| Business Summary | | FirstQuote
Inc.,
formerly
Virtual
Telecom,
Inc.,
is
engaged
in
the
business
of
developing
and
marketing
a
range
of
Internet-based
financial
information
and
transactional
services
to
the
European
investment
community.
The
Company
provides
business-to-business
and
business-to-consumer
services
to
the
financial
marketplace.
The
Company's
services
are
provided
to
its
corporate
clients
for
internal
use,
as
well
as
for
redistribution
to
their
customer
bases.
The
Company
provides
real-time
or
delayed
market
data,
news
and
other
financial
information,
as
well
as
electronic
brokerage
capabilities
over
the
Internet
to
a
range
of
customized
interfaces,
including
desktop
client-server
applications,
Web
browser-based
interfaces,
as
well
as
via
wireless
services
such
as
the
Short
Messaging
Service
(SMS)
and
the
Wireless
Application
Protocol
(WAP).
The
Company
operates
as
both
a
content
service
provider
(CSP)
and
an
application
service
provider
(ASP). | More
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Business Description |
| Financial Summary | | FirstQuote
Inc.
was
organized
to
develop
and
market
various
real-time
market
data
and
financial
information
services,
as
well
as
online
brokerage
capabilities,
via
a
range
of
Internet
based
technologies.
For
the
nine
months
ended
9/30/00,
revenue
totaled
$4.3
million,
up
from
$1.2
million.
Net
loss
rose
68%
to
$7.8
million.
Results
reflect
higher
revenues
from
financial
market
data
and
related
services,
offset
by
increased
personnel
expenses. | More
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Developments |
| Officers | | | FY1999 Pay | |
| Neil Gibbons, 51 Chairman
of Director, Pres and CEO | $176K | Mark Benn, 36 CFO | 117K | Daniel Huber, 32 VP,
COO, Sec. | 176K | Dollar amounts are as of 31-Dec-1999 and compensation values are for the fiscal year ending on that date; "Pay" is salary, bonuses, etc.. |
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