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SALT LAKE CITY, Aug. 25 1999 /PRNewswire/ -- PrimeHoldings.com, Inc.
(OTC Bulletin Board: PRIM - news), today announced that it has reached an agreement to acquire the assets of Pelican Hill Holding Company (Santa Ana, Calif.), holders of the domestic marketing rights to the GolfAgent online tee-time reservation system in the United States.
Additional details of the agreement were not released.
The GolfAgent system (golfagent.com), currently used extensively throughout Great Britain and Ireland, allows golfers to schedule their own tee times at local or distant courses through the Internet. Participating golf courses use the local GolfAgent software to schedule tee-times via phone and can also synchronize their system with the GolfAgent server to make all open tee times available on the GolfAgent web site for remote purchase. Alternatively, golfers can call GolfAgent's toll-free telephone line and speak to live representatives who can place the reservation for them.
The GolfAgent system benefits golf courses by helping to sell unreserved tee times and by eliminating the overhead required answering phone calls and placing manual reservations. In exchange, GolfAgent receives a small percentage of each greens fee transaction. GolfAgent will also profit through planned affinity marketing programs with golf courses and golf-related product providers, targeted at golfers who use the GolfAgent system.
According to the National Golf Foundation, the number of golfers in the United States rose by 33 percent between 1986 and 1999, from 19.9 million to more than 26.4 million, making it one of the world's fastest growing leisure activities. In the same period, the number of golf courses rose 22% from 13,353 to 16,365 – 70 percent of which are open to the public. Total annual spending on golf equipment, related merchandise and playing fees topped $16.3 billion in 1998. ''Golf is big business and Pelican Hill's license to the GolfAgent system in the United States puts them in a great position to capitalize on this sure-fire business opportunity,'' said Thomas E. Aliprandi, president and CEO of PrimeHoldings.com. ''The Pelican Hill acquisition gives PrimeHoldings.com an important presence in one of the fastest-growing consumer markets and provides a complementary partner to our other affinity marketing subsidiaries.'' Pelican Hill Holding Company President Michael Barron said the agreement would give his company a strong partner that is dedicated to Internet affinity marketing. ''PrimeHoldings.com has the infrastructure we need to grow our business and provides the marketing and sales expertise that it will take to make GolfAgent a defacto standard means of selling golf-related products and services,'' he said. About the GolfAgent Online Reservation System
The GolfAgent system has many features that are designed to attract golfers, but the key to the system is the ease of use provided to golf course owners. Using course management software (which GolfAgent can supply, or the club can use its existing software), golf courses can easily submit tee times to the Internet server and retrieve information about existing reservations. The course remains firmly in control of its tee times and can submit as many or as few tee times as required for sale on the central server. All integration with the course's system is automatic, so no Internet knowledge is required. When tee times are booked on the Internet, the golfer's details appear on the course's system as if the person had telephoned the course and they had taken the booking themselves. All reservations are guaranteed by credit card over a secure, SSL-based connection.
About PrimeHoldings.com, Inc. PrimeHoldings.com, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: PRIM, formerly PrimeSource Communications Holdings, Inc. traded under OTC Bulletin Board: PSCM) develops and operates Internet-based and Internet-related technology companies that together form a community focused on business intelligence and electronic commerce. Other current PrimeHoldings.com companies include: bCard.net, a leader in smart card technologies; Navilor, a leader in automated forms processing services; eROI, a cutting-edge provider of technology for evaluating hard-to-measure business processes such as training, and UniQuest Communications, a top agency of telecommunications reseller UniDial, Inc. For more information call 801-562-1444 or visit primeholdings.com.
SOURCE: PrimeHoldings.com, Inc. 10/13/1999 Business Summary PrimeHoldings.com, Inc.
(OTC: BB PRIM), (formerly PrimeSource Communications Holdings, Inc. traded under OTC: BB PSCM) develops and operates Internet-related technology companies that together form a community focused on business intelligence and electronic commerce.
Current PrimeHoldings.com companies include: bCard.net, a leader in smart card technologies; Navilor, Inc., a leader in automated forms processing services: eROI, a cutting-edge provider of technology for evaluating hard-to-measure business processes such as training (a $91 billion industry) and UniQuest Communications, a top agency of telecommunications reseller UniDial, Inc. Basing it’s holdings on emerging and growth technologies, Primeholdings.com has been able to form a foundation of technologies that is becoming the critical delivery system for time sensitive business decisions.
Business executives are looking for the competitive advantage that favors accurate and timely business decisions based on data that PrimeHoldings.com is providing. PrimeHoldings.com’s commitment to maintain a rapid growth portfolio of Internet-based business will provide substantial shareholder growth in the short and long-term. PrimeHoldings.com is looking to add to their portfolio other cutting-edge Internet-based and e-commerce companies over the next year. This will allow for PrimeHoldings.com companies to leverage technologies and services to provide explosive growth in their diversified Internet holdings. About bCard.net- bCard.net. is the developer of a revolutionary, Internet-based, business-to-business information exchange based on its bCardÔ technology. bCards are universal, proprietary "smart cards" (also known as chip cards) used to store, transfer and otherwise manage information about business professionals and consumers. Unlike paper business cards, bCards can store large amounts of digital information that can be easily shared and stored to facilitate communication between business professionals and commerce between business entities. In developing its business, bCard.net is poised for leadership as an "infomediary" in the emerging smart card industry--estimated by market research firm Frost & Sullivan to be a $5 billion worldwide market by 2003.
An infomediary is described in a new book from the Harvard Business School Press as "information brokers that help customers maximize the value of their personal data to get the lowest price, widest selection and best service possible while ensuring the customer's privacy." As trusted information brokers, infomediaries provide an important link between businesses and their customers by providing secure and private means of communicating valuable consumer information.
