Bell Actimedia Selects Notify Technology's new Visual Got Mail Service for Bell-Sympatico(tm) Internet Pilot
Canada's Largest National Internet Service Provider Arranges for Residential Users in Montreal and Toronto To Get E-mail Notification at a Glance - Without Going Online
SAN JOSE, Calif. - February 23, 2000 - Notify Technology Corp. (NASDAQ: NTFY), a leading supplier of innovative call and message notification products and services, today announced that Bell Actimedia, a wholly owned subsidiary of Bell Canada, (TSE & MSE: BCE), will be the first ISP (Internet Service Provider) to pilot with Notify's Visual Got Mail Service. The pilot is to begin in March with Bell Actimedia customers located in Quebec and Ontario Canada. Participants were selected based on their existing use of E-mail, Caller ID, and the Internet. Bell Actimedia markets its nationwide Internet Service under the Bell-Sympatico(tm) brand name.Given a successful trial, Bell Actimedia plans to make this service available to all customers as an optional value-added service.The eView 100 Internet voice appliance and the Visual Got Mail service enables dial-up e-mail users to see up to 10 new e-mail headers from multiple e-mail accounts established through either their Internet Service Provider(s) and/or e-mail service provider(s). Residential users can see at-a-glance if anyone has sent e-mail as easily as checking their answering machine or voice mail. The device also provides Caller ID information, as well as voice mail notification.
The eView 100 and the Visual Got Mail service enables dial-up e-mail users to see new e-mail headers from one or more e-mail accounts from their Internet Service Provider(s) or e-mail service provider(s).After signing up for the Visual Got Mail service, the low-cost eView 100 Internet voice appliance connects to the home telephone line and then configures itself. Residential users can see at-a-glance if anyone has sent e-mail as easily as checking their answering machine or voice mail. The eView 100 also provides Caller-ID information, and voicemail notification. "Bell Actimedia is constantly seeking products and services that allow us to exceed our customers' expectations and make their lives easier," said Ayman Ghali, Associate Director of New Product Development. "The eView 100 product integrates e-mail with voice mail and caller ID notification, and allows us to offer our customers a complete package of services to fit their communications needs." "Bell Actimedia is excited about one potential application of the Visual Got Mail service which would be HEADER MESSAGING. This would be a delivery system for short messages. In this way, consumers could be notified of information such as stock trades, auction bid results, news headlines, or appointment reminders with short messages that would be formatted to fit on the subject line of an ordinary e-mail message," said Peter Costanzo, Director of New Product Development. "Notify is happy to work with its first Internet service provider, Bell-Sympatico, to provide Visual Got Mail Service to its customers," said Paul DePond, President and Founder of Notify Technology. "We are also very excited about Bell Canada's new joint venture between Lycos and Bell-Sympatico which will form a joint Canadian portal. This joint venture will help in marketing Visual Got Mail Service throughout Canada.." How eView 100 works With the eView 100, consumers will have their e-mail accounts automatically checked periodically without turning on their computers. The eView 100 gives notification of new e-mail messages for up to five e-mail accounts such as work, home, and children's e-mail accounts. The eView 100 displays the e-mail header which includes the specific e-mail account, the sender's name, the subject line, whether there is an attached document, and the total number of messages for that account. The eView 100 allows filtering of e-mail based on contents of "sender" and "subject" fields. Users can then decide whether they want to turn on their computer and read their new e-mail messages now or wait until later. About BellSouth Corp.
Product family The eView 100 is an Internet voice appliance that connects to the user's telephone and supports Notify's Visual Got Mail service, voice mail and Caller ID services. The Visual Got Mail service, announced February 1999, is a proprietary technology designed to operate with all POP3 and IMAP4 e-mail systems as well as other proprietary e-mail systems, such as America Online and Yahoo. The Visual Got Mail service consists of multiple network components and provides communication with the new eView 100 Internet voice appliance. About Bell Canada Bell Canada is Canada's largest supplier of telecommunications services. With one of the world's most robust and reliable switched networks, Bell Canada provides advanced voice, data and image communications to more than eight million business and residence customers across Canada.Bell Canada is a subsidiary of BCE Inc. (80 %) and SBC Communications Inc. (20 %). In March 1999, the company announced a strategic partnership with Ameritech Corporation (which merged with SBC Communications Inc. October 8, 1999) to expand its business potential and further position Bell Canada as a leader in global communications industry.About Bell Actimedia Bell Actimedia, formerly Tele-Direct, was renamed in recognition of these fundamental changes. While Bell Actimedia continues to publish traditional Yellow Pages directories in Canada and, through subsidiaries, in markets around the world, it is now offering more Web-enabled services, through its Sympatico(tm) portal to further empower consumers and bring more buyers and seller together. Sympatico is Canada's largest Internet service provider with more than 600,000 customers. Bell Actimedia directories are available over the Internet and via Bell Canada's screen phones. Bell Actimedia is also a partner in Toronto.com and montrealplus.ca, comprehensive on-line city guides. About Bell-Sympatico, Inc. Sympatico is Canada's largest national Internet service provider. Sympatico membership gives their customers Internet software, reliable connections, friendly toll-free 24 hour support and a web-site made by and for Canadians. About Notify Technology Corp.
Founded in 1994, Notify Technology Corp, (NASDAQ: NTFY) is a leading supplier of innovative call and message notification products and services. Notify Technology currently sells its products through OEM relationships to major telephone companies and telephone equipment distributors. The company is headquartered in San Jose, Calif. For more information, see www.notifycorp.com or call 408-777-7920.
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