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PLANETLINK
COMMUNICATIONS INC., (OTCBB: PLKC) |
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Dear Reader,
The media has focused tremendous attention
on some very high profile child abductions in the past year.
As is often the case, tragedy spurs creativity and creativity
leads to innovation. Today's featured company, PlanetLink
Communications, is leading the pack in developing innovative technology
and products that will help us keep track of the people we care
about (children, teenagers, elderly) using a satellite technology
called Global Positioning System (GPS), created by the U.S. military
over 20 years ago for nautical and aerospace navigation applications.
GPS tracking and mapping technology
can now be found on many high-end vehicles and is commonly used
in the transportation industry for tracking deliveries and fleet
vehicles. PlanetLink is developing a suite of GPS-based
products designed to provide a satellite link to our family and
loved ones. These products will augment an already robust
product offering sold through PlanetLink retail stores.
We think you'll agree -- PlanetLink has an exciting and timely
story.
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ABOUT
PLANETLINK (OTCBB: PLKC) |
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PlanetLink Communications is a leading retailer of satellite-enabled
technology products. Its consumer product mix includes satellite
television services (such as DISH Network) and satellite-based,
high-speed Internet access through its partner Starband.
In July of 2000, PlanetLink engaged the services of Eagle Research,
a division of Cox Enterprises, to provide market research on the
emerging satellite technology industry. The market research identified
Global Positioning System (GPS) technology as an emerging
consumer category. As a result PlanetLink expanded its business
strategy to focus on new products using GPS and satellite-enabled
technology.
The cornerstone of the new business strategy is the development
of proprietary products based on Global Positioning System technology
including personal tracking devices, child safety devices and
other satellite-enabled security systems.
PlanetLink is now expanding its retail operations through a franchising
model and in 2003 expects to launch stores in major retail shopping
malls in Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama, North Carolina and South
Carolina. PlanetLink plans to expand nationwide becoming
the first national, independent retail chain in the satellite-enabled
products niche. Plans are underway to develop a nationwide
network of installation and customer support centers to back its
retail operations.
PlanetLink's new stores offer its full suite of communications
products and services.
The retail stores showcase satellite entertainment systems and
satellite high speed Internet access. The Company expects
to launch its first GPS tracking products in the next few months
under the brand name PlaneTrak.
The PlaneTrak products include:
- KIDANGEL: Personal tracking system that will help
locate a missing child within minutes. You get peace of mind
when KIDANGEL is on guard.
- PARENTRAK: Designed to keep us in touch with frail
and aging parents who have Alzheimer Disease. Never lose a
loved one again because of mental dementia.
- AUTOTRAK: If you want to know how fast your teenager
is driving the car on what highway and at what time AUTOTRAK
will keep you in the know, daily, weekly or whenever you need
to know. Want to contest that speeding ticket? Hire AUTOTRAK.
It can also be used by small businesses to track company vehicles.
- GUARDIAN: For the business executive on the go,
especially internationally, the GUARDIAN gives you peace of
mind anywhere in the world.
- PROTECTOR: Unique, location safety device, designed
to deliver panic signal and identify location when danger
is near, with 2-way audio track to listen to the level of
danger.
These proprietary products should be in high demand and should
contribute to substantial revenue increases for PlanetLink.
PlanetLink also plans to establish a commercial sales division
that will coincide with EchoStar's release of several new products
that will enhance the installation and delivery of satellite
television to commercial customers, such as hotel chains, condominium
associations, small businesses, and private business establishments.
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THE
GPS MARKET |
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GPS technology
from PLANETLINK COMMUNICATIONS
gives you the
power to search...
The primary focus at PlanetLink is its Global Positioning System
(GPS) products. It is a complex technology. Navigating and positioning
are crucial to so many activities and yet the process has always
been quite cumbersome. Over the years, all kinds of technologies
have tried to simplify the task, but every one has had some disadvantage.
Finally, the U.S. Department of Defense decided that the military
had to have an extremely precise form of worldwide positioning.
And fortunately they had the kind of money ($12 billion) it took
to build something really effective. The result is the Global
Positioning System, a system that has changed communications and
navigation forever.
Perhaps the most important use of GPS by PlanetLink is
tracking people. What mother or father wouldn't want the ability
to locate their child by simply logging onto the Internet and
identifying the child's location using GPS.
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RECENT
NEWS FROM PLANETLINK |
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SOURCE: PlanetLink Communications
Press Release
PlanetLink Communications Announces Increase
in Revenues
Updates Guidance on Revenue Growth
ATLANTA, Dec. 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- PlanetLink
Communications (OTC Bulletin Board: PLKC) announced today
that for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2002, its revenues
increased by 102% to $850,000, compared to revenues
of $419,000 for the comparable period last year. The increase
in revenue was primarily attributable to accelerated sales of
EchoStar DISH Network satellite TV systems at PlanetLink's retail
locations.
