Sprint
Partners with eSignal to Deliver Stock Market Quotes to
the Sprint PCS "My Wireless Web"
- eSignal
Quotes Now Available on Sprint PCS Internet-Ready Phones
Via the Nation’s
Largest All-Digital Voice and Data Network -
Kansas
City, Mo. & Hayward, Calif. (December 13, 2000) –
Sprint PCS (NYSE: PCS), the nation’s fastest growing
wireless carrier, and eSignal,
Data Broadcasting Corporation’s (Nasdaq: DBCC) (DBC)
retail provider of real-time financial and business information
to individual investors, today announced that eSignal quotes
have been added to the Sprint PCS “My Wireless Web.”
The new venture makes eSignal’s wireless stock market
coverage available to Sprint PCS customers on 18 Internet-ready
Phones via the nation’s largest all-digital, all-CDMA
seamless wireless network.
The
eSignal service will enable traders and investors to receive
portable market indices; market quotes from the NYSE, Nasdaq
and AMEX exchanges; breaking news; gainers and losers data;
and fundamental data such as 52-week highs and lows, EPS,
P/E ratios, dividend rates, yields, outstanding shares and
market caps – all at the touch of a button from any
Sprint PCS Internet-ready Phone. The service will appeal
to individual investors looking for a simple and easy way
to track their portfolios. Customers have the option of
modifying their watch list via their Sprint PCS Phone or
PC, and any changes to their portfolios are automatically
updated in eSignal’s database. eSignal offers delayed
quotes for up to 20 stocks, or with a monthly fee, real-time
data for up to 40 stocks.
“Reports
indicate that approximately 90 percent of all wireless phones
will be Internet compatible by the year 2003. This underscores
the increasing demand for wireless connections as more consumers
seek easy access to online information,” said Chuck
Thompson, president of eSignal. “By combining the strength
of Sprint PCS’ industry-leading reputation and extensive
all-digital nationwide network with eSignal’s powerful,
comprehensive data service, Sprint PCS customers will have
the flexibility to conduct important business on the road
virtually anytime, anywhere, they choose.”
Sprint
PCS customers will be able to access eSignal’s stock
market services by first selecting eSignal from the “New
Link” section of the customizable Sprint PCS “My
Wireless Web” page at http://www.sprintpcs.com on their
desktop. Customers can choose Sprint PCS Wireless Web as
their free option as part of any Sprint PCS Free & Clear
Plan to use their minutes for voice or data. Sprint PCS
customers who do not choose a Wireless Web Service Plan
can still access the service for a default per-minute rate.
“By
choosing to add eSignal to their personalized Sprint PCS
‘My Wireless Web,’ our customers will have instant
access to current market quotes and news directly on their
Sprint PCS Internet-ready Phones,” said Chip Novick,
vice president of Consumer Marketing for Sprint PCS. “Whether
you are a serious trader or casual market watcher, access
to time-sensitive information when and where you want it
clearly is a tremendous advantage in terms of productivity
and peace of mind, particularly when you’re on the
go.
Sprint PCS continues to roll out a growing portfolio of
Wireless Web content partners that give our customers the
ability to access information and services they want and
need wherever they are on the Sprint PCS nationwide network.”
About
“My Wireless Web”
Sprint PCS customers can set up their personal My Wireless
Web page by logging into their account on the Sprint PCS
Web site at www.sprintpcs.com. From this Web site, Sprint
PCS customers with Internet-ready phones can personalize
and customize the categories and content of their Wireless
Web service, and can easily bookmark their favorite wireless
Internet sites. There's no software to install and complete
the setup process for My Wireless Web, and the new personal
page is available to customers on their phones within seconds.
There is no additional charge for using My Wireless Web.
Normal airtime charges apply when using the Sprint PCS Wireless
Web Browser.
About
Sprint PCS
Sprint PCS operates the largest 100 percent digital, 100
percent PCS, voice and data nationwide wireless network
in the United States, already serving the majority of the
nation's metropolitan areas including more than 4,000 cities
and communities across the country. Sprint PCS has licensed
PCS coverage of nearly 270 million people in all 50 states,
Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. For more information,
visit the Sprint PCS web site at www.sprintpcs.com.
Sprint
PCS is a wholly-owned tracking group of Sprint Corporation
trading on the NYSE under the symbol "PCS." Sprint
is a global communications company - at the forefront of
integrating long-distance, local and wireless communications
services, and a large carrier of Internet traffic. Sprint
built and operates the United States' first nationwide all-digital,
fiber-optic network and is a leader in advanced data communications
services. Sprint has $20 billion in annual revenues and
serves more than 20 million business and residential customers.
About
eSignal:
eSignal delivers vital streaming real-time financial data
over the Internet to active traders and individual investors.
The eSignal application includes a portfolio manager, a
Nasdaq Level II display, fundamental data, intraday and
interday charts, analytics, full-text news & research,
customized tickers, time & sales and an options montage
window. eSignal also provides full text news from CBS MarketWatch
(Nasdaq:MKTW), Dow Jones News Service (NYSE:DJ) and Comtex,
and can deliver limit alerts via pager, cell phone or e-mail.
eSignal supports WindowsÒ 95/98/2000/NT and is available
for downloading at http://www.eSignal.com.
About Data Broadcasting Corporation
Data Broadcasting Corporation is a leading global provider
of financial and business information to institutional and
individual investors. The company supplies time sensitive
pricing, dividend, corporate action and descriptive information
for more than 3.5 million securities traded around the world
including hard-to-value, unlisted fixed income instruments.
At the core of the business are its extensive database expertise
and technology resources.
DBC
delivers real-time, end-of-day and historically archived
data to customers through a variety of products featuring
Internet, dedicated line, satellite and dial-up delivery
protocols. Through a broad range of partnerships and alliances,
the company provides links to most of the world’s best-known
financial service and software companies for trading, analysis,
portfolio management and valuation.
DBC,
with approximately 1,700 employees, is headquartered in
Bedford, Massachusetts and has more than 20 offices in North
America, Europe, Asia and Australia including the world’s
key financial centers of New York, London and Tokyo. It
is 60 percent owned by Pearson plc (London: PSON; NYSE:
PSO), an international media company.
