TICKETMASTER ONLINE-CITYSEARCH AND NEOPOINT, INC. FORM ALLIANCE TO OFFER CONSUMERS CONVENIENT EVENT TICKET PURCHASING WIRELESSLY
Ticketmaster Online-CitySearch To Provide NeoPoint’s myAladdin.com Smart Wireless Portal With Access To Event Information and Tickets
PASADENA, Calif., May 9, 2000 -- Ticketmaster Online-CitySearch (NASDAQ: TMCS), the number one local network, today announced an alliance with NeoPoint, Inc., a market leader in developing state-of-the-art smartphones and information services. TMCS and NeoPoint have teamed to offer mobile consumers access to Ticketmaster.com via their WAP (Internet)-enabled wireless device using NeoPoint’s myAladdin.com location-based smart wireless portal service. By utilizing myAladdin.com on their wireless device, consumers will soon be able to quickly and easily purchase tickets to sporting events, concerts and more from Ticketmaster.com.
“Our relationship with TMCS will provide consumers with convenient and immediate access to tickets for thousands of events a year,” said Kevin Thornton, senior vice president and general manager of myAladdin.com. “By teaming with TMCS, we are strengthening our commitment to providing mobile, on-the-go consumers with relevant local content and information via their wireless device.”
"With myAladdin.com, consumers will soon easily obtain information on concerts and events using NeoPoint smartphones and other wireless WAP-enabled devices," said Paul LaFontaine, vice president of corporate development of TMCS. "Our relationship with NeoPoint emphasizes our commitment to making ticket purchases as convenient as possible for consumers."
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