“Forlink Software Corporation Inc., Beijing (OTCBB:FRLK)
respectfully informs its esteemed shareholders that it will be
providing CCTV with Net Info Flashes on an almost daily basis.
The Flashes will last a few minutes and serve to further
accelerate net literacy of CCTV’s estimated 900 million nationwide
viewer population. They will feature appearances by contributors
and personalities from China’s knowledge economy. The Net-Flash
program is scheduled to air next month on Beijing TV and will then
move to other TV stations across the country. Immensely conscious
of the responsibility that the program carries, Forlink president
Zhao Xiaoxia has moved swiftly to add staff with educational
experience and world-class academic backgrounds. The CCTV agreement
is Forlink’s first step to building a strong edutainment division
alongside its software-tool division. The TV program enables
Forlink to be present in both main areas of China’s forthcoming net
growth – TV and IPDA (“web-pad”) delivery via cable or satellite
(see previous announcement of IPDA-tool agreement with Legend
Computer Co. and Tonghua). Forlink is honored to be able to
contribute to furthering the progress of scientific knowledge in
China via the Net Flash program.”
“The company’s own-developed embeddable software suites
include mass-scaleable site and portal modules called For-Mail,
For-Business, For-Monitor, For-Search, etc. that run on Unix or
Linux platforms. For-Mail is a scalable messaging system
marketed as a small, medium, large or carrier scale email server
system that can handle upwards of one million users. Besides being
an SMTP and POP server, For-Mail also has a Web-Mail subsystem that
allows users to complete their email operations on their browser.
The system has been running successfully on high-visibility portals
such as www.tonghua.com.cn to provide free email service.
For-Business is a full-service e-commerce and on-line shopping
system, including auctions. The system has been running the
Legend/Toshiba sites for example. For-Monitor is for ISP dial-up
user authentication, accounting, and traffic monitoring. For-Search
is one of the world’s fastest engines, is bi-textual and runs on
most platforms including Linux, Freebsd, Solaris, WinNT.
Interesting information about China’s fast-growing internet and
software IT scene is available at the Chinese Software
Association’s site www.csia.org.cn .”