-PRESS RELEASE-
Stuttgart, 17.05.1996

HexMac presents new Internet billing system

TeleCharge® enables content providers to charge users for Web services

The lack of secure and reliable billing and accountig systems has slowed down the speed of the evolution of commercial Web services substantially. HexMac International, one of the leading companies in WWW databases, has now presented a system that might make the race for the first working Internet billing and accounting system.

HexBase TeleCharge is the name of the the billing system, presented by HexMac International last week. HexMac International offers a completely new approach to the billing problem. "With TeleCharge we bridged the billing gap", says Mikko Linnamäki (Managing Director of HexMac International), "from now on everybody is able to charge users of Web services in a safe, simple and smart way". To achieve this, HexMac integrates Web accounting and administration to their Web publishing database, called Hexbase®.

TeleCharge does not require the client to install any specific software (apart from standard browser software) and is therefore totally platform-independent. The clue to this amazing result is the combination of a "900" phone number and the Web service.

Solely after having received a user name and password via the "900" number, the user is able to access the Web service of the content provider for a limited time or make limited numbers of queries in the database.

Thousands of usernames and passwords are generated by TeleCharge and transmitted automaticly to the voice computer at the call center. This procedure guaranties on the one hand the anonymity of the user and, on the other hand, secures the collection of user fees via their phone bill.

"TeleCharge enables you to make instantly money on the Web in a safe and simple manner", emphasizes Mikko Linnamäki. And he concludes: "The gloomy days are of over, where you had to give away all your valuable contents. TeleCharge enables you to make profit on the Web, which is a precondition for even better and new Web services in the future."

More Information:
HexMac International, Marketing/PR
Email: [email protected]