Shelron's ActivShopper Goes Wireless; Targeting 1.5 Billion Users Globally - 25% of the Planet's Population.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 -- The Shelron Group (OTC OTC See: Over-the-counter. OTC See over-the-counter market (OTC). BB:SHRN SHRN So Hot Right Now ) a leading provider of e-commerce software, today announced that it is developing a mobile version of its ActivShopper comparative shopping toolbar A row or column of on-screen buttons used to activate functions in the application. Many toolbars are customizable, letting you add and delete buttons as required. Toolbars may be fixed in position or may float, which means they can be dragged to a more convenient location in the , responding to quickly changing consumer behavior in accessing the Internet from remote locations. Considering the growing number of current mobile subscribers, the quickly-advancing mobile technologies, and penetration projections for the coming years, this market is one that management deemed a high priority due to its tremendous potential for exponential revenue growth. The mobile version, "ActivShopper To Go" will work on mobile phones, PDA's, tablet pc's, and watches. The Internet is literally everywhere thanks to wireless internet hot spots hot spots acute moist dermatitis. around the country and globally. Masses of consumers are accessing the net from outside their homes and offices. Management deemed it appropriate and potentially advantageous to take full advantage of this trend and provide ActivShopper users the ability to access Activshopper whenever they are: in shops, a coffeeshop, or on an airplane using satellite communication. The Company is developing technology for different types of cell phones and PDA's based on the Palmone operating system, pocket pc's, and many more. Mobile phone subscribers around the globe totaled nearly 1.5 billion by the middle of this year (2004), representing about 25% of the world's population, according to International Telecommunication Union International Telecommunication Union (ITU), specialized agency of the United Nations, with headquarters at Geneva. It was created in 1934 as a result of the merging of the International Telegraph Union (est. . The ITU (International Telecommunication Union, Geneva, Switzerland, www.itu.ch) A telecommunications standards body that is under the auspices of the United Nations. Comprising more than 185 member countries, the ITU sets standards for global telecom networks. said the growth in mobile phone subscribers had outpaced that for fixed lines, that totaled approximately 1.185 billion today versus 1 billion at the start of the century, and was also outstripping the rate of increase in Internet users. The value of global mobile business reached $414 billion in revenues in 2003, a tenfold increase in the decade, while over the same period the overall telecommunications sector grew by an average of 8.8% to reach $1.1 trillion. Another determining factor that management took into consideration when deciding to develop Activshopper for wireless internet users is:- By year-end 2004, there will be 39 million WLAN See wireless LAN. WLAN - wireless local area network users. These include both consumers who generally connect to WLANs via public hotspots, as well as enterprise users. By 2008, Radicati expects a total of 120 million WLAN users. The study projects that the worldwide revenue for WLAN Infrastructure, Security and Management will reach $8.6 billion by 2008 "We would like to see ActivShopper in whatever location the consumer ultimately finds himself - whether that be in the local store, traveling or in the comfort of their own home", said Eliron Yaron, Chairman of The Shelron Group, Inc. We are dedicated to continue to exploit market trends with innovative ideas that would help users of our technology products to save money while they do their everyday shopping while consistently increasing the value of the Shelron Group to the investment community and our loyal shareholder base", Yaron concluded. About ActivShopper ActivShopper is a free software download that automatically scans, locates and compares prices for an item that a consumer selects at an e-commerce site. Once the item is selected, ActivShopper finds the lowest prices for that item. In other words Adv. 1. in other words - otherwise stated; "in other words, we are broke" put differently , if it is less expensive elsewhere, ActivShopper will find it, saving the consumer money. The ActivShopper browser sits under the toolbar, letting the consumer search the Internet without interfering. ActivShopper eliminates browsing comparative shopping sites and trying to understand complex comparative tables. No more jumping from site to site in order to find the best prices. You get the best prices on your browser instantly. ActivShopper is headquartered in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. . For more information about ActivShopper, visit www.activshopper.com. About Shelron Shelron Group Inc. develops business intelligence (BI) software e-commerce advertising and comparative shopping software products and services. The company's stock is publicly traded on the OTC Bulletin Board OTC Bulletin Board An electronic quotation listing of the bid and asked prices of OTC stocks that do not meet the requirements to be listed on the NASDAQ stock-listing system. under the symbol SHRN. Further information is available on the Company's website at www.shelrongroup.com. Safe Harbor Safe Harbor 1. A legal provision to reduce or eliminate liability as long as good faith is demonstrated. 2. A form of shark repellent implemented by a target company acquiring a business that is so poorly regulated that the target itself is less attractive. Statement: This press release contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. Shelron Group's actual results could differ materially from those discussed in such forward-looking statements based on a variety of factors. Other risks and uncertainties are reflected in Shelron's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. |
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