UOL Internacional Launches A New Channel, UOLAutos.

Business Editors & High-Tech Writers

MIAMI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 22, 2001

UOL Internacional announced today the launching of its new channel UOLAutos together with Arrancar.com, whose major emphasis is on information on the automotive market in Spanish-speaking countries and on connecting affiliated dealers with potential consumers.

Also offered is information from SporCar, the official Spanish language newssheet of the automotive world with the latest news, gossip, reports, circuits, calendars and bulletins on the major meets and rallies in Latin America.

UOLAutos aims to be the most complete guide for all automotive-related matters, including racing and collecting.

The following are some of the topics covered by the new channel:

Presentaciones - News about car launchings and international salons.

News - Topics of general interest such as feature stories, interviews, comments, reports on recently discovered defects, new technologies. etc.

Test Drives - New model test results and comments on their strong and weak points, enhanced by attractive photographs.

Historia - Interesting information about famous cars, competitions and unusual happenings in automotive history.

Fabricantes - News and press releases from the major car manufacturers.

Juegos - Descriptions and comments on new PC games.

Fotos 360 degrees - Inside and outside views of new and classical cars.

Galerias - This includes all types of galleries: from concept cars to line cars.

Clubes - Feature stories on classic car clubs, federations, associations and more.

Puesta a Punto - A "Hit Parade" of sorts, with photos of car-related events being ranked from 1 to 10.

Automovilismo Internacional - News on F1, Indy, Indy Light, F3 and Cart, among others.

The URLs to access the UOLAutos channel are:

Argentina: http://www.uol.com.ar/autos
Colombia:  http://www.uol.com.co/autos
Venezuela: http://www.uol.com.ve/autos
U.S.A.:    http://www.uol.com/autos
Mexico:    http://www.uol.com.mx/autos

UOL International is a business unit of UOL, Inc., the Internet holding company whose major stockholders are the Folha Group (majority stockholder), Abril and Portugal Telecom, and a group of private investors including Morgan Stanley and others.

UOL, Inc. is the largest provider of on-line and Internet services in Latin America, with 6.1 billion pageviews during the first quarter of 2001 and 14.6 single visitors last May. It has more than one million paid-access users and a market share of more than 80%, according to independent audits.

It owns four business units: the UOL Brasil (http://www.uol.com.br) and BOL (http://www.bol.com.br) portals and ISPs, which hold first and second place, respectively, in audience rankings, according to Jupiter Media Metrix, IBOPE Nielsen and IVC (the Circulation Verification Institute). The third unit is the ZipNet (http://www.zipnet.com.br) portal and ISP. The fourth, launched in August, 1999, is UOL International, a proven leader in the region Spanish markets through its portals in Argentina, Colombia, Venezuela, the U.S. and Mexico.