BEIJING, Jan. 25 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- China Finance Online Co., Limited (Nasdaq: JRJC) ("CFO"), a leading financial information, data and analytics provider in China, today announced on January 22, 2008 it entered into an alliance agreement with China Telecom, the largest wireline telecommunications and broadband services provider in China, to deliver a variety of compelling financial information services to more than 40 million broadband users across China Telecom's internet platform and offline distribution network.
Under the alliance agreement, CFO and China Telecom will establish and maintain a co-branded financial channel on China Telecom's broadband portal Vnet, one of the most visited websites in China that also serves as the payment platform for China Telecom's broadband subscribers for various internet value-added services. CFO will provide accurate, timely and comprehensive financial content to "JRJC-Vnet Finance", the co-branded finance channel, and develop subscription-based financial information and analytical products, including free-trial and fee-based versions, dedicated to China Telecom's broadband subscribers. China Telecom will distribute CFO's products through the Vnet portal as well as its over 10 thousand business halls, and the two parties will split the revenues according to the agreed-upon scheme under the alliance agreement.
"This collaboration with China Telecom is strategically important to us. China Telecom's nationwide online and offline network enables us to penetrate into a bigger market, and is expected to significantly increase the number of our paying subscribers," said, Mr. Zhiwei Zhao, CEO of China Finance Online. "The strategic move will further solidify our leading position in providing financial information, data and analytics in China and also bring us a unique opportunity to further enhance CFO's brand awareness among internet users."
"With the booming of China stock market and the increasing demand of our subscribers on financial information, the alliance with CFO is a very important step for us to enter into financial information and service sector," said, Mr. Lisheng Ye, Deputy Director of China Telecom's Internet and Value-Added Business Division, "We believe the CFO's unrivaled expertise will be instrumental in helping us better develop internet value-added services and to explore new business models."
About China Finance Online Co. Limited
China Finance Online Co. Limited is the market leader in providing online financial and listed company data, information and analytics in China. Through its websites, http://www.jrj.com and http://www.stockstar.com , the company provides individual users with subscription-based service packages that integrate financial and listed company data, information and analytics from multiple sources with features and functions such as data and information search, retrieval, delivery, storage and analysis. These features and functions are delivered through proprietary software available by download, through internet or through mobile handsets. Through its subsidiary, Shenzhen Genius Information Technology Co. Ltd, the company provides financial information database and analytics to institutional customers including domestic securities and investment firms. Through its subsidiary, Daily Growth Investment Company Limited, the company provides securities brokerage services for stocks listed on Hong Kong Stock Exchange.
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