Trade shows, conferences and corporate events are prime business environments where potential smart card communications and transactions are occurring continuously. In early 1999, bCard.net signed a contract with American Show Management of Seattle, Wash., North America's largest producer of information technology exhibitions, to provide registration and exhibitor services to 45 of its U.S. events in 1999. Under the agreement, bCard.net is expected to issue over 200,000 smart cards. Numerous other business applications for bCards have been identified and are in various stages of planning. bCard.net issues bCards to qualified individuals and maintains a global database of bCard holders. By controlling the information gathered through the issuance of bCards, bCard.net also operates an affinity program aimed at providing benefits to bCard holders and is developing an Internet portal for the dissemination of information and for conducting e-commerce activities related to the bCard affinity program. bCard.net founders believe the company's global universal electronic business card technology will create a new Internet based communications environment for business-to-business transactions and become a leading global business-to-business communications portal.
About Navilor Navilor, Inc is the newest member of the PrimeHoldings.com family. Navilor is the merger of PrimeSourceNet (a PrimeHoldings.com company) and the operating assets of Intelisys (see press release for details of the merger). Navilor’s provides a state-of-the-art, high-volume service center providing real-time, around-the-clock, customized-data processing solutions. Founded in 1994 by Dr. Dave Norton (original co-founder of Iomega), Mark Kendell and Bret Millar, the automated service center receives and transmits customer data through all major communication media (i.e. mail, fax, electronic transfer, intranets, Internet and client networks).
In order to increase data accuracy and minimize human intervention, Navilor use the Neural Cube™, a proprietary neural network technology based on artificial intelligence. The Neural Cube is the key component of the Navilor Automated Data Extraction System, which encompasses a series of intelligent data extraction and computer-aided decision-making processes. Navilor offers a complete service solution allowing clients to access cutting-edge technology without having to invest large sums of capital in new systems. Navilor eliminates the need to constantly maintain and upgrade systems that may become quickly outdated. About eROI- eROI (Electronic Return on Investment) provides web-based technology that produces business intelligence that organizations need to calculate returns from training and other difficult to measure investments. eROI methods are equally applicable to training for sales, customer service, technology, leadership and management training.
Web-based training alone, the fastest growing of all training delivery methods, is estimated by International Data Corp. (IDC) to be an $85 billion market with growth rates exceeding 50% per year. With all the money being spent on training and other forms of business process reengineering, CEOs and other business leaders need to know that their money is being directed at the right objectives and that their companies are reaching the levels of return that shareholders expect. Of the $90 billion spent annually by corporations on training, measuring the effectiveness and financial return has been the most difficult information to collect and analyze. What has been done is typically incomplete and to late to make a difference. Evaluation is conducted in conjunction with the training process to gauge effectiveness and return at each of five in-depth levels, going well beyond traditional training measures. eROI's proprietary methods and technologies provide CEOs and other senior-level managers with frequently updated return-on-investment reports via eROI's "dashboard" style, browser-based reporting tool.
THOMAS ALIPRANDI, PRESIDENT AND CEO OF PRIMEHOLDINGS.COM, SHARES STRATEGIC INSIGHT WITH WALL STREET REPORTER.COM SALT LAKE CITY, Nov 3, 1999
/PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Thomas E. Aliprandi, President and CEO of PrimeHoldings.com, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: PRIM), a holding company for high-growth electronic commerce businesses, today shared some valuable insight into the Company's operations and goals during an interview conducted by Wall Street Reporter.com.
The live taping of the interview can be found on the Web at www.wallstreetreporter.com. Wall Street Reporter.com is sought out by professional investors as a valuable source for successful new investment ideas. Each day interviews are conducted with CEO's of leading public companies, which are making important news and earnings announcements. These in-depth interviews are geared toward serious investors who demand an unbiased, first-handed perspective that enables them to make successful investment decisions. Aliprandi articulates his view of the competitive landscape, his vision of the future for PrimeHoldings.com, and explains why he views PrimeHoldings.com as a successfully emerging company in the e-commerce marketplace during an interview that was recorded live. "PrimeHoldings.com is focused on using technology as a tool to enhance business practices, improving accuracy and efficiency," he said. "Our proprietary advanced computing technologies focus around capturing, managing, and distributing the key business intelligence data that has become the heart of electronic commerce. It is a necessary foundation layer for e-commerce, the solution that helps the organization make more money." Aliprandi explained the infrastructure behind the technology and how it works sighting examples of work currently being performed for clients such as Pepsi Cola Bottling Company and Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. When asked what he would say to potential or long-term investors, Aliprandi replied "PrimeHoldings.com is a solid, fundamentally based company. We are here for the long-term," he said. "We are building relationships with companies on a long-term basis. We want to stay away from the hype and focus on successful strategies capitalizing on the tremendous market potential of Internet commerce."
PrimeHoldings Announces Raise of Up to $1 Million.
PR Newswire, August 9, 2001 SALT LAKE CITY, Aug. 9 /PRNewswire/ --
PrimeHoldings.com, Inc. (OTC: PRIM), a holding company for high-growth electronic commerce and wireless data transmission businesses, today announced plans to raise up to $1 million through a favorable funding arrangement with Premier Equities Europe S.L. "This bridge funding arrangement allows us to proceed with the uninterrupted expansion of our business," explained Tom Aliprandi, CEO of PrimeHoldings. "We expect this move to ensure our ability to reach profitability on an operating basis." "We have worked diligently with PrimeHoldings to set up an ideal funding arrangement," added Lawrence Hill, partner at Premier Equities Europe S.L. "This funding will immediately enable PrimeHoldings to achieve the capitalization required for long term growth." The company plans to issue restricted shares to accredited investors committed to the growth of bCard and TimeMarker, the company's flagship subsidiaries. In other corporate developments, TimeMarker is currently finalizing its selection of a CEO to lead the subsidiary. Meanwhile, bCard continues to deploy aggressively having closed several major client wins this quarter.
