'TD Waterhouse Quotes & News' Chosen as Featured Service for New Quotes Menu
NEW YORK, Jan. 11 /PRNewswire/ -- TD Waterhouse Group, Inc.
(NYSE: TWE; TSE), the global online financial services firm, today announced
it has developed the "TD Waterhouse Quotes & News" wireless market information
system for AT&T Digital PocketNet(SM) service in the U.S. The company also
announced it will be the featured provider of the service to all AT&T Digital
PocketNet service subscribers in the U.S.
"TD Waterhouse Quotes & News" will be powered by Bridge Information
Systems (BRIDGE(R)), the largest provider of financial information services in
North America. It will be available to all AT&T Digital PocketNet service
subscribers free of charge with unlimited monthly access. Access to "TD
Waterhouse Quotes & News" is easy with no additional login or registration
required. A TD Waterhouse account is not required to use the service. "TD
Waterhouse Quotes & News" will feature access to extensive financial market
information, including:
* Latest market updates by index including DJ Industrials, NASDAQ, AMEX,
S&P 500 and 10-yr U.S. Treasury Note;
* Breaking news headlines and stories, including world news and news by
symbol;
* Unlimited quotes with multiple quote entry;
* Unlimited advanced quote lists;
* Daily and weekly price charts by symbol;
* Searching capabilities by company, symbol, category or keyword; and
* Easy wireless access to TD Waterhouse.
"Enhancing our existing relationship with AT&T Wireless is a testament to
the ease and convenience with which existing and prospective customers can
access TD Waterhouse's service," said Stuart Rubinstein, Senior Vice
President, Electronic Commerce, TD Waterhouse Group, Inc. "Offering the most
current market information to investors on the move is an important part of
keeping them up-to-date and informed about their finances."
"Making stock quotes and financial information easier to access is yet
another way we are expanding our AT&T Digital PocketNet service," said Andy
Willett, Vice President of Business Development for AT&T Wireless. "With
free, unlimited access to this and more than 70 other sites, AT&T Digital
PocketNet service continues to provide our customers with comprehensive
wireless Internet access and content."
In May, TD Waterhouse announced that it had been chosen by AT&T Wireless
to be the top menu selection for the launch of the AT&T Digital PocketNet
service finance portal.
This alliance supports two of TD Waterhouse's strategic initiatives:
growing the firm's core business through expanding products and services, as
well as leveraging technology to improve the customer experience.
About TD Waterhouse
TD Waterhouse Group, Inc., (NYSE: TWE; TSE), also known as "TD
Waterhouse," provides investors with a broad range of brokerage, mutual fund,
banking and other consumer financial products on an integrated basis. In the
United States, TD Waterhouse is the only online discount broker to have a
retail branch in all 50 states. Worldwide, TD Waterhouse currently services
4.4 million customer accounts in the United States, Canada, the United
Kingdom, Australia, and Hong Kong. The firm also services customers in Japan
and India through joint ventures in those countries. TD Waterhouse can be
found on the Internet at http://www.tdwaterhouse.com, on America Online at
Keyword: TD Waterhouse, and on web-ready phones at http://www.wtdw.com. In the
U.S., brokerage services provided by TD Waterhouse Investor Services, Inc.
(Member NYSE/SIPC).
About AT&T Wireless (http://www.attws.com)
AT&T Wireless (NYSE: AWE) is among the world's premier wireless voice,
data and fixed wireless communications companies, serving more than 15 million
customers, including consumers, businesses, and government. With annualized
revenues of more than $11 billion, AT&T Wireless provides services to
customers across the globe.
This release may contain forward-looking statements, including statements
with respect to our operating goals. These statements, which reflect
management's current beliefs and expectations, are subject to risks and
uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially from these
statements. Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to,
market volatility, decreased trading activity, the development and acceptance
of new products and services, system delays and failures, competition, and
general economic conditions. For a discussion of risks and uncertainties that
may cause actual results to differ from those reflected in such forward-
looking statements, please refer to our filings with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, including the information included under the heading
"Item 1. Business-Risk Factors" in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
fiscal year ended October 31, 1999.
SOURCE TD Waterhouse Group, Inc.
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CONTACT:
Melissa Fox, Manager, Public Affairs of TD
Waterhouse Group, Inc., 212-908-3101, or
melissafox@tdwaterhouse.com
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