HONG KONG, Jan. 22 /Xinhua-PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Telecom Communications, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: TCOM), the Total Solutions Provider, released today its business groups brief.
1. Entertainment Contents Development and Distributions
IC Star MMS, Limited
IC Star MMS Limited ("IC Star"; http://www.icstarmms.com ), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, began to establish a film distribution network with the purchase of copyrights to certain films in March 2006. IC Star distributes films, through multiple distribution channels into the Chinese film market, including the internet, mobile phones, TV, VCD/DVDs and the theatrical screening in cinemas across China.
The business model generates revenue by providing sales contents to consumers through websites, mobile phones, cinemas and VCD/DVDs. Business partners include Baidu.com, Shanghai Linktone Information Limited, the wireless business division of Beijing eLong Information Technology Limited, a subsidiary of eLong Inc., Kongzhong Corporation, Guangdong Mobile Communication Co., Limited, a China Mobile Communications Corporation company, and Beijing Hua Xia Films Distributions Limited. The network now comprises 1,000 theatrical screenings led by 39 cinema lines, more than 10,000 shops of VCD/DVD retail outlets in China and Sina.com
( http://ent.sina.com.cn/f/m/bigmovie/index.shtml ) for movie promotion and marketing services.
SkyeStar.com
SkyeStar.com is a website that offers multi-links user experience by sharing network in the PRC as well as a multi-channel entertainment portal, supported by proprietary fan clubs and a community platform. SkyeStar.com combines the best of IC Star MMS's artist profiles, "my star friend", games and other entertainment offerings with a host of new content, community and fan networking features. SkyeStar.com is the first internet portal that links network users across multiple entertainment channels, linking friends and their entertainment choices.
SkyeStar.com's revenue comes from monthly basic membership fees and Pay per play online and WAP movie VOD. The website has 400,000 members of Star Theme club.
MyStarU.com
Mystaru ( http://www.mystaru.com ) is a website dedicated to performing arts education. Mystaru's content launch includes ten hours of multimedia performing education courses developed by Stareastnet
( http://www.stareastnet.com ). The content draws on the popularity of Stareastnet's unique 30-minute presentation concept. Stareastnet has been producing artist profiles since 1999, and delivers several live seminars each year. Another ten hours of Stareastnet content will be added in the near future and Mystaru.com is producing ten additional hours later this month, which are expected to be available online later this year.
The system is a prototype for state-of-the-art delivery of streaming video performing education courses in the music and movie industries in greater China. The new courseware was developed using the Guangzhou TCOM 's EDU v5.0 Education Management System and is delivered to viewers via the Mystaru platform. The multimedia content is produced using Adobe Flash(R) video synchronized presentations and demonstrative video clips. Users can view multimedia performing training presentations that include downloadable video files of course materials and are then able to upload their own video files to teachers for analysis, which affords users the opportunity to have questions answered by course teachers. Mystaru intends to use this new capability to reach hundreds of thousands of young people who are interested in entering the performing arts, music and movie industries. Mystaru's goal is to deliver education content online without meaningful limitations or restrictions.
The business generates revenues by monthly basic membership fees. Mystaru.com will begin to charge users a monthly fee of US$20 for each end-user starting on January 1, 2007. The Company believes that this new service offering will add one more substantial revenue stream, with users reaching 60,000 in 2007. Mystaru.com is also working with a main talent management firm and production companies in Hong Kong /China to adapt their platforms specifically to suit the unique needs of the artists' talent market. Mystaru is in co-operation with Sohu.com ( http://yule.sohu.com/s2006/bogeboqjhhx/ ) for promotion and marketing services.
