„clickbuy” started successfully in Great Britain and Ireland

FIRSTGATE Internet AG and the British Telecom are anouncing the successful start of ”ClickandBuy" in Great Britain and Ireland

Cologne/London Sept. 16th 2002: BT ClickandBuy (www.btclickandbuy.com), the so called ePayment-Complete-Solution of Britisch Telecom starts business with not less than 20 well-known merchants. BT clickbuy is trusted by many providers throughout the Internet. New and high quality services will be offered from now on.

The selection includes Finance and Investment information,(citywire.co.uk), Job-Portals (onrec.com), Entertainment (halliwellsguide.com), as well as Online Horoscopes (handbag.com).

"We are glad to be able to offer a brought capacity spectrum to our customers by using BT ClickandBuy. It has never been easier, faster and more secure to charge and pay Premium content and e-Service on the Internet" acccording to Ian Price,CEO of the BT Micropayment. He also mentioned the positive feedback made by merchants as well as consumers.

This year in April the British Telecom announced their global cooperation with the FIRSTGATE Internet AG. The successfully used technology of the market-leading FIRSTGATE clickbuy-System got lisenced by BT to use it in Great Britain as well as Ireland.

The successful "Complete-Solution", including charging and billing of Content and eService, was made in strong collaboration.

Since the British Telecom is one of the largest telecommunication providers worldwide, FIRSTGATE considers BT as the perfect reference to get FIRSTGATE ClickandBuy established in the european market.


FIRSTGATE Internet AG

After two years, FIRSTGATE ClickandBuy has already established itself to one of the market-leading solutions in the field of pricing and billing Internet content and e-services. Over 800,000 users have already chosen to buy Internet content via the ClickandBuy micropayments system. In Germany alone, up to 2,500 new users are added every day. In addition, FIRSTGATE has successfully launched sales activities in the Netherlands, Belgium and Austria. Over 2,000 providers currently use the Internet payment solution profitably. Major providers include STIFTUNG WARENTEST, n-tv, RTL, Tomorrow Focus AG, bild.de, Spiegel.net AG, Gruner + Jahr/Börse Online, Deutsche Post, Heise Verlag, AutoScout24, Eurotax-Schwacke, UNICEF and Auto-Motor-Sport. An overview of all providers is available on the Internet at http://www.firstgate.de.

Datos de contacto y más información:

Eberhard Dollinger
ClickandBuy International Limited
Lincoln House
137 / 143 Hammersmith Road
W14 0QL London
Telefon: + 49 (0)221 - 4545700
Telefax: +49 (0)221 - 4545721
presse@de.clickandbuy.com
www.clickandbuy.com/DE/en/