"Sales of Satellite TV systems have remained strong in our stores
in 2002, despite many contrary economic indicators," said M. Dewey
Bain, president of PlanetLink Communications. "We are looking
for continued revenue growth in 2003 from the opening of five
new PlanetLink stores in rapidly growing Southeastern markets.
In addition, we look for additional sales growth after the launch
of our retail store franchise program on a national basis in 2003."
For the nine months ended September 30, 2002, the company reported
a net loss of $672,000, or ($0.15) per share, compared to a net
loss of $248,000, or ($0.07) per share for the comparable period
last year. The increase in net loss was primarily due to
the increase in operating expenses related to the company's expansion
plan.
To read the entire release and disclaimer, Click
Here
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PLANETLINK
PRODUCTS AND PARTNERS |
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DISH Network® offers several options to get the digital programming
you need. The Digital Home Plan offers up to 4 receivers to customers
with more than 3 TV's in the home with minimal activation fees.
Satellite Television offers the best form of digital entertainment
for the consumer. Unlike cable, satellite offers direct delivery
of programming to your home without interference from your neighbors
or anyone else. In most cases, when the cable system goes out
in the neighborhood, it also goes out in your home and sometimes
for hours. Satellite Television offers reliable digital entertainment
99% of the time.
PIONEERING a new category. StarBand is America's first
consumer two-way, always-on, high-speed satellite service. Virtually
EVERYWHERE. With no special phone lines or cable modems required,
StarBand service is the logical solution for millions of people
across the continental United States, Alaska and Hawaii who have
been unable to get broadband Internet service. FREEDOM from phone
and cable line limitations. StarBand means High Speed Internet
without the constraints and congestion of land-based cable or
telephone networks. The FUTURE of communications, today. It's
the next Internet experience and it's available now. If you can
see the southern sky, you can get StarBand.
Wider
than narrowband
Bigger
than broadband
It's
StarBand

Starband Small Office is here.
Starband is the world's first 2-way Internet, available to 99%
of the U.S. households. StarBand Small Office service is uniquely
designed for Commercial/Small Office usage. Fast file downloads
and streaming audio/video while avoiding dial-up delays and disconnects.
StarBand Small Office offers High Speed Internet access at an
affordable cost.
One Antenna, Two-Way: AND for sending information— no telephone
connection is needed. Plus, the StarBand antenna can accommodate
both the Internet and EchoStar's DISH Network® satellite
TV programming. StarBand service can bring the Internet and hundreds
of channels of television into your home, all through one dish
antenna.
For the small business with 3 to 10 users, StarBand offers the
best solution for high speed internet needs, with fast installation
and quick access to the internet. StarBand goes where broadband
cannot.
With DISHPVR 501 you can zap commercials, fast forward, rewind,
record up to 50 hours of programming and with the new PlaneTrak
DISHPVR 721, the newest satellite TV receiver with Personal Video
Recording features from DISH Network, the two tuners allow you
to create Picture-in Picture on any TV and record two live programs
at the same time. The expanded hard drive lets you record up to
90 hours without a video tape, pause live programming and create
instant replay. High-speed Internet - 10 times faster than 56k
featuring Starband Small Office.

DISH Network offers over 500 digital entertainment programming
and the most international programming of any company. With features
like 32 Movie Channels and more than 500 pay per view movies a
month. PlanetLink currently operates its DISH Network business
in 38 states.
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SELECTED
FINANCIALS |
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Shares Outstanding: 9.2 million
Market Cap: 10.18 million
52 Week High 08/22/02 $3.50
52 Week Low 11/01/02 $0.51
Recent Price: 01/16/03 $.75
To view all the SEC filings for PlanetLink, Click
Here
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MANAGEMENT |
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Kayode
A. Aladesuyi
Chairman/CEO
Mr. Aladesuyi is the founder of PlanetLink. Prior to founding
PlanetLink, Mr. Aladesuyi formed Vision Records Atlanta, a pioneering
music production company. Mr. Aladesuyi also produced programming
for UPN and the WB networks when he founded Loud Entertainment
Group. In 1994 Mr Aladesuyi was the principle of Associated Management
and Financial Services, a tax and financial planning firm. Mr.
Aladesuyi graduated from Alabama Sate University with a Bachelor
of Arts degree in 1985.
M.
Dewey Bain
President
Prior to PlanetLink, Mr. Bain was the principal partner of Independent
Trust Administrators. Mr. Bain was a trial attorney for the Texas
Department Of Public Welfare and the City of San Antonio, Texas.
Mr. Bain also served in the Judge Advocate General's Corp (J.A.G.)
of the United States Army Reserves for ten years. Mr. Bain graduated
from David Lipscomb College in 1971 with a Bachelor of Arts degree
and earned his Juris Doctor degree from the University of Texas
in 1975.
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CONTACT |
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M. Dewey Bain, President
PlanetLink Communications Inc.
404-781-0777
5040 Roswell Road, Suite 250, Atlanta, GA 30342
Greg Powell, Sr. VP - General Manager, CTA Public Relations,
Inc.,
Bevo Beaven, Vice President, CTA Public Relations, Inc.,
303-665-4200
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