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EnglishQuad Sets Up Cooperation With Governmental Office, Offline Schools and Large Portal Website.
Beijing, PRC July 22, 2007
Three months after entering the market, Idapted's EnglishQuad service is now the recommended Oral English Training Brand for Beijing Speaks Foreign Languages Program (BSFLP). “EnglishQuad is now the recommended English Training Brand by BSFLP, this means the EQ Study Method and the unique CLL of EnglishQuad is going to be another high spot in China’s English Education field.” Said Lily Hua, Idapted's VP of China Marketing and Sales.
Shanghai Only, which provides a variety of offline English training courses, set up a cooperative agreement with Idapted. Idapted believes this is a great step in delivering its revolutionary EnglishQuad service to Chinese English learners.
Idapted has also signed a content cooperation contract with QQ.com, the second largest internet portal in China. By using Idapted’s audio and text English content, QQ.com will publish Idapted content and provide links to the EnglishQuad service.
Idapted Inc. is a Silicon Valley based technology start up, headquartered in Beijing, China and founded by two Stanford University graduates with a mission to revolutionize one-on-one language training. EnglishQuad, the company's flagship service, provides quality online Oral Language training through a network of English Trainers. The Company’s Board of Advisors includes well known mentors Bill Trenchard, President of LiveOps and Russ Siegelman formerly of VC firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers.
BSFLP is run by the Beijing City Government; this organization holds 100 day count down events and activities for the 29th Olympic Games in Beijing.
ONLY Education Group is recognized as the largest non-diploma education and training institution. It inherited the spirit of its mentor, Shanghai Jiaotong University and capitalized on these strengths, committing itself to establishing a complete lifelong educational service. Now it has developed into a multi-faceted training network including Century ONLY kindergarten, ONLY International Education, providing teenage students in the country with English training, ONLY Advanced Studies College, ONLY Ellis English International, ONLY Overseas Study and ONLY Mini-MBA Management Training.
QQ.com is the second largest Chinese portal website. It is a subsidiary of Tencent. QQ is well known for its news, entertainment and online chat software. QQ is founded in Shenzhen in November, 1998; Tencent is recognized as the operator of the leading Internet community in China. Tencent's instant messaging service platform, "QQ," was formally launched in Feb 1999. After years of strong business growth, on July 16, 2004, Tencent Holdings Limited (SEHK 700) went public on the main board of Hong Kong Stock Exchange.
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Fifi
Idapted Inc.
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