-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, Pupw2/J/Dk12sY0CqqgFksXE6BYZOw/BLfXlmF886H9Ti1SkQac+rgm8IEHUO3Kk Fy6VOIexLAsyryITkrFhyg== 0000849145-98-000011.txt : 19980928 0000849145-98-000011.hdr.sgml : 19980928 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000849145-98-000011 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 19980924 ITEM INFORMATION: ITEM INFORMATION: FILED AS OF DATE: 19980925 SROS: NASD FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: I LINK INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000849145 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: TELEGRAPH & OTHER MESSAGE COMMUNICATIONS [4822] IRS NUMBER: 592291344 STATE OF INCORPORATION: FL FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-17973 FILM NUMBER: 98714834 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 13751 S WADSWORTH PK DR STREET 2: STE 200 CITY: DRAPER STATE: UT ZIP: 84020 BUSINESS PHONE: 8015765000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 13751 S WADSWORTH PK DR STREET 2: STE 200 CITY: DRAPER STATE: UT ZIP: 84020 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: MEDCROSS INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 8-K 1 FORM 8-K SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 ------------------------------------ FORM 8-K CURRENT REPORT Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ------------------------------------ Date of Report (date of earliest event reported): September 24, 1998 ------------------------------------ I-LINK INCORPORATED (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) ------------------------------------ Florida 0-17973 59-2291344 (State or other (Commission (I.R.S. Employer jurisdiction of File Number) Identification No.) incorporation) 13751 South Wadsworth Park Drive, Suite 200, Draper, UT 84020 (Address of principal executive offices) Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (801) 576-5000 ------------------------------------ 1 Item 5. Other Events On September 24, 1998 the Company issued the Press Release included as Exhibit 99.1 hereto. Item 7. Financial Statements and Exhibits (c) Exhibits Exhibit 99.1 Press Release dated September 24, 1998. ------------------------------------ SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Company has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized. I-LINK INCORPORATED (Registrant) Dated: September 24, 1998 By: /s/ John W. Edwards John W. Edwards, President, Chief Executive Officer Dated: September 24, 1998 By: /s/ Karl S. Ryser, Jr. Karl S. Ryser, Jr., Chief Financial Officer 2 EX-99.1 2 EXHIBIT 99.1 PRESS RELEASE DATED SEPTEMBER 24, 1998 EXHIBIT 99.1 NEWS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Sept. 24, 1998 MEDIA CONTACTS: Scott Corfield Kevan Barney Politis Communications Politis Communications (801) 523-3730 (801) 523-3730 (801) 949-7002 (mobile) (801) 949-7001 (mobile) scorfield@politis.com kbarney@politis.com FINANCIAL CONTACT: Karl Ryser Jr. I-Link Inc. (801) 576-5025 karlr@i-link.net I-LINK TO FURTHER EXPAND ITS IP TELEPHONY NETWORK, MAKING IT AVAILABLE TO 60% OF THE U.S. POPULATION DRAPER, Utah (Sept. 24, 1998) -- I-Link Inc. (Nasdaq: ILNK), an enhanced voice and data communications company, today will announce plans to further expand its IP (Internet protocol) telephony network in 1999, making it available to 60 percent of the U.S. population. The announcement will be made at I-Link's National Conference in Salt Lake City. "When completed in 1999, I-Link's expanded IP telephony network will include thousands of cities in such far-flung metropolitan areas as Atlanta, Baltimore, Boston, Cincinnati, Detroit, Indianapolis, Kansas City, Louisville, Memphis, Minneapolis, Nashville, Sacramento, San Antonio, San Diego, San Francisco, St. Louis, and Washington, D.C., just to name a few," said John Edwards, I-Link chairman and CEO. "Now that we have proven that we can successfully layer our IP technologies on top of any type of telecommunications infrastructure - be it a copper, fiber optic or mobile system - we are ready to bring our enhanced communications services and great long-distance rates to the majority of the U.S. population via our VIP telephony network." I-Link claims to have the largest IP telephony network in the U.S., bringing enhanced services and long-distance rates as low as 4.9 cents per minute to customers in more than 200 cities in the greater Los Angeles/Orange County, Dallas/Ft. Worth, Houston, Phoenix and Salt Lake City metro areas. (I-Link previously announced its intent [Aug. 13] to also expand its enhanced services IP telephony network into the New York City, Chicago, Seattle, Orlando, Fla., and Pittsburgh, Pa., markets by Jan. 1, 1999.) "The expansion of I-Link's IP telephony network will make it that much easier for our representatives to sell I-Link's enhanced and traditional communications services," said Jon McKillip, vice president of sales and marketing for I-Link Worldwide. "The upside is that as we bring new areas online, more and more of the U.S. will be able to have long-distance rates as low as 4.9 cents per minute. In addition, we will also bring local access to V-Link[TM] - our powerful environment for enhanced communications services - to more than one-half of the U.S. population. That's also very exciting." 