Real-Time Stock Quotes and Customized Alerts on Pagers with SkyTel and DataLink Partnership

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People can soon access real-time stock quotes and receive customized price alerts on their pagers, thanks to a partnership between SkyTel Communications, Inc. and DataLink Systems Corporation. This innovative service allows users to track their investments on the go, selecting specific stocks and setting triggers for price movements, highs, lows, and volume thresholds. Customers can also receive quotes at scheduled intervals throughout the day, and can change the stocks and criteria as often as they want directly on their computers or through an operator.

Key Takeaways:

  • The partnership between SkyTel and DataLink enables users to receive real-time stock quotes and customized price alerts on their pagers.
  • DataLink's QuoteXpress financial alert service will be available to SkyTel's advanced messaging customers, allowing them to track their investments on the go.
  • Users can select specific stocks and set triggers for price movements, highs, lows, and volume thresholds.
  • Customers can receive quotes at scheduled intervals throughout the day, and can change the stocks and criteria as often as they want directly on their computers or through an operator.
  • DataLink's proprietary intelligent agent technology enables users to specify and customize the information they wish to receive.
  • Subscribe will only pay DataLink a subscription fee starting at less than $10 per month, with no charge from SkyTel for receiving the quotes.
  • SkyTel is a leader in wireless messaging, serving over 1.4 million customers.
  • DataLink has set new standards for delivering real-time information to mobile professionals and was named the number one choice for wireless information services by SmartMoney magazine.

Statistics:

  • More than 1.4 million customers are served by SkyTel, a leader in wireless messaging.
  • DataLink's subscription fee for QuoteXpress service starts at less than $10 per month.
  • SkyTel customers will not incur a character usage charge for receiving stock quotes.

Sources:

  • BUSINESS WIRE, July 16, 1998
  • DataLink Systems web site, www.datalink.net
  • SkyTel Communications, Inc. web site, www.skytel.com
  • SmartMoney magazine
  • SkyTel Communications, Inc.
  • DataLink Systems Corporation