NEWS RELEASE
INFOWAVE AND NOKIA SIGN WAP DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT AND ANNOUNCE BUNDLING OF
INFOWAVE WIRELESS SOFTWARE WITH THE NOKIA ARTUSE MAX PLATFORM
Value Added Service Cooperation Agreement enables the companies to bring new
WAP services to market and taps Nokia's extensive sales and marketing
organization
New Orleans, LA, March 1, 2000 - Infowave Software, Inc. (TSE:IW) today
announced at the CTIA Wireless 2000 tradeshow that it has it has signed a
Value Added Service Cooperation Agreement with Nokia Networks, the
infrastructure arm of Nokia (NYSE:NOK), for the development of Wireless
Application Protocol (WAP(tm)) applications. Infowave and Nokia will work
together to develop and market wireless applications for Nokia's WAP-enabled
mobile terminals as well as the Nokia Artuse Messaging Platform and Nokia
Artuse MAX Platform. Infowave has also joined the Nokia Artuse Developers
Program.
Under the terms of the agreement, Nokia will bundle Infowave's new WAP
server product along with their Artuse MAX Platform as an extension
application feature. Infowave's WAP application enables mobile users to
seamlessly access their Microsoft© Exchange© messaging and collaboration
server from any WAP-enabled device. The product provides real-time access to
email, contacts, calendar and task lists using a phone or any other device
with a WAP browser. The Nokia Artuse MAX enables the deployment and delivery
of WAP content and services. This agreement enables Nokia to offer
Infowave's wireless computing software to carriers and organizations
requiring mobile access via a wireless device to Microsoft Exchange.
"Infowave's wireless enterprise applications will add significant value to
the Nokia Artuse Product Family," says Pekka Salonoja, Vice President &
General Manager, Nokia Wireless Systems Solutions, Nokia Networks.
"WAP-based connectivity to Microsoft Exchange is key in providing mobile
workers access to this important content. We also look forward to continuing
to work with Infowave to create new applications for the Mobile Information
Society."
"We are extremely pleased to be partnering with the world's leading wireless
company," says Jim McIntosh, President and CEO of Infowave. "This
co-operation with Nokia Networks represents a significant business
development opportunity for Infowave as it enables us to extend our reach
into companies around the world. It also represents another important
endorsement of Infowave's core wireless expertise."
Infowave's software provides fast wireless access to web-based applications,
the Internet, corporate Intranets and email for mobile workers who need
real-time access to important desktop information, whether they're across
the hall or across the country. Infowave's customers can choose from a
spectrum of mobile devices including phones, pagers, handheld computers and
laptops. Infowave's software sends the right information to the right device
at the right time.
About Nokia
Nokia is paving the way to the mobile information society with its
innovative products and solutions. Nokia is the leading mobile phone
supplier and a leading supplier of mobile, fixed and IP networks, related
services as well as multimedia terminals. In 1999, net sales totaled EUR
19.8 billion (USD 19.9 billion). Headquartered in Finland, Nokia is listed
on the New York (NOK), Helsinki, Stockholm, London, Frankfurt and Paris
stock exchanges and employs more than 55 000 people.
About Infowave
Founded in 1984, Infowave develops, markets and sells specialized software
solutions for wireless computing and printing and is headquartered in
Vancouver, Canada. Infowave's Wireless Division builds mobile business
solutions that use the power of wireless communications to extend the reach
of enterprise computing. Infowave for Exchange and Infowave for the Net are
advanced and secure wireless solutions for connecting mobile workers to key
corporate information and applications. Symmetry(tm) provides interactive
wireless access to Microsoft© Outlook© email, schedules, contacts and
calendar from pagers and PCS phones. Infowave's Imaging Division builds
award-winning printing solutions - PowerPrint© and StyleScript© software
kits provide Apple© Macintosh© users with improved print quality and access
to more than 1,600 printers.
Contact Information
Corporate:
Infowave Software, Inc.
Todd Carter, CFO
ir@infowave.com
800-463-6928
Investor Relations:
The Investor Relations Group
Steve Hanson
irg@invrel.com
800-444-9214
Note: Infowave, the Infowave logo, Symmetry, PowerPrint and StyleScript are
trademarks of Infowave Software, Inc. This news release contains
forward-looking statements including the anticipated benefits to Infowave
expected to result from Infowave's agreement with Nokia. These statements
are based on management's current projections, beliefs and opinions at the
date of this news release. Actual results could differ materially from those
anticipated in these statements based upon a number of factors including the
ability to develop and supply solutions without error or defect that provide
wireless connectivity to Nokia's Artuse MAX Platform and whether companies
will license Infowave's products through Nokia's distribution networks.
Infowave undertakes no responsibility to update forward-looking statements
if circumstances or management's projections, beliefs or opinions change.
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