Christchurch co wins major wireless tech award

I.T. Link Limited

MEDIA RELEASE May 10 2007

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Christchurch based company wins major wireless technology award

I.T. Link's SalesLink Mobile solution has beaten six other entrants to take the major prize at the inaugural New Zealand 3G A-List awards, which were announced in Wellington on May 8.

SalesLink Mobile is a wireless sales entry system designed to operate on smartphone PDAs and is used by salespeople to streamline the process of taking electronic sales orders while in the field.

One of the award judges Rob Hart, Country Manager Australia and New Zealand for Qualcomm, said, ³I.T. Link has developed an innovative, clever but simple application that would seem to have global appeal.²

"SalesLink Mobile empowers the salesperson with current information including stock availability and pricing. Our latest release includes an innovative new feature we call Predictive ordering," said I.T. Link's Managing Director Oliver Huggins. "Predictive ordering analyses the customer¹s sales history and suggests items and quantities the customer should purchase based on their previous buying patterns. It's a real competitive advantage for a salesperson to have this information in the palm of their hand."

Huggins, who founded the company in Christchurch 10 years ago, said, "The value of this award will increase the exposure for mobile sales solutions. It shows that we are right up there with the best and that SalesLink Mobile is a world-class solution. This will help to attract venture capital to take our solution beyond New Zealand and Australia."

About I.T. Link / SalesLink Mobile

I.T. Link has customers throughout Australia and New Zealand. It has 12 staff, based in Christchurch, Auckland and Sydney. The company releases new versions of its software regularly, keeping pace with new mobile hardware and customers¹ needs.

SalesLink Mobile¹s existing customers include small and large companies mainly in the route trade, grocery or wholesale distribution sectors. Customers include: Simply Squeezed, Exide Batteries, Cookie Time, PGF Golf, Wynn Oil, Carpet One, Charlie's and Hallifax Tourist Products.

For more information go to www.itlink.co.nz

About the 3G A-List Awards

Finalists for the 2007 New Zealand 3G A-List Awards were: Blackbay, Econz, Fronde, I.T. Link, M-Com, SolNet Solutions and Orbiz.

The New Zealand 3G A-List Awards are sponsored by Telecom, Alcatel-Lucent and Qualcomm and I.T. Link¹s prizes include the production of a video case study, new smartphone and a trip to a major international wireless conference to further promote their solution.

For more information go to www.3galist.co.nz

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