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StockTIPS Launches All-in-One Alerting Service and Financial News Package with Nokia and MarketWatch

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StockTIPS, a San Antonio-based company, has announced the launch of an all-in-one alerting service and financial news package with Nokia, CBS MarketWatch, and Data Broadcasting Corporation. This innovative service provides investors and investment managers with real-time access to critical financial information on their portfolios through digital wireless devices. The package is designed around StockTIPS' Internet-based Portfolio Management, allowing investors to customize their portfolios using specific tracking criteria.

Key Takeaways:

  • StockTIPS has launched an all-in-one alerting service and financial news package with Nokia, CBS MarketWatch, and Data Broadcasting Corporation.
  • The service provides investors with real-time access to critical financial information on their portfolios through digital wireless devices.
  • The package is designed around StockTIPS' Internet-based Portfolio Management, allowing investors to customize their portfolios using specific tracking criteria.
  • The service is well-suited for Nokia's new 6100 series digital wireless phones, which weigh less than six ounces and offer up to eight hours of talk time and nine days of standby time.
  • StockTIPS' president Michael Wade emphasized the importance of this integration, stating that it gives mobile investors "unprecedented access and freedom."
  • The demand for multimedia services among mobile subscribers is expected to grow significantly, with estimates suggesting one billion mobile subscribers by 2005.
  • StockTIPS provides customized information on over 120,000 stocks, indices, options, and futures, with access to over 190 major stock exchanges worldwide.
  • The company's services are designed to provide fast, flexible, simple, and reliable information services to mobile investors.
  • The service is being launched with national investor media and Internet advertising, as well as local newspaper support in select markets.

Statistics:

  • Over 120,000 stocks, indices, options, and futures are covered by StockTIPS' services.
  • Over 190 major stock exchanges worldwide are accessible by StockTIPS.
  • StockTIPS' services are designed to provide real-time access to critical financial information.
  • Nokia's new 6100 series digital wireless phones weigh less than six ounces and offer up to eight hours of talk time and nine days of standby time.
  • Estimates suggest that there may be as many as one billion mobile subscribers by 2005.
  • A substantial portion of phones sold in 2005 are expected to have multimedia capabilities.

Sources:

  • "San Antonio--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 14, 1998--StockTIPS announced today it has launched an all-in-one alerting service and financial news package with Nokia (NYSE:NOKA), CBS MarketWatch and Data Broadcasting Corporation (NASDAQ:DBCC)." - Business Wire
  • "StockTIPS Inc. is a privately held corporation headquartered in San Antonio, Texas, that provides customized information on more than 120,000 different stocks, indices, options and futures." - StockTIPS Inc.
  • "Nokia officials released estimates that there may be as many as one billion mobile subscribers in the year 2005 and that a substantial portion of the phones sold that year will likely have multimedia capabilities." - Nokia officials

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