Affiliated
Networks, Inc. announced
today that it entered into an affinity marketing agreement with GTE
Internetworking, an ISP division of telecommunications firm GTE Corp.
Under terms of the agreement, Affiliated will market its e-commerce
products, MAREX, and MEDx to an audience of 300,000 independent marine,
medical, and dental businesses, which reportedly generate combined annual
purchases of over $140 billion. Affiliated will also market GTE’s
consumer and small business dial-up Internet access service to its current
and potential customers.
Affiliated’s business-to-business e-commerce products are anticipated to
handle all facets of shipping, assist in payment, and tracing of items
bought and sold, the company said.
“We are continually looking to broaden our customer base for our consumer
and small business Internet dial-up service,” stated David Schnitzer,
Marketing Manager at GTE Internetworking. “Our relationship with Affiliated
provides us with access to a new industry.”
GTE Internetworking’s consumer and small-business dial-up Internet access
service is available nationwide.
Affiliated Networks, Inc. is an e-commerce company and information provider
that works to develop e-commerce solutions for business and distribution of
financial information services.