their preferred currency. For more information, contact First Ecom.com at 888-305-8233, by e-mail at ir@firstecom.com or at www.firstecom.com. Certain statements contained herein are "forward-looking" statements (as such term is defined in the Private Securities Reform Act of 1995). Because such statements include risks and uncertainties, actual results may differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. |
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