About PrimeHoldings.com, Inc. PrimeHoldings.com, Inc. is a holding company for high-growth electronic commerce and wireless data transmission businesses. bCard, Inc., a subsidiary of PrimeHoldings, is a leading provider of smart card information management systems. PrimeHoldings recently acquired TimeMarker, Inc., an emerging developer of wireless Internet exchange technology enabling location-based, dynamic pricing of time-perishable goods and services. For more information, call 801-562-1444 or visit www.primeholdings.com.
PrimeHoldings Partners With Global Investor Solutions For Investor Awareness SALT LAKE CITY, UT, May 22, 2002 (INTERNET WIRE via COMTEX) --
PrimeHoldings.com (OTC: PRIM), a diversified holding company with early-mover initiatives in the smart card and wireless auction space, has partnered with Global Investor Solutions to enhance company awareness in the investment community.
PrimeHoldings' businesses revolve around two main subsidiaries. bCard.net is a leading smart card information provider that has already demonstrated the commercial viability of its technologies with nearly 500,000 smart cards produced for client use at over 7,000 trade shows. TimeMarker will shortly market its proprietary Internet exchange platform using auction style bids to sell excess or premium time perishable inventory in the golf industry. ‘After careful analysis of PrimeHoldings' operations, we believe that the Company's restructuring efforts to cut costs and to focus on its most viable subsidiaries have begun to pay off,’ said Mark Rauseo, President & CEO of Global Investor Solutions. ‘We are confident that the investment community will be receptive to the fact that bCard.net and TimeMarker operations are well-positioned to generate significant revenues.’ ‘We also believe that bCard.net will prove to be a major near-term growth catalyst for the Company while TimeMarker should provide strong investment incentive over the intermediate term,’ added Mr. Rauseo.
About PrimeHoldings.com PrimeHoldings.com is a technology-oriented holding company that seeks to introduce and bring to market new e-commerce applications and business solutions. The Company is composed of subsidiary operations, bCard.net, a leading provider of smart-card information management systems for corporate clients in marketing and promotions, and TimeMarker, Inc., developer of a scalable Internet exchange platform that uses wireless devices to provide clients with an efficient means of selling time perishable inventory. PrimeHoldings is traded over-the-counter under the ticker symbol ‘PRIM’.
Source: FinancialContent, Inc. bCard, Inc. Rolls Out New Application Features
SALT LAKE CITY, UT, Jun 03, 2002 (INTERNET WIRE via COMTEX) -- bCard, Inc., a subsidiary of PrimeHoldings.com, Inc. (OTC:PRIM), today announced that it is rolling out a new suite of event management services that strengthens its position as a leading smart card information provider.
bCard continues to break new ground in the management of corporate events and trade shows through the introduction of new ‘ticketing’ functionalities. The Company's registration application not only collects and manages information on attendees, but also helps to streamline the logistics of running corporate events. The application can now be customized to synchronize attendees with transportation schedules and to manage cash allowances for meals. ‘The bCard team is constantly working on new features to better serve major corporations that host their own corporate events,’ said Thomas Aliprandi, CEO of PrimeHoldings.com. ‘Naturally, these research and development efforts improve bCard's leadership position in the marketplace and inevitably enhance shareholder value.’ bCard is successfully penetrating the high-end corporate event management industry. The company also recently reported that it is seeing an increase in the number of new clients from the rebounding technology sector.
About bCard, Inc. bCard, Inc, a subsidiary of PrimeHoldings.com, Inc., is a leading provider of smart card information management systems. bCard has developed and successfully popularized a universal digital identity platform for tradeshows, events and meetings. Since inception, bCard has distributed and opened nearly one million bCard accounts, has produced in excess of 750,000 physical bCard smart cards for account holders, and has run marketing applications for more than 10,000 tradeshow exhibitors. Please direct all product and media inquiries to Ivan Lazarev at (301) 654-3779 or visit the website at bcard.net.
JULY 11, 2002 - 13:45 EDT PrimeHoldings Engages HJ & Associates For Company Audit
SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH--PrimeHoldings.com (OTC: PRIM), a diversified holding company with early-mover initiatives in the smart card and wireless auction space, announced today that it has engaged the services of HJ & Associates to complete an audit of the company's financials. "We are pleased to be working with the partners of HJ & Associates," said Thomas Aliprandi, CEO of PrimeHoldings. "Their efforts to complete our corporate audit in a timely manner will enable us to proceed with a number of exciting business development initiatives." HJ & Associates, LLC, is a full-service accounting firm providing accounting and auditing, SEC reporting and presentation, tax planning, and management advisory services. The firm services a number of publicly-traded companies. "We believe that a partnership with such a reputable firm coupled with recent achievements at our bCard unit will enhance the company's overall standing in the investment community," added Mr. Aliprandi. "Our main objective is always to build shareholder value." "We anticipate a very smooth audit and look forward to a long-term working relationship with PrimeHoldings," said Franklin Hunt, partner at HJ & Associates. About HJ & Associates, LLC HJ & Associates, LLC, is a full-service accounting firm providing accounting and auditing, SEC reporting and presentation, tax planning, and management advisory services. The firm is a member in good standing with the AICPA and has access to a range of resources through its membership in the RSM International and McGladrey Pullen Network of Firms. Headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah, HJ & Associates serves clients worldwide, including Canada, Europe, and Asia.
PrimeHoldings Aims for Fully Reporting Status
SALT LAKE CITY, July 15 2002/PRNewswire/ -- PrimeHoldings.com (OTC: PRIM), a diversified holding company with early-mover initiatives in the smart card and wireless auction space, announced today that it has engaged the services of a Salt Lake City securities law firm to prepare the company's Form 10-SB registration statement. ‘The filing of the Form 10-SB will expedite our Company's ability to list on the OTC Bulletin Board,’ said Thomas Aliprandi, CEO of PrimeHoldings. ‘Once we are fully reporting, we will resume our aggressive expansion plans.’ Form 10-SB is a standard form required for the registration of securities of small business issuers under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
Information required in the registration form includes a description of the business, discussion of the plan of operation, identification of the directors and executive officers, description of property and securities and financial statements. The Form 10-SB is subject to SEC comments. About PrimeHoldings.com PrimeHoldings.com is a technology-oriented holding company that seeks to introduce and bring to market new e-commerce applications and business solutions. The Company is composed of subsidiary operations, bCard.net, a leading provider of smart-card information management systems for corporate clients in marketing and promotions, and TimeMarker, Inc., developer of a scalable Internet exchange platform that uses wireless devices to provide clients with an efficient means of selling time perishable inventory.
