SINA.com Launches Telecom Center and Teams With Leading Wireless, Internet and Long Distance Companies.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 12, 2000 New e-Commerce Platform Brings Together Cellmania.com, eTouch.com(SM), Firetalk Communications, HotVoice, oCen Communications, PhoneFree.com and VCOM VCOM Virginia College of Osteopathic Medicine VCOM Virginia Coalition of Motorcyclists VCOM Volvo Communication (Message Oriented Middleware product) .COM SINA.com (Nasdaq: SINA), a leading Internet destination site for Chinese communities worldwide, announced that it has launched a new e-commerce platform in 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. to deliver to Internet users the latest trends and innovations from the global communications revolution. The e-commerce platform, titled the "Telecom Center," features leading telecommunications carriers or product providers such as Cellmania.com, eTouch.com(SM), Firetalk Communications, HotVoice, oCen Communications, PhoneFree.com and VCOM.COM. Visitors to the Center, which is located on the People Channel on SINA.com's North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. site or at http://telecom.sina.com, will find a one-stop shop One-Stop Shop A company or a location that offers a multitude of services to a client or a customer. The idea is to provide convenient and efficient service and also to create the opportunity for the company to sell more products to clients and customers. for a wide range of communications products and services. SINA.com's Telecom Center meets the communications needs of today's increasingly tech savvy and international consumers by focusing on three major areas of telecommunications: wireless, Internet and long distance. The Center hosts different companies that facilitate communications in each area. In wireless, Cellmania.com, a leading wireless e-commerce provider, offers a multitude of wireless devices and phone plans. For Internet communications, PhoneFree.com, a premier IP telephony The two-way transmission of voice over a packet-switched IP network, which is part of the TCP/IP protocol suite. The terms "IP telephony" and "voice over IP" (VoIP) are synonymous. provider, offers free PC-to-Phone and PC-to-PC calling. Firetalk Communications, an integrated voice communications provider, offers worldwide calling, conferencing and instant messaging Exchanging text messages in real time between two or more people logged into a particular instant messaging (IM) service. Instant messaging is more interactive than e-mail because messages are sent immediately, whereas e-mail messages can be queued up in a mail server for seconds or . eTouch.com(SM) and HotVoice, next generation communications providers, offer unified messaging Having access to e-mail, voice mail and faxes via a common computer application or by telephone. For example, unified messaging may send faxes and digitized voice mail to a mail server that turns them into e-mail attachments. , or one-click access to voice, e-mail and fax messages. To provide users with easier long distance communication, VCOM.COM, a virtual communications center, and oCen Communications, an Internet Communications Service Provider A Communications Service Provider or CSP is a company that transports information electronically. The term encompasses public and private companies in the wireline, wireless, Internet, cable, satellite, and managed services businesses. (ICSP ICSP In Circuit Serial Programming (MicroCHIP) ICSP International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes ICSP International Conference on Signal Processing ICSP Interagency Committee on Standards Policy ), offer potential savings on international call back features and virtual phone cards. "SINA.com's new Telecom Center pulls together an array of companies that deliver cutting-edge communications technology and services," said Hurst Lin, U.S. General Manager and Vice President of Business Development for SINA.com. "We are glad to introduce the excitement of these companies on a comprehensive e-commerce platform to a rapidly growing Chinese online audience that relies heavily on transnational communications." "The Internet and telecommunications revolutions have made it possible for individuals and businesses to reach out to and stay in touch with each other like never before," Lin continued. "By launching the Telecom Center, SINA.com is bringing to our users telecommunications innovations that have captured the new global economy's imagination and will continue to make the online experience more multifaceted." About SINA.com SINA.com is a leading Internet media and services company for Chinese communities worldwide, offering on-line news, entertainment, community and commerce. SINA.com offers a Chinese-language network of four localized Web sites that are produced and updated daily by local teams in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan and North America. Voted number one by China Internet users in both the July 1999 and January 2000 semi-annual surveys conducted by the China Internet Network Information Centre, or CNNIC CNNIC China Internet Network Information Center CNNIC China Network Information Center , SINA.com is a popular full service media company for the world's largest population group. As of February 2000, SINA.com had approximately 16.6 million average daily page views and 3.1 million registered users. To learn more about SINA.com, visit the company's websites at www.sina.com, www.sina.com.cn, www.sina.com.hk, www.sina.com.tw, or the corporate site at http://www.sina.com/corp/about/index.html. |
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