ABC Communications Debuts Web Financial Information Service - NetQuote
ABC Communications, one of Hong Kong best established online financial application developers and information service providers, has unveiled its new bilingual, Web-based investor application - NetQuote.
Designed specifically for customers interested in using the Internet to monitor the local stock market, NetQuote is a real-time quote and portfolio tracking service. In addition to a host of charting and analytical tools, NetQuote bundles an impressive array of content from leading providers - including The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong, The Hong Kong Futures Exchange, Hang Seng Index Services and AFX-Asia Chinese Financial News.
" NetQuote offers a truly comprehensive set of information services and key analytical tools needed by today's modern investor, " said Patricia Yeung, Managing Director of ABC Communication (Holdings) Ltd. "In the increasingly time-critical trading environment, you need to be able to gather and evaluate up-to-the-minute information from numerous sources in order to make the right decisions about when to buy and sell. "
"As the most experienced local pioneer and in-house developer of online financial information services in Hong Kong, it is only logical that ABC Communications extends its expertise to the Internet. We have twenty years of success in wireless and fixed-line financial information services under our belt so we know it takes to deliver content of real value to the investor community."
NetQuote's bundled information services cover Hong Kong's equitites, bonds, futures and various indices on a real-time basis.
The service is built on the latest Java and Internet technologies, and is fully bilingual - allowing users to simply toggle between Chinese and English. It is available now at www.abcquote.com with early subscribers eligible for free Internet service plans.
Analytical features and tools enable investors to look at stock market trends and holdings at both the macro-and micro-level, and include:
NetQuote is the latest innovation from ABC Communications which pioneered local radio paging financial data services in the early 80s, and was one of the first-generation providers of quotation services via fixed-line and dial-up connections. Its in-house application development team also created the world's first high-speed, wireless data receiver Quicksilver which continues to serve Hong Kong's investor community.
Given Hong Kong's predominant position as the region's financial hub and the propensity of local people to dabble in stocks and shares, this is the perfect market to launch NetQuote." said Yeung. "It marks the first in a range of the Internet-based financial information services and tools that ABC will be introducing to both retail and institutional investors in the near future."
ABC Communications (Holdings) Ltd is a pioneering local developer of information and communications services for the financial services sector. The Group comprises several vertically-integrated businesses, namely ABC Communications for systems integration and technical support; ABC Financial Information Services for online application development and marketing; and ABC NET an Internet in Communications ventures and companies in the region, and was a founding investor Service Provider. ABC Communications (Holdings) is also a strategic investor of SmarTone Telecommunications.
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ABC Financial Information Services Ltd
Tel : (852)2928 6345 Fax : 2332 3389
Email : sales@abcquote.com
Web site : www.abcquote.com
