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NEXT GENERATION PUBLIC ACCESS KIOSKS DEPLOYED IN BP CONNECT STORES

July 29, 2002

Drivers and customers visiting BP Connect stores can now access even more information and Internet services via BP's latest generation kiosks based on NetShift's market leading public network access platform and the NCR EasyPoint 45™ kiosk. NCR, the worldwide leader in self-service solutions, introduced this enhanced transactional kiosk earlier this year.

The new BP kiosk application allows BP customers to access a wide variety of valuable information services at BP Connect sites for free from traffic news through to weather updates. The kiosks also allow users to send and receive video mail/e-mails as well as providing pay-per-use access to the Internet.

Using a NetShift custom application based on the company's best-of-breed platform running on the NCR EasyPoint 45, the kiosks provide customer focused content via an enhanced user interface and deliver additional services such as the ability to print web pages and journey planning itineraries. By providing a range of value added services to customers, BP benefits from the additional revenue generated from charging customers for Internet access and creation of an incentive for customers to visit the store.

NetShift's team is providing a high level of support for the project encompassing design and development of the application including configuration of payment and print facilities, integration between hardware and software including testing, and Enterprise kiosk network services covering remote monitoring, content management and analysis tools.

About NetShift

Industrial strength self-service public access solutions.

NetShift is the leading solution provider of public access self-service technology. The NetShift product suite has evolved into a highly robust and resilient platform with the features and capabilities demanded by the extensive and ambitious deployment plans of some of the world's largest organisations. NetShift is the choice of kiosk developers and system integrators, demanding the kind of industrial strength expected when a serious return on investment is at stake.

With an installed base of 50,000 deployments in over 70 countries, NetShift and its global network of resellers are providing solutions and professional services to organisations operating kiosks, ATM's, multimedia payphones, gaming machines and many other self-service devices. NetShift solutions are available for individual kiosks and networks of thousands of remotely managed devices for information (route planning, tourist information, museum guides etc.), communication (Internet, email, video mail, SMS, telephony etc.) and entertainment (gambling terminals, interactive games, online tournaments etc). NetShift solutions can be seen in leading organisations world-wide in markets as diverse as Retail (Vodafone, BP, Halfords, Automobile Association, PepsiCo), Transport & Tourism (Manchester 2002 Commonwealth Games, Ordnance Survey Mapping, UK National Trust), Hospitality (Marriott Hotels, Hilton Hotels, Hyatt Hotels), Telecoms (British Telecom, France Telecom), eGovernment (State Of Rhode Island, Library Of Congress, UK Post Office, UK Foreign & Commonwealth Office, Kennet District Council, Bristol City Council, Dumfries & Galloway Tourist Board, Glasgow Science Centre). Netshift's technology, people and extensive experience delivers a public access solution with real business benefit. See www.netshift.com for further details.

For further information, please contact: Julian Haslam, Marketing & Communications Manager, NetShift, Kennet Side, Newbury, Berkshire RG14 5PX, UK.

Tel: +44 (0) 1635 568800 Fax: +44 (0) 1635 568850

e-mail: julian.haslam@netshift.com

Web site: www.netshift.com

US office: NetShift, LLC, 3335 North University Drive, Suite 7, Davie, FL 33024, USA.

Tel: +1 (0) 954 433 8838, Fax: +1 (0) 954 433 1383.