2. IT Consultant Services
Guangzhou TCOM Computer Tech Limited
Guangzhou TCOM Computer Tech Ltd. ("GTCT") -- consists of Alpha Century Holdings Limited's TS, SMS/MMS virtual Call Center CRM Systems, SEO4Mobile, MoDirect, AdMaxB2Search and IBS v4.1 and v5.0 Enterprise Suite, the internet business service total solution business -- combined and operated by GTCT, the new formation is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company in the PRC. Guangzhou TCOM Computer Tech also integrated the IBS v4.1 and v5.0 Enterprise Suites, which are web-enabling updaters of exchange between corporate user content and end user content. As GTCT integrates with the TS business group of TCOM, it will strategically invest in the PRC, specifically to address new market dynamics and help SME users get the most from end user content while effectively handling changes in capacity, deal terms and players.
The integration expertise was gained through the successful launch of GTCT, and the IBS v5.0 Enterprise Suite strengthens the Company's core business organization to the SME market, the potential for a total solution business, and the achievement of synergies identified as part of the Company's strategic investment efforts.
The new products line: e-Government Systems V 5.0, e-Services Systems V5.0 and e-Education Systems V5.0 to allow GTCT provides electronic government, community publicity services systems and education management online services as IT consultant services in China. These products are ideal for local government offices, education and public affairs full function of intranet.
The business runs by consultant fees created through each project, sales software and system maintain service fees.
Subaye.com -- Internet Corporate Video Provider
The Company currently owns 54% interests of Subaye.com
( http://www.subaye.com ). As the leading internet corporate video provider in the PRC, Subaye.com offers a unique Chinese language corporate video sharing platform for both users and customers. Target clients include potential users in the PRC that demand publishing and sharing their corporate video online over the internet. The platform consists of the Company's websites and Subaye alliance network, which is our network of third-party websites.
The services are designed to enable internet users to find relevant information video online from our video database, which currently consists of over 20,000 video corporate profiles, as visible video showcase for presentation. It includes Chinese language corporate web pages, news, images and multimedia files, through links provided on our websites. Users can easily access an index of up to a million video clips, images and web pages. Also available is a business to business to consumer-based online auction marketplace, Subaye e-commerce strategic, which currently consists of over 1,000,000 items of product and service as visible video showcase for purchase and sale.
For corporate users, Subaye.com allows companies to post their products with corporate video to the platform and auction marketplace for a monthly fee. The Company launched the internet video services on its Subaye.com website and began generating revenues from corporate video uploading services in November, 2006. Subaye.com has grown significantly since operations commenced in October of 2006 and the corporate video uploading services had 16,007 members as of the end of November 2006. Members are charged with a monthly fee of US$60 after a month trial period, Almost 90% of users paid the monthly fee for continued service after the 30 day free of charge period.
The service provided is distribution through more than 3,000 alliance members (distributors) in China. Under the distribution agreement, the alliance members carry out marketing and sales. Subaye Internet Corporate Video serves as a commission base. Alliance members assist corporate users in the studio, including with DV recording, and deliver videos to Subaye video storage and post to video sharing websites, including YouTube.com. Most of the new distributors are the business partners and agents of Baidu and Google. They will bid search keywords for promotion online with Baidu.com and other search engines from time to time. The potential users of the Internet Corporate Video service are the 20 million Small and Medium size Enterprises in China.
About Telecom Communications, Inc.
Telecom Communications, Inc. (TCOM) is a Total Solutions Provider that offers Integrated Communications Network Solutions and Internet Content Service in universal voice, video, data web and mobile communications for interactive media applications, technology and content leaders in interactive multimedia communications. It develops, markets and sells a universal media software solution for enterprise-wide deployment of integrated voice, video, data web and mobile communications and media applications. Telecom Communications, Inc. does business in Asia via its wholly owned subsidiaries, Alpha Century Holdings Ltd., IC Star MMS, Ltd. ( http://www.icstarmms.com ), http://www.skyestar.com ), Guangzhou TCOM Computer Technology Limited
( http://www.mystaru.com ) and majority owned subsidiary HRDQ Group, Inc.
( http://www.subaye.com ).
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