PrimeHoldings is traded over-the-counter under the ticker symbol
‘PRIM.’ SOURCE PrimeHoldings.com; FinancialContent, Inc. SALT LAKE CITY, Aug 16, 2002 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ --
PrimeHoldings.com (OTC: PRIM), a diversified holding company with early-mover initiatives in the smart card and wireless auction space, announced today that it will conduct a series of high-profile online interviews to highlight the recent achievements of its bCard unit and to discuss new revenue-enhancing initiatives. "We have received numerous inquiries by phone and email regarding both bCard and PrimeHoldings," explained Thomas Aliprandi, CEO of PrimeHoldings.com. "We believe that opening new lines of communication with the investment community will create additional momentum and solidify support for our business development efforts." Ivan Lazarev, President and CEO of bCard, is scheduled for an interview this Monday to elaborate further on the successful track record of bCard's products. This follows the recent interview of Ralph Adams, Director of New Business Development, by Dori Gurwitz, Senior Analyst of Wall Street Reporter during which Mr. Adams unveiled plans to acquire complementary businesses in the trade show vertical.
bCard is quickly becoming the industry's preferred partner for trade show vendors seeking smart card-based identification and lead retrieval systems. In the last six months, the bCard team has completed deployments for many leading trade shows, including the Information Technology Exposition & Conference (ITEC) and the EmbeddedSystems Conference. The management of bCard strongly feels that there is now an opportunity to create a profitable leader in a very fragmented industry. Mr. Aliprandi is also planning to participate in an online forum during which he will reveal new revenue-enhancing initiatives that have been in the works over the last several months.
SALT LAKE CITY, Aug. 21 2002/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --
PrimeHoldings.com (OTC: PRIM), a diversified holding company with early-mover initiatives in the smart card, telecommunications, and wireless auction space, announced today that UniQuest Communications, Inc., its telecom subsidiary, is set to introduce enhanced local and long-distance phone services to subscribers in California, Florida, and Georgia through its affiliation with Z-Tel Communications, Inc. Z-Tel is a competitive local exchange carrier (CLEC) and a licensed provider of the local, long distance, and enhanced platform services that make up its two primary product lines, Z-LineHOME(TM) and Z-LineBUSINESS(TM). Z- LineHOME offers residential customers bundled local and long-distance services, as well as Internet-accessible voicemail and other Web-enabled features, such as message notification via email, cell phone or pager and multiple-number Call Forwarding. Z-LineBUSINESS offers small to medium sized businesses the same benefits, plus other important features such as multiple voicemail boxes and toll-free services. "Our goal is to market aggressively in areas where subscribers previously had few options," said Thomas Aliprandi, CEO of PrimeHoldings. "Combined with all of Z-Tel's powerful communications features, Z-Tel's products will be especially well-positioned in the market as an exceptional value proposition for businesses." Previously a reseller of long distance services, PrimeHoldings has repositioned UniQuest Communications to enter the most lucrative markets for local phone services.
Over the next twelve months, the service will expand to eleven additional states, including Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, and Texas. "We welcome this opportunity to work with PrimeHoldings," said Kyle Brown, vice president of small business sales at Z-Tel. "PrimeHoldings anticipates rapid subscriber growth in the local phone service market, and we're pleased that they turned to us to provide them with access to the telecommunication industry's most robust local phone service solution for both residential and small business customers."
UniQuest Communications, Inc. Seeks Strategic Marketing Alliances With Direct Sales Groups to Expand Customer Base
SALT LAKE CITY, Sept 5 2002 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --
PrimeHoldings.com (OTC: PRIM), a diversified holding company with early-mover initiatives in the smart card, telecommunications, and wireless auction space, announced today that UniQuest Communications, Inc., its telecom subsidiary, is preparing to finalize contracts with two direct sales groups in Florida and California.
These groups will focus on selling Z-Tel Communications' bundled local and long distance packages, Z-LineHOME(TM) and Z-LineBUSINESS(TM), to existing and potential new residential and small business customers. Z-Tel is a competitive local exchange carrier (CLEC) and a licensed provider of the local, long distance, and enhanced platform services that make up its retail line of products. Z-LineHOME offers residential customers bundled local and long-distance services, as well as Internet-accessible voicemail and other Web-enabled features, such as message notification via email, cell phone or pager and multiple-number Call Forwarding. Z-LineBUSINESS offers small to medium sized businesses the same benefits, plus other important features such as multiple voicemail boxes and toll-free services.
"Engaging these groups will dramatically enhance our ability to expand our customer base quickly," said Thomas Aliprandi, CEO of PrimeHoldings. "Our goal is to add 7,500 new customers between now and the end of the next quarter. If we are successful, we will be generating over $345,000 in monthly billings. We have an achievable plan to reach annualized revenues of $5,000,000 and to make UniQuest a profitable subsidiary."
Previously a reseller of long distance services, PrimeHoldings has repositioned UniQuest Communications to enter the most lucrative markets for local phone services. Over the next twelve months, the service is expected to expand to eleven additional states, including Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, and Texas.
Edwin Quintana Appointed Interim CEO Of UniQuest Communications, Inc. SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH--PrimeHoldings.com, Inc. (OTC: PRIM), a diversified holding company with early-mover initiatives in the smart card, telecommunications, and wireless auction space, today announced the appointment of Edwin Quintana as interim CEO of UniQuest Communications, Inc., its telecom subsidiary.
