XCEL Enters Web Hosting Arena and Takes Another Leap In Becoming a One-Stop Shop for Internet Solutions.Business Editors BUFFALO, New York--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 14, 2000 XCEL Communications Corp. (USA) (XCEL), a growing market leader in Internet communication systems and a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. of AdvanteXCEL.com Communications Corp. (AXCL.U:CDN (Content Delivery Network) A system of distributed content on a large intranet or the public Internet in which copies of content are replicated and cached throughout the network. ) (AVXCF: OTC OTC See: Over-the-counter. OTC See over-the-counter market (OTC). BB), announces it has signed a contract for web hosting Making a Web site available on the Internet. Many ISPs host a few personal Web pages for an individual at no additional cost above the monthly service fee, but the address is subordinate to the ISP; for example, www.friendlyisp.com/pat_smith. with E Commerce Networks Inc. Through the venture with E-Commmerce Networks, XCEL Communications will host 300 websites immediately, and is projected to host as many as 1500 websites by December 31, 2000, the end of the Company's second quarter. The expansion of XCEL's services into web hosting represents a natural progression in XCEL's Internet Communications systems business, which offers web based Coming from a Web server. See Web application. email, Internet faxing, and commerce solutions for businesses. XCEL Communications intends to use its server farm to host and provide a full-service data center of customer websites through its high-capacity data pipeline. XCEL's entrance into the web-hosting arena enhances the Company's ability to use its state-of-the-art equipment and impressive server capacity to augment the web presence of its client base. The creation of XCEL's server farm and web hosting services, in conjunction with its web based tools for data storage and web site traffic generation, will also allow XCEL Communications to offer its customers full-service Internet communication systems. Marshall Weinstein, 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 AdvanteXCEL Communications, said, "Because our focus has been Internet communication systems and providing the state-of-the-art tools for 21st Century communications, namely 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. , we have been reluctant to enter the web hosting arena. But due to the exciting new products we have recently introduced, like GotSticky.com and Secure Web Fax, we really couldn't fight the urge to bring web hosting into our portfolio. Plus, with the launch of our message center in early 2001, it has become essential for us to offer web hosting to meet the needs of our customer base." GotSticky.com offers business tools to make any website "sticky" by making any site a resource and promoting repeat visits by users. The site offers web based email, Internet faxing, chat rooms, opt-in mailing lists, bulletin boards, guest books, and interactive calendars. Through GotSticky.com, these services can be added to any website. Secure Web Fax is an e-commerce solution that sends email orders from a website directly to a merchant's fax machine for fast, easy processing. AdvanteXCEL offers communication systems and products that integrate fax, voice and e-mail technologies, which allow users to retrieve messages from any location in the world. XCEL's solutions implement an innovative gateway system, which can save users 50% to 75% on their long distance fax charges. XCEL's other services and products include: premium e-mail Premium e-mail - term used for professional grade e-mail services that charge a fee as opposed to free e-mail services that are supported by advertising. Premium e-mail is used to indicate a higher level of professional care and service. , webmail, fax to fax, e-mail to fax, website to fax, chat, classifieds, video conferencing and international business card directories. AdvanteXCEL has offices in Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.; and Buffalo, 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 , U.S.A. Corporate headquarters are located in Toronto. Company stock is quoted on the Canadian Dealing Network Canadian Dealing Network (CDN) The organized OTC market of Canada. Formerly known as the Canadian Over-the-Counter Automated Trading System (COATS), the CDN became a subsidiary of the Toronto Stock Exchange in 1991. (CDN) Toronto Exchange under the symbol "AXCL.U" and is listed on the 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 OTC BB under the symbol "AVXCF." The company has 22, 421, 597 common shares outstanding. E-Commerce Networks is a Toronto-based company that is becoming a leader in website hosting and website building. The company was established in 1999. This news release may include statements that constitute forward-looking statements. Please be cautioned that any such forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve significant risks and uncertainties, and that actual results may vary materially from those in the forward-looking statements as a result of any number of factors, including the risk factors contained in the Company's disclosure documents. |
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