NEW YORK and KANSAS CITY, Mo., Nov. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- TD Waterhouse Group,
Inc. (NYSE: TWE; TSE), the global online financial services firm, and
Sprint PCS (NYSE: PCS), the fastest-growing, all-digital, all-PCS nationwide
wireless network, today launched TD Waterhouse Wireless for web-ready phones
on the Sprint PCS Wireless Web to connect investors in the U.S. to a wide
array of online investing services and related financial products. Using any
Internet-ready Sprint PCS Phone, subscribers launch the mini-browser to access
TD Waterhouse under the "Finance" category.
"The Sprint PCS Wireless Web continues to offer customers information and
m-commerce services when and where they need it," said Chip Novick, vice
president of consumer marketing for Sprint PCS. "With TD Waterhouse, investors
are instantly connected to a broad range of brokerage and consumer financial
products and services -- all with the touch a button."
"We are pleased to be able to offer easy access to TD Waterhouse through
the Sprint PCS Wireless Web," said Stuart Rubinstein, Senior Vice President,
Electronic Commerce, TD Waterhouse Group, Inc. "This agreement will enable
Sprint PCS customers to access TD Waterhouse from anywhere while on the
Sprint PCS nationwide network while providing yet another way for TD
Waterhouse customers to invest wirelessly."
Customers can choose Sprint PCS Wireless Web as their free option as part
of any Sprint PCS Free & Clear Plan to use their minutes for voice or data.
Sprint PCS customers who choose not to select a Wireless Web Service Plan can
still access the service for a default per-minute rate.
TD Waterhouse's agreement with Sprint PCS is part of a larger global
wireless investing initiative enabling customers in the U.S., Canada, the
U.K., and Hong Kong to invest wirelessly through web-ready phones.
Customers who use TD Waterhouse Wireless for web-ready phones will
continue to enjoy the same web commission schedule starting at $12 for market
orders of up to 5,000 shares.
About Sprint PCS
Sprint PCS operates the largest 100-percent digital, 100-percent PCS
nationwide wireless network in the United States, already serving the majority
of the nation's metropolitan areas, including more than 4,000 cities and
communities across the country. Sprint PCS has licensed PCS coverage of nearly
270 million people in all 50 states, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
For more information, visit the Sprint PCS web site at
http://www.sprintpcs.com. Sprint PCS is a wholly owned subsidiary tracking
group of Sprint Corporation trading on the NYSE under the symbol "PCS."
Sprint is a global communications company -- at the forefront of
integrating long-distance, local and wireless communications services, and a
large carrier of Internet traffic. Sprint built and operates the United
States' first nationwide all-digital, fiber-optic network and is a leader in
advanced data communications services. Sprint has $20 billion in annual
revenues and serves more than 20 million business and residential customers.
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
4.3 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.
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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Related links:
http://www.tdwaterhouse.com
http://www.wtdw.com http://www.sprintpcs.com
CONTACT:
Melissa Fox, Manager, Public Affairs of TD
Waterhouse Group, Inc., 212-908-3101,
melissafox@tdwaterhouse.com; or Nancy Sherrer, Manager, Media
Relations of Sprint PCS, 816-559-1413, 913-706-9051 PCS,
nsherr02@mail.sprintpcs.com
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