Mr. Quintana will be drawing on his many years of experience and relationships at both the direct marketing and executive levels in the telecom industry to accelerate the repositioning of UniQuest Communications in the lucrative diversity markets for local and long-distance phone services.
"UniQuest is extremely well-positioned to leverage the ever-expanding Hispanic demographics in local and long-distance telecom markets through affinity programs with Hispanic associations and through new PTT arrangements in Latin America," said Mr. Quintana. "I am already engaged in discussions to expand UniQuest's share of the Hispanic telecommunications market here in the United States, and I am currently negotiating contracts for new business in Latin America and the Caribbean."
Mr. Quintana began his career in the telecom industry in 1989 as an account representative with MCI where he created the first vertical market for Hispanic accounts and implemented the first point-to-point services to Mexico. While at MCI, Mr. Quintana was recognized as the number one account representative in the country three years in a row-1990, 1991, 1992. He was also winner of the MCI Chairman's Inner Circle Award several years running. Moving on from MCI in 1995, Mr. Quintana went on to several leading positions in the telecom industry, including Executive Vice President of CaribeSat, Inc., a leading Puerto Rico telecommunications company. In 1999 Mr. Quintana returned to MCI-Worldcom as manager of international markets. "We are very excited by Mr. Quintana's appointment to lead UniQuest," said Thomas Aliprandi, CEO of PrimeHoldings. "We are extremely confident that his extensive experience in telecom diversity markets, both domestically and internationally, will greatly facilitate our plan to make UniQuest a profitable subsidiary in a short time."
UniQuest Communications, Inc. Forms Marketing Alliance With H20 Media
SALT LAKE CITY, Dec. 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- PrimeHoldings.com (OTC: PRIM), a diversified holding company with early-mover initiatives in the smart card, telecommunications, and wireless auction space, announced today that UniQuest Communications, Inc., its telecom subsidiary, has formed a direct sales marketing alliance with H20 Media to sell Z-Tel Communications' bundled local and long distance packages, Z-LineHOME(TM) and Z-LineBUSINESS(TM).
"The engagement with H20 Media is an important component in our plans to market the Z-Tel products," said Thomas Aliprandi, CEO of PrimeHoldings. "Efforts are now underway to reach our goals of generating over $345,000 in monthly billings and achieving annualized revenues of $5,000,000." "We look forward to this partnership with UniQuest," said Steve Black, VP of H20 Media. "We are confident in our ability to jumpstart UniQuest sales and to scale our sales infrastructure as UnQuest expands into new territories." UniQuest Communications will work closely with H20 Media to leverage its entire sales infrastructure and aggressively market Z-Tel products.
Over the next year, UniQuest Communications is expected to expand the service from California, Florida and Georgia to eleven additional states, including Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, and Texas. Z-Tel is a competitive local exchange carrier (CLEC) and a licensed provider of the local, long distance, and enhanced platform services that make up its retail line of products. Z-LineHOME offers residential customers bundled local and long-distance services, as well as Internet-accessible voicemail and other Web-enabled features, such as message notification via email, cell phone or pager and multiple-number Call Forwarding. Z-LineBUSINESS offers small to medium sized businesses the same benefits, plus other important features such as multiple voicemail boxes and toll-free services.
About PrimeHoldings.com PrimeHoldings.com is a technology-oriented holding company that seeks to introduce and bring to market new e-commerce applications and business solutions. The Company is composed of subsidiary operations: bCard, Inc., (http://www.bcard.net ) a leading provider of smart-card information management systems for corporate clients in marketing and promotions; TimeMarker, Inc., developer of a scalable Internet exchange platform that uses wireless devices to provide clients with an efficient means of selling time perishable inventory; and UniQuest Communications, Inc., a provider of enhanced local and long-distanced phone services. PrimeHoldings is traded over-the-counter under the ticker symbol "PRIM."
UniQuest Communications Ramps Up Sales with Launch of Web Site
SALT LAKE CITY, Dec. 30 2002/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- PrimeHoldings.com (OTC: PRIM), a diversified holding company with early-mover initiatives in the smart card, telecommunications, and wireless auction space, announced today that UniQuest Communications, Inc., its telecom subsidiary, has launched a new Web site at uniquestonline.com to allow potential phone service customers to sign-up online for Z-Tel Communications' bundled local and long distance packages, Z-LineHOME(TM) and Z-LineBUSINESS(TM).
The Web site will enable potential customers to confirm service pricing and availability in their area. Customers interested in Z-LineHOME, Z-Tel's residential phone service package, can select from calling plans starting as low as $29.99 per month with the ability to add options, such as Internet-accessible voicemail, Caller ID, Call Waiting, and more. Customers can also select Z-LineHOME Unlimited, an unlimited local and long distance home phone service plan, for a flat rate, ranging from $49.99 to $79.99 per month (pricing and availability vary by state).
Through a partnership with LivePerson, the Web site will also offer live customer care during regular business hours. ‘The web site will provide potential customers with the ability to learn more about Z-Tel's products and to make informed buying decisions,’ said Edwin Quintana, interim CEO of UniQuest Communications. ‘We believe that the Web site will tap into a potential customer pool that is more technologically savvy and price-conscious,’ explained Tom Aliprandi, CEO of PrimeHoldings. ‘Coupled with H20 Media's telemarketing initiatives, we are confident that UniQuest Communications will successfully capture a broad telecom subscriber base that includes both residential and business customers.’
UniQuest Communications and H20 Media have commenced ramping up its sales and marketing efforts for Z-Tel's products in California, Florida, and Georgia. Over the next year, UniQuest Communications is expected to expand its marketing initiatives into eleven more states, including Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, and Texas.
