IIJI- Well at least we know that IIJI is NOT Japans largest ISP
"Mobile Fitter" Service with Spyglass Prism to 3.5 Million Subscribers
Spyglass Continues to Provide Mobile Users with the Ability to Connect to The
Internet Faster and More Efficiently
TOKYO, Nov. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Internet pioneer Spyglass Inc.
(Nasdaq: SPYG), through its distribution relationship with Intercom, today
announced it licensed Spyglass Prism to @nifty for use with its Mobile Fitter
Internet portal. @nifty is Japan's largest Internet Service Provider with
3.5 million subscribers, formed after Fujitsu's (TSE: 6702) subsidiary Nifty
Corp. merged with Fujitsu's InfoWeb Internet Service. @nifty has projected a
target subscriber base of 10 million subscribers in Japan within the next five
years.
(Photo: newscom.com )
The Mobile Fitter service, which enables Internet content to be displayed
on various wireless information appliances such as cellular phones and
palm-size computers, is made possible with Spyglass Prism. Spyglass Prism is
a content transformation and delivery platform that converts Internet content
originally created for personal computers so that it can be viewed quickly and
more efficiently on non-PC devices. Depending on the limitations of each
wireless device, Spyglass Prism compresses Internet images, adjusts the
content width, and decreases the color depth of Internet content.
"We've found Spyglass Prism to be very popular in the Japanese marketplace
because it reduces the cost of creating and supporting content for multiple
devices," said Noriyuki Nihira, Spyglass Japan country manager. "With so many
subscribers, @nifty needed to implement our content delivery solution to their
mobile portal quickly and efficiently. With our expertise and leadership in
re-purposing content for various devices, Spyglass was an easy choice."
About Fujitsu Limited
Fujitsu Limited (TSE: 6702) is a leading provider of comprehensive
information technology and network solutions for the global marketplace.
Comprising over 500 group companies and affiliates worldwide -- including ICL,
Amdahl and DMR Consulting Group -- the Fujitsu Group had consolidated revenues
of 5.24 trillion yen ($43.3 billion) in the fiscal year ended March 31, 1999.
With world-class hardware and software technology in computers,
telecommunications and microelectronics, and a corps of 55,000 systems and
services experts around the world, Fujitsu is uniquely positioned to harness
the power of the network to help its customers succeed. Altogether, the
Fujitsu Group has 188,000 employees and operations in over 100 countries.
Home page: fujitsu.co.jp .
About Spyglass
Spyglass (Nasdaq: SPYG) is a leading provider of strategic Internet
consulting, software, and professional services that enable content providers,
service operators and device manufacturers to capitalize on the potential of
the Internet. Market-leading companies using Spyglass solutions include GTE,
General Instrument, Microsoft, Motorola, NEC, Nokia, Sony, Thomson Consumer
Electronics, and Xerox. Spyglass is headquartered in Naperville, Ill. and has
regional offices in Lexington, Mass., Silicon Valley, Calif., London and
Tokyo. Visit spyglass.com for more information.
(November 1999)
Spyglass and the Spyglass logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of
Spyglass, Inc., in the United States and other countries. Mosaic is a
trademark of the University of Illinois. (Other technologies and brand names
are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies.) This
release contains information about management's future expectations, plans and
prospects that constitute forward-looking statements for purposes of the safe
harbor provisions under The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.
Actual results may differ materially from those indicated by these
forward-looking statements as a result of various important factors that are
discussed in the company's annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended
September 30, 1998, which is on file with the SEC.
SOURCE Spyglass Inc.
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/CONTACT: Amanda Ingalls, of Spyglass, 630-245-6512, or e-mail,
aingalls@spyglass.com, or Nicole Blout, of Shandwick Convergence,
310-201-8877, or e-mail, nblout@shandwick.com/
/Photo: newscom.com or
PR Newswire Photo Desk, 888-776-6555 or 201-369-3467/
/Web site: fujitsu.co.jp /
/Web site: spyglass.com /
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CO: Spyglass Inc.; Fujitsu Limited; @nifty
ST: New York, Japan
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