Cincinnati Bell Wireless Selects InfoSpace Platform to Launch SMS-Based Wireless Internet Service
BELLEVUE, Wash., Dec. 11 /PRNewswire/ -- InfoSpace Inc. (Nasdaq: INSP), a leading global provider of cross-platform merchant and consumer infrastructure services on wireless, broadband and narrowband platforms, today announced that Cincinnati Bell Wireless has selected InfoSpace to power its recently launched Wireless Internet suite of services. The Cincinnati Bell Wireless Internet service features a short message service (SMS)-based offering, meaning that the majority of its digital phone subscribers will have immediate access to InfoSpace's platform of communication and personalized information services, without having to purchase new phones.
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InfoSpace is providing a comprehensive, private-labeled solution for Cincinnati Bell Wireless' Internet service, optimized and deployed under the Cincinnati Bell Wireless brand. The SMS-based services are not dependant upon the purchase of new digital phones, allowing large existing bases of digital phones to accelerate the market penetration rates for InfoSpace's wireless platform.
"InfoSpace's platform of wireless services offered us a way to quickly get an SMS-based mobile Internet service up and running and, most importantly, to offer best-of-breed services to our customers," said Karl Weidner, general manager for Cincinnati Bell Wireless.
"This agreement with Cincinnati Bell Wireless is a testament to the flexibility of the InfoSpace platform, and its ability to run over any standard or device," said Arun Sarin, InfoSpace CEO. "We've helped several carriers overseas roll out SMS-based services, and we're now pleased to further demonstrate the InfoSpace platform's ability to power SMS-based services in the United States."
About InfoSpace's Wireless Services
InfoSpace's Wireless Internet Services provide the industry's first end-to-end private-label solution, enabling wireless carriers, device manufacturers and software application providers to develop a comprehensive wireless portal optimized for their customers. The integrated platform of services provides mobile users with one place to get relevant content, including real-time stock quotes and directions; commerce capabilities, including price comparison shopping; communication features, including person-to-person, device-independent instant messaging; personalization and localization. InfoSpace's Wireless Internet Services are device-independent and provide a platform that enables carriers to support a variety of protocols such as WAP and PQAs for Palm VII and VXML, in addition to HDML, SMTP and SMS. InfoSpace's services are compatible with a variety of wireless gateway technologies, including Nokia, Openwave, CMG and Ericsson.
About InfoSpace
InfoSpace is a leading global provider of cross-platform merchant and consumer infrastructure services on wireless, broadband, and narrowband platforms. The company provides commerce, information, and communication infrastructure services to wireless devices, merchants, and Web sites. InfoSpace's partners encompass a global network of wireless, PC, and non-PC devices, including cellular phones, pagers, screen telephones, television set-top boxes, online kiosks and personal digital assistants. InfoSpace has relationships with AT&T Wireless, Cingular Wireless, Intel, Virgin Mobile, Verizon Wireless, Hasbro, National Discount Brokers, and Bloomberg LLC. InfoSpace's affiliate network also consists of more than 3,200 Web sites that include AOL, Microsoft, Disney's GO Network, NBC's Snap, Lycos, DoubleClick and ABC LocalNet, among others. InfoSpace is also positioned to tap the market for broadband wired (DSL and cable) and broadband wireless (2.5G and 3G) services, such as interactive gaming, television and other entertainment services. In addition, the company recently added back-end payment processing to InfoSpace's existing commerce services, allowing InfoSpace to offer everything a merchant needs to conduct the entire lifecycle of a transaction, one of the key drivers of mobile commerce adoption.
This release contains forward-looking statements relating to the development of the Company's products and services and future operating results, including statements regarding the Company's agreement with Cincinnati Bell, that are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected. The words "believe," "expect," "intend," "anticipate," variations of such words, and similar expressions identify forward-looking statements, but their absence does not mean that the statement is not forward-looking. These statements are not guarantees of future performance and are subject to certain risks, uncertainties and assumptions that are difficult to predict. Factors that could affect the Company's actual results include the progress and costs of the development of our products and services and the timing of market acceptance of those products and services. A more detailed description of certain factors that could affect actual results include, but are not limited to, those discussed in InfoSpace's Annual Report on Form 10-K, in the section entitled "Factors Affecting InfoSpace's Operating Results, Business Prospects and Market Price of Stock." Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this release. InfoSpace undertakes no obligation to update publicly any forward-looking statements to reflect new information, events or circumstances after the date of this release or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.
Contact information: Mark Peterson, Vice President of Public Relations of InfoSpace, Inc., 425-201-8945, or mark@infospace.com
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