About Z-Tel Z-Tel was founded in the wake of the Telecommunications Act of 1996. With the establishment of the Unbundled Network Element-Platform (UNE-P), competitive telecommunications companies became able to provide telephone service to end-users over the incumbent local telephone providers' network. Z-Tel was formed around UNE-P with the vision of developing technology that would imbue the telephone with ‘Intelligent Dial Tone,’ wherein telephone service can be personalized to meet consumers' and businesses' diverse communications needs in an intelligent, intuitive way. Z-Tel offers residential and business customers value-added bundled local and long distance phone service with proprietary Internet-accessible calling and messaging features. Z-Tel also makes these services available on a wholesale basis. Z-LineHOME(TM) is available in 47 states today, representing over 90% of the nation's total residential phone market. Z-LineBUSINESS(TM) is available in several states across the country. For more information about Z-Tel's innovative services or about Z-Tel, please visit the Company's Web site at ztel.com. About UniQuest Communications UniQuest Communications is a value-added reseller of telecommunications services specializing in enhanced local and long distance phone services and dedicated to excellent customer service. Founded in 1994, UniQuest Communications targets high-growth subscriber demographics in a quickly-evolving telecommunications marketplace.
NEWS: UniQuest Communications Reaches Agreement to Distribute InstaCall
SALT LAKE CITY, Feb. 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- PrimeHoldings.com (OTC: PRIM - News), a diversified holding company with early-mover initiatives in the smart card, telecommunications, and wireless auction space, announced today that UniQuest Communications, Inc., its telecom subsidiary, has reached agreement to distribute "InstaCall", a pinless international calling program designed particularly for cellular telephone users.
InstaCall is a comprehensive prepaid interactive calling service program that allows cellular telephone users to make pinless international calls at extremely low rates. Cellular users will not need to switch from their current mobile carriers. Cellular telephone users simply dial the access phone number in the particular area they are calling from, and InstaCall automatically recognizes their personal phone numbers, allowing them to make international calls at below most prepaid calling card rates, without the need for entering any pin numbers.
"InstaCall is a remarkable product; we believe that it will become a very profitable initiative for our company," said Thomas Aliprandi, CEO of PrimeHoldings. "The vast majority of the more than 100 million cellular telephone users in the United States cannot make international calls from their cellular telephones. And those who can, hesitate to do so because of the astronomical cost of international mobile telephone call carrier rates. The use of InstaCall will enable business executives, and millions of others with family and friends overseas to make international calls from wherever they are, at any time, without high costs or excessively long pin numbers." About UniQuest Communications UniQuest Communications is a value-added reseller of telecommunications services specializing in enhanced local and long distance phone services and dedicated to excellent customer service. Founded in 1994, UniQuest Communications targets high-growth subscriber demographics in a quickly evolving telecommunications marketplace.
SALT LAKE CITY, UT--(INTERNET WIRE)--Feb 27, 2003 -- PrimeHoldings.com (OTC BB:PRIM.OB - News), a diversified holding company with early-mover initiatives in the smart card, telecommunications, and wireless auction space, announced today that UniQuest Communications, Inc., its telecom subsidiary, will begin to distribute "InstaCall," the first pre-paid international calling card program for cell phone users that is PIN-less and does not require a user to enter into a contract or switch mobile carriers.
"InstaCall is a unique, first-of-a-kind program that does not require monthly fees or accrue a per call connection fee for its users," said Thomas Aliprandi, President and CEO of PrimeHoldings. "We plan to implement InstaCall into our product portfolio by March 3, 2003, to help cellular users in two ways: first, it provides an international mobile phone solution; and second, it saves hundreds or thousands of dollars for those who phone internationally on any regular basis." For example, a cellular caller making a call on his mobile phone to Belgium will pay 65 cents per minute on Verizon, 35 cents per minute on AT&T, from 24 cents to $1.05 per minute on Sprint PCS, and 39 cents per minute on Nextel. These services usually require security deposits or monthly fees. With the InstaCall calling card, that same user will pay only 6.9 cents per minute. To use InstaCall, a cellular telephone user dials the access phone number in the particular area he calls from, and InstaCall automatically recognizes his personal phone number, allowing him to make international calls at a significant discount, without entering any PIN numbers. "Because InstaCall represents a great first-of-a-kind product for mobile users and a significant opportunity for our company, we plan to explore and implement InstaCall in many marketing channels during the next several months," said Aliprandi.
"In order to make InstaCall more easily accessible for mobile users, UniQuest will offer a new user-friendly Web site: www.cellfrog.com. Cellfrog is expected be ready for use by March 24, 2003. InstaCall is part of PrimeHoldings' and UniQuest's mission to offer affordable, easy-to-use and practical products to the telecommunications industry," concluded Aliprandi.
PrimeHoldings.com Announces Intent to Form Joint Venture With Vertu Technologies, LLC
3/25/2003 8:17:10 AM SALT LAKE CITY, UT, Mar. 25, 2003 (INTERNET WIRE via COMTEX) -- PrimeHoldings.com, Inc. (PRIM) , a diversified holding company with early-mover initiatives in the smart card, telecommunications and wireless auction space, today announced its intent to form a joint venture with Vertu Technologies, LLC, a developer of proprietary software and hardware products for the hospitality, beverage and restaurant industries.
" Vertu has assembled a basket of innovative software products which are in use today in restaurants and other locations. Vertu is also enhancing a unique and proprietary software product that will offer money-saving inventory management and control for the hospitality and restaurant industries," said Thomas Aliprandi, PrimeHoldings` CEO. " Vertu has assembled a powerful management and development team to generate and market innovative products for food and beverage-based industries -- industries that can greatly benefit from inventory management software. We believe that Vertu can be a significant contributor to the technological growth in the food and beverage space, and that PrimeHoldings can help in that process," continued Aliprandi.
" We are anxious to join with PrimeHoldings to mature and market our products. What we will ultimately offer our customers in the restaurant and hospitality industries will help them reduce costs, increase efficiency and add profits to their respective businesses. The economic opportunity is significant," said Spencer Taylor, Vertu`s Chief Technology Officer. " Being partnered with a public company will give us greater resources and capabilities," said Taylor. " We hope to have our strategic relationship completed in the coming weeks," added Aliprandi.
