Inform 10333 East Dry Creek Road, Suite 270
Worldwide Holdings, Inc. Englewood, CO 80112
303.662.0900 Phone
303.662.0700 Fax
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
PRESS RELEASE
For more information, contact:
Mirjam Wielheesen
Inform Worldwide Holdings, Inc.
Phone: 303-662-0900 x 226
E-Mail: [email protected]
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Intemet: www.informworldwide.com
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ANYTHING INTERNET CHANGES NAME AND SYMBOL
Denver, Colorado - November 16, 2000 - Anything Internet Corporation (OTCBB:
ANYI) announces that its shareholders approved a name change to Inform Worldwide
Holdings Inc. and will be trading under the symbol (OTCBB: IWWH), effective
Friday, November 17, 2000.
At the annual meeting November 14, shareholders ratified the new name, signaling
the company's shift in focus to location and mapping based services.
"The name better reflects the company's mission and focus on providing
location-based services for commercial and consumer applications," stated
Chairman and CEO Larry Arnold. "It reflects the complete transition of the
company to serve emerging mobile and wireless markets." Mr. Arnold further
stated, "If you want something located, tracked, found or mapped, we can do it."
IWWH serves as a holding company for Inform Worldwide Inc. (Inform) and Mapas y
Datos, which it is acquiring under a definitive agreement. Inform is a
syndicator of location-based technologies, that combine geography and the
Internet. Inform delivers its location-based services through an E-hub platform
combining ASP capabilities with map content, real-time monitoring and a variety
of software applications. Mapas y Datos is the leading developer of mapping and
location-based applications in Latin America. It is best known for its Spanish
mapping portal "Mapas Latinos," www.maoaslatinos.com.
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Through its subsidiaries, IWWH is an early mover in the emergent field of
L-commerce. L-commerce consists of "location-aware" applications that deliver
location and geographic information for commercial use. The company enables
Internet based "location services" to deliver information to users based on the
location of fixed and/or mobile assets through Internet and/or wireless
communication devices. Presently, the services offered include Internet-based
tracking of vehicles and valuable assets and specialized Internet mapping
portals. These services are provided through the company's Application Service
Provider (ASP) business model over the Internet through wireless mobile devices.
The company intends to leverage its core capabilities to become the leading
provider of location-based services in the Americas.
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The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 provides a "safe harbor for
forward-looking statements. Certain information included in this press release
(as well as information included in oral statements or other written statements
made or to be made by Anything Internet Corporation) contains statements that
are forward-looking, such as statements relating to the future anticipated
direction of the high technology industry, plans for future expansion, various
business development activities, planned capital expenditures, future funding
sources, anticipated sales growth and potential contracts. Such forward-looking
information involves important risks and uncertainties that could significantly
affect anticipated results in the future and, accordingly, such results may
differ from those expressed in any forward-looking statements made by or on
behalf of Anything Internet Corporation. These risks and uncertainties include,
but are not limited to, those relating to development and expansion activities,
dependence on existing management, financing activities, domestic and global
economic conditions, changes in federal or state tax laws, and market
competition factors. For a description of additional risks and uncertainties,
please refer to Anything Internet's filings with the Securities and Exchange
Commission.
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