Mr. Roland Hanbury

"The service providers would be invisible to the (trader)," said Roland Hanbury, director of intellectual assets at NVision Ltd., an e-commerce consultancy in Bracknell, England."Effectively, (each World Trade Center or WTC) would use the WTC brand to attract people to sign up.Provided service is at a comparable price, users would probably prefer WTC (e-commerce services) to (commercial suppliers)."However, Hanbury said there could also be opportunities for service providers to offer some outsourced software management to WTCs, although this would still mean relinquishing a direct relationship with the end-user.
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Hanbury estimated it currently costs at least $100,000 for any company to add e-commerce applications, such as catalogs, shopping baskets and transaction facilities, to its basic Web site.He added that a WTC even has valuable content to support an e-commerce entrant, with data on trade regulations in countries in which the WTC operates.

Doubre's new company is partnering with encryption software developer Swisskey AG, Zurich, and micropayments systems supplier Transac, a subsidiary of Swisscom AG.

"The service providers would be invisible to the (trader)," said Roland Hanbury, director of intellectual assets at NVision Ltd., an e-commerce consultancy in Bracknell, England."Effectively, (each World Trade Center or WTC) would use the WTC brand to attract people to sign up.Provided service is at a comparable price, users would probably prefer WTC (e-commerce services) to (commercial suppliers)."However, Hanbury said there could also be opportunities for service providers to offer some outsourced software management to WTCs, although this would still mean relinquishing a direct relationship with the end-user.

Mr. Roland Hanbury, director of intellectual assets at NVision Ltd

The service providers would be invisible to the ( trader ) , said Roland Hanbury , director of intellectual assets at NVision Ltd. , an e-commerce consultancy in Bracknell , England.Effectively , ( each World Trade Center or WTC ) would use the WTC brand to attract people to sign up.Provided service is at a comparable price , users would probably prefer WTC ( e-commerce services ) to ( commercial suppliers ) ..However , Hanbury said there could also be opportunities for service providers to offer some outsourced software management to WTCs , although this would still mean relinquishing a direct relationship with the end-user.

The Global Electronic Commerce ( GEC ) project has been developed at the World Trade Center in Geneva , which has signed a contract with a new company , ECCE SA , to market value-added e-commerce services from the GEC portal site.

The GEC provides a package of certification and transaction software , which member companies and organizations can subscribe to at much lower cost than if they assembled the package on their own Web sites.The idea for the GEC started in the technical services department of the ITU in Geneva two years ago , and the Electronic Commerce in Developing Countries ( ECDC ) project was adopted as an official operating activity of the ITU by Council in September 1998.Advisers aimed to develop basic e-commerce software that could save businesses in developing countries the cost of using expensive e-commerce consultancies.They already had set up e-commerce infrastructure to support the ITU's own publications marketing and extranet links with other United Nations organizations in Geneva.
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Hanbury estimated it currently costs at least $100 , 000 for any company to add e-commerce applications , such as catalogs , shopping baskets and transaction facilities , to its basic Web site.He added that a WTC even has valuable content to support an e-commerce entrant , with data on trade regulations in countries in which the WTC operates.

Doubre's new company is partnering with encryption software developer Swisskey AG , Zurich , and micropayments systems supplier Transac , a subsidiary of Swisscom AG.

Mr. Roland Hanbury, director of intellectual assets at NVision Ltd

Analysts said the WTCA project was in danger of relegating service providers such as Cable & Wireless and GTE Internetworking to the role of sub-contractors for secure payment systems, server technology supply and bandwidth links, but without being able to sell a branded private services package.

"The service providers would be invisible to the (trader)," said Roland Hanbury, director of intellectual assets at NVision Ltd., an e-commerce consultancy in Bracknell, England."Effectively, (each World Trade Center or WTC) would use the WTC brand to attract people to sign up.Provided service is at a comparable price, users would probably prefer WTC (e-commerce services) to (commercial suppliers)."However, Hanbury said there could also be opportunities for service providers to offer some outsourced software management to WTCs, although this would still mean relinquishing a direct relationship with the end-user.

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