PrimeHoldings.com Completes Joint Venture Agreement With Vertu Technologies, LLC
Wednesday April 2, 2:08 pm ET SALT LAKE CITY, UT--(INTERNET WIRE)--Apr 2, 2003 -- PrimeHoldings.com, Inc. (OTC BB:PRIM.OB - News), a diversified holding company with early-mover initiatives in the smart card, telecommunications and wireless auction space, today announced the completion of a joint venture agreement with Vertu Technologies, LLC, a developer of proprietary software and hardware products for the hospitality, beverage and restaurant industries.
" We signed a Letter of Intent to complete this transaction last week, but both parties have been motivated to finish the agreement and complete the products` beta testing so that we can have these products ready to market this quarter," said Thomas Aliprandi, PrimeHoldings.com`s CEO. " We are very happy to work with Vetru Technologies to further develop its innovative hospitality and restaurant software and hardware products," added Aliprandi. " With our combined contacts in the restaurant and hospitality industries, we feel that we can grow our business quickly because we now have the financing and added infrastructure to build our business," said Spencer Taylor, Vertu`s Chief Technology Officer. " We believe that the synergies created by this joint venture will bring long-term value to our shareholders," said Aliprandi.
APRIL 10, 2003 - 08:30 EST PrimeHoldings.com Announces Stock Repurchase Program
SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH--PrimeHoldings.com, Inc. (OTC: PRIM), a diversified holding company with early-mover initiatives in the smart card, telecommunications, wireless auction space and software/hardware products for the hospitality and restaurant industries, today announced that its Board of Directors approved a Stock Repurchase Program. PrimeHoldings' Board of Directors approved the repurchase of up to 100 million shares of its common stock.
Under the Stock Repurchase Program, Prime may repurchase shares of its common stock through the open market and/or privately negotiated transactions at prices deemed appropriate by management. Under this program, management intends to use, among other resources, a portion of profits from business operations to buy back its common stock in the open market. ‘I feel that we have made tremendous progress moving the company forward with limited capital and resources. We are now poised to advance to the next level.
This Stock Repurchase Program signifies the deep commitment our management has to our company and its collective shareholders. This program is only one of the tools we will use to increase shareholder value in the coming year,’ said Thomas Aliprandi, PrimeHoldings.com's CEO.
About PrimeHoldings.com PrimeHoldings.com is a technology-oriented holding company that seeks to introduce and bring to market new e-commerce applications and business solutions. The Company is composed of subsidiary operations: TimeMarker, Inc., developer of a scalable Internet exchange platform that uses wireless devices to provide clients with an efficient means of selling time perishable inventory; and Uniquest Communications, Inc., a provider of enhanced local and long-distanced phone services. PrimeHoldings is traded over-the-counter under the ticker symbol PRIM.
PrimeHoldings.com and Vertu Technologies, LLC Sign Distributorship With Business Solutions International
Tuesday, April 08, 2003 2:51:06 PM ET SALT LAKE CITY, UT, Apr. 08, 2003 (INTERNET WIRE ) -- PrimeHoldings.com, Inc. (OTC: PRIM), a diversified holding company with early-mover initiatives in the smart card, telecommunications and wireless auction space, and Vertu Technologies, LLC, a developer of proprietary software and hardware products for the hospitality, beverage and restaurant industries, today announced a new partnership in their joint venture to develop and market state-of-the-art hospitality and restaurant hardware and software. PrimeHoldings.com and Vertu Technologies completed an agreement to market their products through Business Solutions International, an international company that brings unique hardware and software solutions to diverse businesses.
"Our company is dedicated to bringing the highest-quality hardware and software products to our restaurant and hospitality clients, worldwide. The growth and success of our company are directly related to the strength of our partners. We have always aligned our ourselves with excellent manufacturers, products and partners," said Lawrence Currier, BSI’s President. "Vertu has developed a powerful assortment of hardware and software products that are innovative and helpful to our restaurant and hospitality clients," added Currier. "Restaurants are always looking for products to help them operate more efficiently. Vertu and Prime’s industry-specific hardware and software products, such as ’Vertu POS,’ a point-of-sale product developed for small to medium-size restaurants; ’Vertu Food & Beverage Manager,’ a software package that allows restaurants, bars and clubs to track food and beverage inventories; ’Vertu Check Stream,’ a software product that tracks employee labor and streamlines data with existing systems; and ’Vertu Wireless,’ a software program that integrates all of the Vertu products in a wireless environment, solve many problems facing these businesses today," said Spencer Taylor, Vertu’s Chief Technology Officer.
"Our agreement with BSI allows it to market our products exclusively in the Far East and on a non-exclusive basis domestically," said Thomas Aliprandi, PrimeHoldings’ CEO. "We believe that our international and domestic clients will welcome Vertu’s products, as they will increase efficiencies, are affordable and are dynamic, allowing a restaurant to tailor a product for its own specific needs," said Currier. "We anticipate BSI’s starting to market our products within the next 30 days," added Taylor.
About PrimeHoldings.com PrimeHoldings.com is a technology-oriented holding company that seeks to introduce and bring to market new e-commerce applications and business solutions. The Company is composed of subsidiary operations: bCard, Inc. (www.bcard.net), a leading provider of smart-card information management systems for corporate clients in marketing and promotions; TimeMarker, Inc., developer of a scalable Internet exchange platform that uses wireless devices to provide clients with an efficient means of selling time perishable inventory; and Uniquest Communications, Inc., a provider of enhanced local and long-distanced phone services. PrimeHoldings is traded over-the-counter under the ticker symbol PRIM. About Vertu Technologies, LLC Vertu Technologies, LLC is a technology company that is amassing a basket of software, hardware products and wireless applications for deployment for the hospitality, food and beverage industries. Vertu intends to become a leading provider of proprietary software and hardware products for the hospitality, food and beverage industries. Vertu is a privately held Limited Liability Corporation.
