Press Release

SK Telecom Inaugurates ?Biz n.TOP? for Business Users

2000.06.28
SK Telecoms wireless Internet service n.TOP will offer Biz n.TOP, a new wireless Internet service to provide business-related information and services for business people and small business owners from Wednesday, June 28 for the first time in Korea.

Biz n.TOP is the wireless Internet service n.TOP?s business portal site that offers a wide array of business-related services such as specialized business information, for example, overseas market trends, online import/export information, Mtranet service that allows users to access company intranets, approval and cancellation of credit card use, credit information checking service, and ?User Find? service using the reverse auction method.

The new service is expected to greatly appeal to small business owners and sales people whose main activities require a mobile office environment. Any user who wants to access the new service can do so using the 6th menu to be added to the current five - Information Network, Economics Network, Entertainment Network, My Network - and TTL n.TOP on a WAP-enabled handset.

In the coming months, Biz n.TOP will secure specialized business-related contents that include industry-specific data, customer information and industrial communities, playing the role of the leading brand in the business mobile Internet service market.

Business Information

Industry/economy news and data, industry-by-industry specialized information, company startup information, tax-related information, etc. Provides in-depth news and information about local and international industry and economy.

Online Import and Export

An exclusive link between n.TOP and import/export sites such as Silkroad 21 and EC Plaza. Offers services that allow users to search import-export related information, executing online importing and exporting, conducting searches on offers by international buyers and other related information by the government agencies.

Mtranet Service

Allows to access corporate intranets via wireless. Enables to use company mail and conduct business transactions online. Each corporate user is assigned an account number upon subscribing.

Credit Card Information Service

- Credit Card Transaction Service: Can use mobile phone to get credit card transactions approved or cancel them. Enables card-less credit transactions using a mobile phone.
- Credit Information Reference Service: Allows to conduct checks on an individual or a company?s credit status using a mobile handset.

User Find Service

Allows users to post budgets and specifications for services they need when they move or need to have something delivered. Once the posting is done using wireless Internet, companies that can offer those services are notified and the companies that find the business attractive can directly contact the user. A type of a reverse auction service.

* Reverse auction: Using reverse auction, users can post the amount they are willing to pay for certain services on the wireless Internet site and companies that offer those services directly contact users.
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