TD Waterhouse Is First Online Financial Services Provider
To Offer Easy Access For Users of Pocket PC
NEW YORK, March 15 /PRNewswire/ --
TD Waterhouse Group, Inc. (NYSE: TWE; TSE), the global online financial
services firm, today became the first online financial services firm to launch
a web site designed for the Microsoft Windows Powered Pocket PC platform. TD
Waterhouse Wireless for Pocket PC provides TD Waterhouse's U.S. customers with
cutting-edge access to their investment accounts through personal digital
assistants powered by the Pocket PC platform.
TD Waterhouse Wireless for Pocket PC is specially formatted to fit on
smaller handheld screens, and is optimized for wireless networks. Mobile
Pocket PC users can reach the site at http://www.tdwaterhouse.com, where they
will be automatically routed to the custom Pocket PC site.
TD Waterhouse's public site is available to all Pocket PC users with
Internet access and features unlimited delayed quotes and quote lists; market
news and updates; charts and company-specific news; fundamentals; and symbol
lookup. TD Waterhouse customers in the U.S. can place stock, mutual fund and
option orders, as well as access account balances, holdings, history, order
status, unlimited real-time quotes, option chains and extensive research.
"Making it easy for customers to manage their investments is our goal, and
that's why we focused on Microsoft's cutting-edge Pocket PC platform. It
offers a mobile experience that is similar to investing via a desktop computer
because the platform uses Pocket Internet Explorer, a special version of
Microsoft's Internet Explorer that brings advanced web capabilities to these
devices," said Stuart Rubinstein, Senior Vice President at TD Waterhouse.
"The launch of Pocket PC lets us bring our easy-to-use desktop experience to
customers virtually anytime and anyplace."
"TD Waterhouse has been a leader in adopting Pocket PC technology and we
are thrilled to see their new customer site go live," said Ben Waldman, vice
president for the Mobility Group at Microsoft Corp. "The advanced
functionality of Pocket Internet Explorer combined with the work TD Waterhouse
has done optimizing their site for wireless enables us to deliver cutting-edge
services to customers by offering real-time, wireless access to their account
information."
Making Wireless Easy
The firm also announced an alliance with Aether Systems, Inc.
(Nasdaq: AETH), a leading Enterprise Internet Services Provider (ISP), to
offer an online marketplace for TD Waterhouse customers to purchase a Pocket
PC device, related hardware and optimized wireless Internet access and e-mail.
"By turning to Aether to provide a high-performance wireless Internet
connection and complete service and support, TD Waterhouse gains the assurance
that its clients using the Pocket PC web site will benefit from a reliable,
fast and secure service," said George Davis, Aether President and Vice
Chairman. "Aether takes pride in leading the financial services industry with
empowering applications and services that provide anywhere, anytime access to
crucial information and the ability to take action."
Individuals who want to purchase a Pocket PC device with wireless access
can order the hardware and service they need to go online with the Pocket PC
platform by visiting https://tdwaterhouse.aethersystems.com.
TD Waterhouse Wireless was deployed by TD Waterhouse's internal
Information Services and E-Commerce organization in alliance with Aether
Systems and Plural, Inc., a New York-based eBusiness consulting and
development firm with a unique combination of deep industry expertise in
financial services and broad technical expertise on the Microsoft platform.
TD Waterhouse also has wireless offerings in the U.S., Canada, the U.K.,
Australia, Japan and Hong Kong and will offer wireless investing solutions for
the Palm and RIM Blackberry platforms later this year.
TD Waterhouse Group, Inc., (NYSE: TWE; TSE), provides investors with a
broad range of brokerage, mutual fund, banking and other consumer financial
products on an integrated basis. Worldwide, TD Waterhouse currently services
4.5 million customer accounts in the United States, Canada, the United
Kingdom, Australia, and Hong Kong. The firm also has joint ventures in Japan,
India and Luxembourg to serve investors in those countries. TD Waterhouse can
be found on the Internet and on Windows powered Pocket PC's 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).
SOURCE TD Waterhouse Group, Inc.
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Related links:
http://www.tdwaterhouse.com
http://www.wtdw.com
CONTACT:
Melissa Gitter, First Vice President, Public
Affairs of TD Waterhouse Group, Inc., 212-806-3522,
melissagitter@tdwaterhouse.com
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