1 "Building" a Virtual IP Network "Interestingly, due to the design of our IP software and our low-cost IP routers, we have been able to 'build' a virtual IP telephony network by using new or existing copper wire or silicon strands deployed by other communications companies," said Bob Bryson, I-Link vice president of product marketing. "Not only that, but I-Link uses this infrastructure 10 times more efficiently than existing carriers. As a result, not only do we not have to spend hundreds of millions or billions of dollars building a new network (as many other companies are doing), but we also don't have to tie up as much infrastructure to achieve our goals. "This is not to say that we don't control and manage the underlying infrastructure in our IP telephony network, because we most definitely do. It's important to remember, however, that we also created the technologies that allow us to create this virtual IP telephony network at a fraction of the cost. In fact, the more of this IP telephony network we deploy, the less expensive and more profitable it becomes to operate." Preliminary Details of I-Link's Expanded IP Telephony Network Specific details of the individual calling areas served by I-Link's expanded IP telephony network will be released today at its National Conference in Salt Lake City. A preliminary list of the metropolitan areas that will be covered by I-Link's expanded IP telephony network when fully deployed in 1999 is shown below in alphabetical order, followed by the area code(s) which will be fully or partially served per metro area. (A complete list of the cities served in each metro area will be released as I-Link's IP telephony network is deployed.) Akron, OH: 330 Albuquerque, NM: 505 Atlanta, GA: 404, 678 Austin, TX: 512 Bakersfield, CA: 805 Baltimore, MD: 301 Birmingham, AL: 205 Boca Raton/West Palm Beach, FL: 561 Boston, MA: 508, 617, 781, 978 Bridgeport/Hartford/New Haven, CT: 203 Charlotte, NC: 704 Chicago, IL: 312, 630, 708, 773, 847 Cincinnati, OH: 513, 606, 812 Cleveland, OH: 216, 440 Columbus, OH: 614 Dallas/Ft. Worth, TX: 214, 254, 903, 940, 972 Dayton/Springfield, OH: 513, 937 Detroit, MI: 248, 313, 810 El Paso, TX: 915 Fresno, CA: 209 Ft. Lauderdale, FL: 954 Grand Rapids, WI: 616 Houston, TX: 281, 409, 713 Indianapolis, IN: 317, 765 Jacksonville, FL: 904 Kansas City, MO: 816 Las Vegas, NV: 702 Los Angeles, CA: 213, 310, 323, 562, 626 Louisville, KY: 502, 812 2 Memphis, TN: 901 Miami, FL: 305 Milwaukee, WI: 414 Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN: 612 Nashville, TN: 615 New York City/Newark, NJ: 201, 212, 516, 718, 732, 908, 914, 917, 973 Oakland, CA: 510, 925 Orange County, CA: 714, 949 Orlando, FL: 407 Philadelphia, PA: 215, 412, 609, 610 Phoenix, AZ: 602, 907 Pittsburgh, PA: 412 Portland, OR: 503 Providence, RI: 401 Riverside/San Bernardino, CA: 714, 909, 949 Sacramento, CA: 916 Salt Lake City, UT: 435, 801 San Antonio, TX: 210, 830 San Diego, CA: 619, 760 San Francisco, CA: 415, 650 San Jose, CA: 408, 415 Seattle/Bellevue/Everett, WA: 206, 425 Spokane, WA: 509 St. Louis, MO: 314, 573 St. Petersburg/Tampa, FL: 813 Tacoma, WA: 206, 253 Tucson, AZ: 520 Tulsa, OK: 918 Washington, D.C.: 202, 410, 757 "When you add it all up it's a pretty impressive list," Edwards said. "This list includes more than 100 area codes, representing thousands - perhaps tens of thousands - of individual towns and cities across the country. I-Link will soon be able to offer the close to 125 million residents of these areas local access to high-quality enhanced communications services previously unavailable to them and at incredible price points." Founded in 1994, I-Link Inc. is an enhanced voice and data communications company that uses Internet protocol (IP) telephony and its own private network to provide low-cost long-distance, conference calling, voice mail, fax, e-mail and other communications services. I-Link's products and services are primarily offered through a network marketing channel. Through wholly owned subsidiaries MiBridge Inc. and ViaNet Technologies Ltd., I-Link develops emerging communications technologies that are used by I-Link and other leading communications firms worldwide. I-Link is headquartered in Draper, Utah, and its Web site is located at http://www.i-link.net. The statements made in this release that are not historical facts contain forward-looking information that involves risks and uncertainties. Important factors that may cause actual results to differ include, but are not limited to, the impact of competitive products and services, the company's ability to manage growth and acquisitions of technology or businesses, the effect of economic and business conditions, and other risks detailed from time to time in the company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Note to editors: There are 101 area codes included in the list above. # # # 4 -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----