PrimeHoldings.com Considers Exit From DTC and Joins FNUSA Network B: PrimeHoldings.com Considers Exit From DTC and Joins FNUSA Network
City of Industry, CA, Apr 16, 2003 (financialnewsusa.com via COMTEX) -- According to a Financial News USA staff reporter in a recent conversation with PrimeHoldings.com (OTC: PRIM) CEO, Tom Aliprandi, the company stated that it is considering exiting the DTC system and becoming a " Certificate Only Issuer." The Depository Trust Corporation (" DTC" ) has on February 13, 2003, applied for a rule change with the SEC to prevent issuers from exiting the DTC`s electronic clearing and book entry system that allegedly facilitates naked short selling.
The Financial Times recently quoted companies as saying " rogue bands of naked short sellers` are allowed to borrow shares for short positions through loopholes in the system managed by the DTC, the clearing house that oversees the electronic book entry system that replaced paper-based clearing and settlement decades ago." Financial Times said the DTC was " apparently caught off-guard by the requests. It ruled that the decision to withdraw from its system was not up to the issuer, but to the companies` shareholders.
In mid-February it sent a notice to the SEC requesting clarification on its rule interpretation." This would not be a major burden for most companies, since shareholder votes on the subject to date have been fairly overwhelming in support of moving to " certificate-only" shareholdings, since they are the ultimate victims of manipulation.
Primeholdings/Vertu Moves Into $400bil Market, With Flagship Product
SALT LAKE CITY, UT -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 04/28/03 -- PrimeHoldings.com, Inc. (OTC: PRIM), a diversified holding company with early-mover initiatives in the smart card, telecommunications, wireless auction space and software/hardware products for the hospitality and restaurant industries, today announced the limited release of its Inventory Management product, a software product that enables restaurants, bars and clubs to track actual inventories.
Vertu `s Inventory Management product is a Windows based software program and is unique in that it tracks actual versus theoretical restaurant inventories and accounts for inventory attritions due to theft or loss, and it integrates into a restaurant`s existing and diverse software and/or hardware systems. This product has yet to be named for market.
" We are currently completing our Inventory Manger alpha testing in varied stages and several local establishments. It has seamlessly integrated with the alpha sites` existing software systems and made the restaurants more efficient by providing better and more accurate information," said Thomas Aliprandi, PrimeHoldings` CEO. " The inventory management product`s general release is planned for the 4th Quarter 2003," said Aliprandi.
" We are developing this inventory management product to integrate with a restaurant`s POS (point of sale), costs and production systems. By assimilating inventory control into these systems, the restaurant, bar or club has a clear picture of its fiscal health, is in better control of operations and is able to make informed purchasing and operating decisions," said Spencer Taylor, Vertu`s Chief Technology Officer.
" The hospitality industry has traditionally resisted new technologies because of the lack of useable applications for operators. The software systems on the market developed for the hospitality industry exist individually. They are typically not integrated and do not allow the flow of data between and among programs," said Garry Maxwell, Vertu`s Vice-President, Development. " The labor required for double and triple data entry is cost prohibitive. Excessive costs thus deprive operators of the reports and information they need to grow their businesses," continued Maxwell. " All of our hospitality-centered software programs, starting with the inventory management, are developed to integrate systems so that data is entered one time and flows to all necessary systems, allowing the operator to spend more time expanding and managing the business," said Taylor.
" Although developing software and hardware for the hospitality industry is a minor shift from our previous business endeavors, we are very excited about our partnership with Vertu and its products as the restaurant business alone is a $400 billion annual business domestically," said Aliprandi. " The National Restaurant Association`s statistics reveal that the restaurant industry is healthier than most other sectors of business trade. In the early 90`s about half of our domestic population ate at a restaurant each day. By the year 2010, over 56% of our population will be eating out every day. We want to be a solution to this very dynamic and profitable industry with our software and hardware products," concluded Aliprandi.
PrimeHoldings, Inc. Announces Date to Receive Interim Financing 5/20/2003 8:17:44 AM
SALT LAKE CITY, UT, May. 20, 2003 (MARKET WIRE via COMTEX) -- PrimeHoldings.com, Inc. (PRIM) , a diversified holding company with early-mover initiatives in the smart card, telecommunications, and wireless auction space, today announced the date on which the Company will receive its first tranche of funding from Ashlin Capital.
In February 2003, PrimeHoldings entered into a convertible credit facility with Ashlin Capital, whereby Ashlin Capital agreed to arrange financing for its subsidiary, UniQuest`s expected growth. Dr. Charles Flemming, Ashlin Capital`s CEO, today announced that Prime`s first funding under this credit facility will begin on June 14, 2003. " We have waited for some of UniQuest`s and Prime`s business to mature before making our investment available," said Dr. Flemming. " I have visited Prime`s offices in Salt Lake City and have been involved in Prime`s growth strategies and performed due diligence on many of the exciting contracts and opportunities now available to both UniQuest and Prime, and I am pleased to offer the capital necessary to make these opportunities a reality," added Dr. Flemming. " We have worked very hard the last several months, with virtually no capital, to build our business and to put in place the components to achieve profitability this year," said Thomas Aliprandi, Prime`s CEO. " Dr. Flemming and Ashlin Capital have been our staunchest supporters in helping us further develop and implement our business plan.
With Ashlin`s infusion of capital, we will finally be able to complete contractual obligations, seek out appropriate acquisition candidates and develop the products, such as Vertu`s restaurant and beverage software and hardware products as well as other exciting telecommunication products," added Aliprandi. " I have watched Prime and its management for some time, and I am impressed with their abilities to thrive despite the adversity of limited capital. Now it is time to give them all the tools to grow Prime`s business," concluded Dr. Flemming.
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