[June 29, 2005] WILink Launches Vcall Podcasts for Investor Relations Events; Vcall Webcasts Now Available to Investors in Portable Format Tweet RICHMOND, Va. --(Business Wire)-- June 29, 2005 -- WILink plc (LSE: WLK.L), a worldwide provider of online investor relations services and web-based communications solutions today announced the addition of podcasting to Vcall's line of web event services. As the first Investor Relations webcast specialist to offer a podcast service, Vcall will enable companies to reach even more investors with their corporate presentations through the convenience of listening off-line via any portable media player. Since 1997, Vcall (www.vcall.com) has provided innovative technology and professional services that enable organizations to communicate through compelling and influential web events. Now, Vcall clients can have their event distributed as a Vcall podcast in addition to a webcast. Vcall will give investors access to the podcasts through InvestorCalendar (www.investorcalendar.com) their portal for webcast investor events and PrecisionAlert (www.precisionalert.com) their email notification system for over 250,000 investors. Companies can also post the downloadable file on their corporate web site and development of a Vcall RSS feed will allow desired Vcall content to be automatically delivered to investors' desktops for download to any digital MP3 player. "During earnings season, thousands of companies are webcasting results and investment professionals can't cover them all in their work day," said Lee Godfrey, chief operating officer of WILink, plc. "With Vcall podcasts, companies let these investors take the event with them - on the train, in the taxi, or to the gym - to review the details via their portable media players." "Vcall has always been innovative in helping companies communicate with investors, and we recognized podcasting as an effective, new channel to reach investors," said J. Patrick Galleher, chief executive officer of WILink plc. "Vcall podcasts will help publicly traded companies better inform investors by making corporate information more convenient to investors." About WILink WILink plc (www.wilink.com) provides online Investor Relations and web-based communications solutions. Since 1989, WILink has helped clients such as Hewlett Packard, Deutsche Telecom and BP improve the effectiveness of their investor communications. WILink's services include PrecisionIR(TM) (www.precisionir.com) and PrecisionFM(TM) (www.precisionfm.com) investor-communication programs that enable publicly traded companies and mutual funds to deliver compelling communications to a targeted audience of investors. WILink's Vcall(R) (www.Vcall.com) webcasting provides innovative technology and professional service that enables organizations to create compelling and influential web events. [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]