To: HairBall who wrote (50023 ) 11/15/1999 11:02:00 AM From: Jenne Respond to of 152472
SqueezeNet Helping U.S. Win the Wireless Race BUSINESS WIRE - November 15, 1999 10:30 TRABUCO CANYON, Calif., Nov 15, 1999 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- SqueezeNet, a Southern California based wireless web content provider, is helping the United States win the wireless race by offering content on all wireless platforms. This includes the PCS Phone, Palm OS, and Windows CE wireless web environments. Tired of being labeled the "underdog" in the race to be a dominant player in the wireless market, U.S. content providers are playing catch-up by enabling wireless access to some of the most popular Internet Web sites. Many industry leaders and analysts have estimated that the United States is more than six months behind in wireless technologies, especially the much-coveted PCS web enabled phone segment. Companies like SqueezeNet are enabling the United States to catch up with European and Asian companies, and, in some cases, surpass them. Content providers are predicting that their influence in the wireless market will quickly position the United States as a market leader. Walt Arp, president of SqueezeNet, supports this prediction by saying, "The computer industry has always been about software and content. The U.S. is quickly becoming dominant in the quality and quantity of content offered to wireless device users. Additionally, U.S. companies such as QUALCOMM Inc., Sprint Corp., Motorola Inc. and Phone.com Inc. are doing a great job bringing the wireless technologies together to allow easy web access." For SqueezeNet's part, it is moving rapidly to join the ranks of the industry leaders in the wireless world. It now offers web content for all of the popular wireless platforms available to date. Phil McAllister, SqueezeNet's VP of Business Development, comments, "Instead of waiting for a dominant technology to take hold in the U.S., SqueezeNet is solving the problem by offering access to web content from all wireless platforms. We will continue to work with brand name web sites to ensure that there will be ample content for all wireless users--whether you decide to use a PCS web enabled phone, a Palm OS device, a Windows CE device or any combination of these devices." For now, many of the European wireless companies are enjoying their lead in this rapidly growing segment of the Internet market. However, if companies such as SqueezeNet have their way, American based wireless companies will soon blaze a path to the web that others will have to follow. About SqueezeNet SqueezeNet specializes in creating relationships with companies that want to put some or all of their content on the wireless web. The company provides tools, services and advice to help accomplish this. SqueezeNet is a division of Diamond Star Technologies, a company that has specialized in serving the Internet market since 1997. SqueezeNet's launch of SqueezeNet.com, the gateway to the wireless web, demonstrates its commitment to wireless access to the Internet. The Web site is a free service for accessing wireless web content from leading information providers. Even if you don't have a wireless device yet, you can get a feel for what it will be like by trying the Virtual PCS Phone demo at the company's Web site: www.squeezenet.com. To access the site from a PCS web enabled phone, just tap-in ptap.com at your phone's "