30Jun2000 USA: China`s Largest Internet Stock Brokerage Firm to Deploy China E-Commerce Technologies` Solution for ... 12:03 GMT China`s Largest Internet Stock Brokerage Firm to Deploy China E-Commerce Technologies` Solution for Online Stock Services.
FREMONT, Calif.-(BUSINESS WIRE)-June 30, 2000-China E-Commerce Technologies Co. Ltd. (CECT), a wholly owned subsidiary of Internet Corporation, announced today that it has signed an agreement with China Communication Securities Co., Ltd. to promote CECT`s set-top-box solution for online stock and financial services starting in Guangzhou, China. China Communication Securities is the largest Internet stock brokerage firm, with a nationwide network that trades on China`s Shanghai and Shenzhen Stock Exchanges. China Communication Securities plans to expand its online customer base by distributing CECT`s user-friendly Internet Appliance to its customers. CECT will begin delivery of the set-top box solution in July to China Communication Securities` trading clients for online stock and financial services at home. CECT provides secure, seamless "one-stop" full service transactions, which include an ISP network connection, portal services, and fund transfers between the bank and the stock brokerage firm with ease and efficiency. Currently, most Chinese investors must go personally to their stock brokerage branches to do stock transactions. "This user-friendly Internet Appliance is well suited for the vast number of Chinese consumers who want convenient access to stock and financial services without the complexity of operating a PC," stated He-Tien Yu, General Manager of Guangzhou China Communication Securities. "Actively promoting the use of this TV-based solution to our clients will further solidify us as the leader in this rapidly growing industry." "With this endorsement by China`s largest Internet securities brokerage firm, we have positioned ourselves to become the Internet Appliance solutions leader in delivering online stock and financial services to consumers in China," said Johnston Chen, president and chief executive officer of Internet Corporation. "Our proven low cost, easy-to-use solution has now moved into the mainstream as we take on an active role in promoting the growth of the Internet market in China." "Guangzhou is a city of over 11 million people and one of the three major Internet hubs within China along with Shanghai and Beijing. Starting in Guangzhou, we plan to rapidly expand throughout China," Chen continued. According to the China Securities Regulatory Commission, China has over 44 million people active in securities trading in the Shenzhen and Shanghai stock exchanges at the end of 1999. Internet stock services is expected to be one of the fastest growing industry with number of Internet subscribers expected to double from 8.9 million last year to nearly 20 million in year 2000, based on statistic published by China Network Information Center.
About Internet Corporation
Internet Corporation, a Cayman Islands company, is headquartered in Fremont, Calif. China E-Commerce Technologies Co. Ltd. (CECT), a wholly owned subsidiary of Internet Corporation, provides Internet Service Provider (ISP) subscription services and application services for online banking, stock brokerages and e-commerce merchants in China. CECT is the first portal that provides a secured online payment linking service for television-based Internet Appliance.
CONTACT: Kalt Rosen & Co. for Internet Corporation Howard Kalt, 415/397-2686.
Source: BUSINESS WIRE 30/6/2000
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