Vancouver BC - July 18, 2000 - AlphaTrade.com (OTC BB: EBNK) announced today that the company has completed 2 months of successfully beta-testing E-Gate™ on the CDPD (cellular digital packet data) network.

Now by simply using the Aircard ® 300 from Sierra Wireless Inc., (Nasdaq; SWIR) almost any user with a portable computer can have access to AlphaTrade’s real time, streaming financial applications.

"As far as I am aware, AlphaTrade is the only provider of real time data in the world that works without plug-ins or client side software on the CDPD Network. Getting stock quotes or Web clipping’s over a cell phone or pager is already old technology. AlphaTrade wanted to be different than the competition and provide all clients with access to their portfolio at anytime from anywhere in the world no matter what device or computer they were using. How long do you think it takes to review your portfolio one quote at a time through your cell phone? If you had 20 companies in your portfolio, this could take almost 20 minutes. With AlphaTrade’s thin client technologies it takes less than 30 seconds to load your entire portfolio and then it dynamically updates thereafter" states Gordon Muir, Chairman of AlphaTrade.com.

The CDPD network is only 19.2kbs, competing products require a minimum of 28.8kbs-56kbs bandwidth, plug-ins or client side software and most recommend faster bandwidth thereby eliminating their products from the CDPD wireless network. The Aircard 300 allows consumers to have unprecedented wireless Internet access throughout the United States with providers like AT&T (NYSE; T), GTE (NYSE; GTE), or Verizon (NYSE; VZ). In Canada the service is available through Telus Mobility (T; TO), SaskTel and MTS Mobility.

AlphaTrade.com is a true E-Commerce Internet-based company with "Web-to-desktop" convergence technologies, "patent pending" thin client applications and Wireless Network solutions. There is no need to purchase any software, no upgrades to download, no plug-ins required, no constant refreshing of static web pages, no special hardware and now no need for wires. AlphaTrade’s unique thin client applications are designed to offer corporations and computer users secure business and personal program choices at anytime from anywhere in the world through any dial up, dedicated connection or wireless network.

For further information, please contact the company at 1-604-681-7503 or visit our website at www.alphatrade.com.

Aircard® is registered to Sierra Wireless Inc.

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