Ryan, great news for RAZF
Razorfish Announces New Contract Win With Vodafone Airtouch
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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.
CONTACT: Gentry Communications
Patricia Calfee, 415/672-2126
pc@gentrycomms.com
or
Razorfish
James Pearson, 212/798-6701
jpearson@razorfish.com
or
Vodafone AirTouch
Mike Caldwell, +44 1635 503865
mike.caldwell@vf.vodafone.co.uk
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