InfoSpace Positioned for Rapid Expansion Worldwide With New
Spanish-Language Wireless Platform and Applications Announcement Follows
Cingular Wireless' Launch Yesterday as First Customer on New Platform;
Spanish-Language Wireless Platform, Applications and Speech-Based Technologies
Position InfoSpace to Rapidly Expand in Central and South America, and among
Spanish Speakers in the U.S.
BELLEVUE, Wash., Mar 22, 2001 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- InfoSpace (Nasdaq:
INSP), a leading global provider of cross-platform merchant and consumer
infrastructure services on wireless, broadband, and narrowband platforms, today
announced a Spanish-language version of its device-independent platform and
suite of applications. These new services may be integrated with InfoSpace's
advanced Spanish-language speech-based technologies to provide wireless carriers
with a comprehensive Spanish-language portal accessible over legacy standards,
Internet-enabled phones, PCs, personal digital assistants (PDAs) and other
devices.
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Today's announcement comes on the heels of Cingular Wireless' announcement
yesterday
(http://www.prnewswire.com/cgibin/micro_stories.pl?ACCT=11290...
=/www/story/03-21-2001/0001452375&EDATE=Mar+21,+2001) that the company has
launched its new Spanish-language Portal, "Mi Ventana Movil." InfoSpace will
provide the platform and applications for the new service, and StarMedia will
provide Spanish language content, community applications and Hispanic marketing
expertise. Cingular's Mi Ventana Movil brings on-demand services including
calendar, address book and email to Cingular wireless subscribers throughout the
U.S. and Puerto Rico. Shopping, promotions and discounts, and instant messaging
capabilities will be available to Cingular subscribers in the second quarter of
the year.
InfoSpace's Spanish-language offering delivers a wide range of the services and
applications that have made InfoSpace the choice among a majority of the leading
wireless carriers in the U.S. for the roll out of mobile data and information
services. InfoSpace's platform includes personalized information and
communication services such as a fully integrated address book, calendar, to-do
list e-mail and instant messaging; location-based commerce services that allow
users to find local merchants, receive wireless promotions and discounts, and
purchase products and services directly from their wireless device.
"As the market for mobile data services expands among Spanish speakers
throughout Central and South America as well as within the U.S., InfoSpace is
there to support wireless carriers in providing compelling services that address
this rapidly growing market," said Naveen Jain, chairman and CEO of InfoSpace.
"Leveraging our success in the U.S. and in Brazil, we are committed to seeing
our Spanish-language platform find widespread distribution throughout Central
and South America and the Caribbean." |
