PocketMail and The Internet Truckstop Partner to Provide Mobile Load -Matching Services for Truckers Without a Laptop or a PC
LAS VEGAS/USA [June 27, 2003] –PocketMail Group Limited (ASX:PKT), a leading provider of value-priced mobile e-mail services, announced at the International Truck Show in Las Vegas today that it will enter into a partnership with The Internet Truckstop to provide mobile load-matching services for North American truckers, without using a laptop or a PC.
Using PocketMail's handheld mobile e-mail device, the PocketMail Composer, and their Internet Truckstop account, truckers can now quickly and easily search The Internet Truckstop's large database of truck loads, anytime, anywhere using virtually any phone. Also truckers can send in a truck posting and receive matching loads.
A trucker can access the information by filling in a simple electronic form on the PocketMail Composer. For example, you can search for a certain type of load within a radius of a specific city, by providing basic data including an Internet Truckstop account number, starting point, radius from starting point, and truck-type. The user then dials the toll-free PocketMail telephone service, holds the PocketMail Composer up to the receiver and presses a button. Search and transmission typically takes less than one minute, with the results being returned to the PocketMail Composer in the same transmission.
"We are excited to be partnering with The Internet Truckstop to bring quick, easy to use mobile load matching to our expanding customer base of truckers," said PocketMail Chief Executive David Marchant.
"This continues our strategy of providing added value to our customers over and above our core mobile e-mail service," Marchant added.
Scott Moscrip of The Internet Truckstop® noted that PocketMail allows truckers access to his company's freight matching service, anytime, anywhere without having to use a laptop or a PC. "The availability of easy to use tools, one of the largest freight databases, and a commitment to the transportation intermediary industry is what makes The Internet Truckstop® the leader in Internet freight matching," Moscrip explained.
PocketMail is a low-cost, easy-to-use, mobile e-mail service that enables users to send and receive e-mails, fast and reliably, using the handheld PocketMail Composer and virtually any telephones, including cell-phones and payphones. The cost is $99 (US) for a PocketMail Composer, with unlimited service available from as little as $9.95 per month.
PocketMail mobile e-mail is also available via the Web and on WAP cellular phones.
The PocketMail Composer can be purchased direct from PocketMail either on-line at www.pocketmail.com or by phone, toll-free, at 877 362 4543.
About PocketMail Inc.
PocketMail Group Limited (ASX:PKT) is a leading provider of value-priced, world-wide mobile e-mail services. The company's services are available locally throughout the United States, Canada, Western Europe and Australia, and internationally from every other country in the world. PocketMail has operations in Sydney, Australia in addition to its US operations in San Jose, California. For more information about PocketMail and its mobile e-mail services, please visit www.pocketmail.com
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About The Internet Truckstop®
Founded in 1995, The Internet Truckstop® is the first and largest freight matching service on the Internet. The Internet Truckstop® gathers information from the trucking industry -- truckers, trucking companies, brokers, shippers, freight forwarders, logistical companies, and others -- and makes that information available on the Internet. Databases of available trucks, loads, routes, and bids are maintained and updated throughout the day.
For more information about The Internet Truckstop, please visit www.truckstop.com
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Media Contacts:
David Marchant (CEO)
(408) 689-1241
San Jose, California
david.marchant@corp.
pocketmail.com
Richard Shaw (CFO)
+61 2 9955-0500
Sydney, Australia
richard.shaw@pkt.com.au
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Nanci Williams
Orloff/Williams
(408) 293-1791
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