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Razorfish Announces New Contract Win With Vodafone Airtouch
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 17, 2000--Razorfish, Inc. (Nasdaq: RAZF), the digital solutions provider, today announced that it has won an engagement with Vodafone AirTouch.
Under the terms of the agreement, Razorfish will develop user experience specifications for Vodafone AirTouch's global wireless Internet portal. The portal will offer mobile phone users increased services, ranging from trading and banking to flight booking. It will also offer calendar capabilities, e-mail, games, news, and listings information for movies, hotels and restaurants.
"We needed a solutions provider with mobile knowledge and experience developing wireless platforms and Razorfish offered that kind of leadership," said Bill Bettencourt, vice president, marketing at Vodafone AirTouch. "Razorfish's creativity and solid focus on user experience made them the obvious choice for this initiative."
"Wireless users will benefit from Vodafone AirTouch's convenient, user-customized information access," commented Josh Rubin, Mobility Strategist, Razorfish, Inc. "This will be a powerful tool to help busy people to stay in touch, keep organized, and realize efficiencies in their daily lives."
Other partners include content and commerce services group Infospace.com, financial services firm Charles Schwab, and travel company Travelocity.com/Sabre.
About Vodafone AirTouch
Vodafone AirTouch is the world's largest mobile communications company serving more than 35.5 million proportionate customers in 24 countries on five continents and is the second largest UK FTSE company.
Vodafone is the UK's leading mobile operator with more than 7.94 million customers nation-wide. Vodafone has led the market for mobile data and text messaging in the UK with more than 86 million text messages being handled during December.
About Razorfish
Founded in 1995, Razorfish leverages digital technologies to help companies invent and reinvent the way they do business. The company delivers a complete set of end-to-end solutions including strategy, design, and technology services across platforms, devices, and networks.
With offices in Amsterdam, Boston, Hamburg, Helsinki, Los Angeles, London, Mannheim, New York, Oslo, San Francisco, and Stockholm, Razorfish employs more than 1,300 people and is headquartered in New York. Recent Razorfish clients include Nissan, Excite, Nokia, and Charles Schwab. More information about Razorfish can be found at razorfish.com. |
