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SK8 Wireless Technologies Inc. offers
taxi providers preferred rankings on both popular sites TakeaTaxi.ca and
TakeaTaxiUSA.com
SK8 Wireless Technologies Inc. announced today the introduction of preferred rankings for taxi
providers within the internet and wireless taxi listings of both their
popular sites TakeaTaxi.ca and TakeaTaxiUSA.com.
Ottawa, Canada - November 05, 2001 – SK8 Wireless Technologies Inc., an innovative company specializing in business to consumer wireless internet solutions, announced today the introduction of preferred rankings within the internet and wireless internet taxi listings of their popular sites TakeaTaxi.ca and TakeaTaxiUSA.com.
For a small fee, taxi service providers are given the opportunity to
occupy a Gold, Silver or Bronze Ranking within ahead
of the general alphabetic taxi listings. This offers a greater
likelihood that customers will choose these top-ranked taxi services.
TakeaTaxi.ca is a bilingual wireless website offering users a listing of
taxi services for all cities in Canada, while TakeaTaxiUSA.com offers US
taxi listings. The sites are
accessible through all internet-enabled cell phones, wireless palm pilots,
as well as the conventional World Wide Web.
Useful information for organizing a way home after a night out, the
taxi listings are sorted by city and province, and have a one-touch
dialing feature. The TakeaTaxi.ca wireless site is also available
directly through the mobile browsers offered on phones from Bell
Mobility, Telus Mobility, Aliant, and Sasktel
in Canada.
"Our services allow businesses to offer customers up-to-date
information at their fingertips. More and more customers are expecting and
demanding this ‘anywhere’ service and are embracing mobile devices to
achieve this flexibility and convenience," says Bill Wilson, Director
of Operations, SK8 Wireless Technologies.
According to the Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association (CWTA),
over 8 million Canadians now use wireless products and services. During
1998 alone, wireless telephony grew by nearly 30% adding over 1 million
customers. Today over 41% of Canadian households have access to a mobile
phone. The CWTA estimates the wireless industry is a $5 billion industry
in Canada.
About CWTA
The Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association (CWTA) is the
authority on wireless issues, developments and trends in Canada,
representing cellular, PCS, paging, mobile radio, fixed wireless and
mobile satellite carriers as well as companies developing and producing
products and services for the industry.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE
CONTACT:
SK8 Wireless Technologies Inc.
Bill Wilson B.Sc.
Director of Operations
(613)853-6246
SK8-Wireless@home.com
http://www.WirelessTechnologies.ca
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