Excite@Home and AT&T To Bring Personalized Excite Content to AT&T Wireless Data Customers Nationwide
Deal Marks First Major Carrier Deal for Excite@Home
November 15, 1999 08:06 AM
REDWOOD CITY, Calif. and REDMOND, Wash., Nov. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Excite@Home ATHM and AT&T T , today announced a memorandum of understanding to give AT&T PocketNet subscribers wireless access to their personalized Excite content. AT&T PocketNet(R) service subscribers will have wireless access to Excite personalized content delivered over the AT&T Wireless IP Network (CDPD) to their AT&T PocketNet enabled devices. The companies expect to finalize their agreement by December 31, 1999 and make the services available in Q1, 2000.
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"The relationship is a significant milestone in Excite@Home's move into the wireless/mobile handset arena and continues the company's drive into 'all-band' delivery of Excite content to any device," said Mark Stevens, executive vice-president, Corporate and Business Development, Excite@Home. "This is our first carrier deal for wireless and a great validation of our strategy."
"AT&T will deliver to our PocketNet subscribers a wide variety of content and applications," said Kendra VanderMeulen, Senior Vice President, AT&T Wireless, "And, Excite@Home is one of the first companies we have selected to work with to achieve this goal because of their focus on creating one of the best consumer experiences -- on and off the Web."
GET EXCITE INSTANTLY AND WIRELESSLY -- ON YOUR POCKETNET SERVICE
To get Excite content, PocketNet subscribers simply scroll through their PocketNet menu and select Excite. After selecting a topic or header, the most updated and current information on the Excite service is immediately viewed on the PocketNet subscribers handset. If the user has registered with Excite, they can view their personalized portfolio, including news, weather, sports and horoscope on their phone as well. The user will also be able to access their favorite Excite content, including:
-- Excite Planner - Users will have direct access to their calendar,
address book, to do, and notepad data, and be notified on the phone of
selected calendar events.
-- Excite Mail - Users can get an alert when a new message has arrived,
with the ability to download and read the message on their phone. Users
can also read, reply, file, delete or compose new messages on their
phone.
-- Lottery results - Lottery results, by state, will be delivered to the
user on their phone if requested.
-- Personalized stock quotes - Consumers can access their personalized
portfolio of stocks on the phone.
-- Local weather - Local weather, by zip code, along with a 5-day
forecast, can be accessed via the phone.
-- Personalized news - Consumers can receive personalized and headline
news on the phone.
-- Personalized sports scores - Consumers can access sports headlines and
scores for favorite teams on the phone.
-- Local movie show times - Local movie listings, by zip code, can be
accessed on the phone.
-- Daily horoscopes - Users can get daily personal horoscope on their
phone.
About AT&T
AT&T Corp. ( att.com ) is among the world's premier voice and data communications companies, serving more than 80 million customers, including consumers, businesses and government. With annual revenues of more than $53 billion and 151,000 employees, AT&T provides services to customers worldwide.
Backed by the research and development capabilities of AT&T Labs, the company runs the world's largest, most sophisticated communications network and has the largest digital wireless network in North America. The company is a leading supplier of data and Internet services for businesses and offers outsourcing, consulting and networking-integration to large businesses. It is also the nation's largest direct Internet access service for consumers.
Through its recent cable acquisitions, AT&T will bring its bundle of broadband video, voice and data services to customers throughout the United States. Internationally, the AT&T/BT Global Venture -- recently named Concert -- will serve the communications needs of multinational companies and international carriers worldwide.
About Excite@Home
Excite@Home is a global media company offering media services through Excite (www.excite.com) and broadband subscription services through @Home (www.home.com) and @Work (www.work.home.net). MatchLogic (www.matchlogic.com) offers marketers industry leading digital advertising capabilities including rich media production, ad and email services, user profiling and targeting and database analysis and management all integrated into a complete solutions package. The company has a worldwide footprint of 72 million cable homes to deliver on its vision of bringing personalized content to consumers "All Band, All Device, All the Time."
NOTE: Excite@Home, @Home, @Work, Excite, the stylized @ logo and MatchLogic are trademarks of At Home Corporation and may be registered in certain jurisdictions. All other brand names are trademarks of their respective owners.
This announcement contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties, including those relating to the date that the Excite content will be available on ATT's PocketNet service and the functionality and scope of the Excite content that will be accessible. Actual results may differ materially due to a number of risks, including the numerous technological, operational and financial challenges associated with providing wireless access to Excite content. In addition, the availability of Excite content on AT&T's PocketNet service is contingent on the parties' success in executing a definitive agreement, and there can be no assurance that such an agreement will be completed. The matters discussed in this press release also involve risks and uncertainties described from time to time in Excite@Home's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). In particular, see the risk factors described in Excite@Home Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 1999. Excite@Home assumes no obligation to update the forward-looking information contained in this press release.
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