Enfour opens free ISP for Newton users

Tokyo, Jan. 9, 1998 -- Enfour Inc., a Newton software and accessory maker 
based in Tokyo, has taken out a Type II telecommunications carrier 
licence with the Japanese Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications and 
begun a free Internet dialup service in Japan for users of its UniMail 
and GoFetch Newton mail solutions.

The service opens a Unix Shell access to the Internet for simple and fast 
Internet access for mobile users. Enfour provides two Unix Shell mail 
solutions: UniMail (an integrated package for Newton OS 1.x and 2.x); and 
GoFetch Shell (for OS 2.x only). Shell access offers fast linkup and 
doesn't require the memory overhead that an NIE PPP or SLIP link would. 
This makes Unix Shell an ideal option for mobile users, but since few 
Internet Service providers offer Shell access, Enfour has begun a Shell 
dialup service for free for users of its Japanese email packages. The 
service is called "neWtwork" and supports POTS, ISDN, and digital mobile 
connections, as well as PIAFS (used by the low-cost, 32Kps Personal Handy 
Phone standard that is popular in Japan). Users will need to provide 
their own mail service, but "neWtwork" also supports telnet and Lynx WWW 
browsing.


Contact:

Smittie             <mailto:smittie@enfour.com>
Enfour Inc. (US)    <http://www.enfour.com/us/>
(319) 488-3490

Richard Northcott   <richard@enfour.co.jp>
Enfour Inc. (Japan) <http://www.enfour.co.jp/>
(03) 5411-7738

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