Here is the announcement. Vodaphone picks InfoSpace.com interface:
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InfoSpace.com Becomes Default Platform for the Commerce, Communications and
Content Wireless Internet Services Offered by Vodafone AirTouch to Mobile
Customers in More Than 24 Countries
REDMOND, Wash., Jan. 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Vodafone AirTouch (NYSE: VOD), the
world's largest mobile communications company, and InfoSpace.com
(Nasdaq: INSP), a leading provider of infrastructure services for consumers,
merchants and wireless devices, today announced that Vodafone AirTouch has
selected InfoSpace.com's platform to deliver wireless Internet services to
mobile customers worldwide. As a result, users of mobile devices in more than
24 countries will be able to securely access a wide range of services
including unique commerce services that enable one-click buying from any Web
site directly from a wireless device, communication services such as
person-to-person, device-independent instant messaging, personalized services
such as e-mail, address book, calendar and relevant localized information.
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"Our global partnership with InfoSpace.com will dramatically increase the
availability of wireless Internet services for mobile users," said Arun Sarin,
CEO of Vodafone AirTouch. "InfoSpace.com helps us realize our goal of
allowing users to remain connected to their vital information and allows them
to conduct transactions wherever they may be in the world."
"Vodafone AirTouch's choice to partner with InfoSpace.com reinforces our
position as the leader in providing comprehensive Internet services for
wireless carriers on a worldwide basis," said Naveen Jain, chairman and CEO of
InfoSpace.com. "Our partnership with Vodafone AirTouch will allow us to
extend the reach of our services to 48 million additional users in more than
24 countries."
Vodafone AirTouch's wireless Internet service will provide customers with
a complete range of services -- including enriched voice services, messaging
and information services to e-commerce and mobile/desktop integration
-- through the widest possible range of access devices, from the standard
mobile phone to world-class handheld computers.
InfoSpace.com's wireless Internet services are the first global end-to-end
private-label solution that enable wireless carriers, device manufacturers and
software application providers to develop a comprehensive wireless portal
optimized for their customers. The integrated platform of services provide
mobile users with one place to conduct transactions including buying products
and checking bank balances, getting personalized and localized information
including their address book and calendar and sending and receiving instant
messages from non-PC devices including cellular phones and new Web appliances.
InfoSpace.com offers unique services to wireless carriers such as
one-click buying on cell phones. Through a recently announced acquisition,
InfoSpace.com will be able to provide a server-based technology that enables
wireless Internet devices to become e-commerce-enabled devices by giving
mobile users the ability to press one key to make on the spot purchases from
virtually any Web site. This is possible through a patent-pending secure
technology that provides an automated process for filling in payment forms,
eliminating the need to continually enter in payment or shipping information,
register at sites or enter any site-specific passwords.
InfoSpace.com's Wireless Internet Services are device-independent and
provide a platform that enables Vodafone AirTouch to support a variety of
emerging protocols such as GSM, GPRS and 3G. For the future, with its global
platform, Vodafone AirTouch intends to be the world's leading mobile provider
of wireless services.
InfoSpace.com has extensive partnerships with carriers in North America
including Ericsson, Nokia, NeoPoint, GTE, AT&T, Sprint, and BellSouth. And
with a recent acquisition, InfoSpace.com will have relationships with more
than 21 worldwide carriers in Europe, North America and Asia providing
services to over 300 million subscribers.
About InfoSpace.com, Inc.
InfoSpace.com is a leading global Internet information infrastructure
company. InfoSpace.com provides infrastructure services to consumers,
merchants and wireless devices. InfoSpace.com's affiliate network consists of
more than 2,100 Web sites. The Company's affiliates include AOL, Microsoft,
Disney/InfoSeek's GO Network, NBC's Snap, Lycos, Go2Net Inc., DoubleClick, Dow
Jones (The Wall Street Journal Interactive Edition) and ABC LocalNet, among
others. In addition, the Company provides services to a network of wireless
Internet devices including PCs, cellular phones, pages, screen telephones,
television set-top boxes, online kiosks, and personal digital assistants.
These include relationships with Acer America, AT&T Wireless, Nokia, Nextel,
Sprint, Mitsui, Lucent and @Home.
About Vodafone AirTouch
Vodafone AirTouch is the world's largest mobile communications company
serving more than 35.5 million proportionate customers in 24 countries on five
continents and is the second largest UK FTSE company. Vodafone AirTouch is
the UK's leading mobile operator with more than 7.94 million customers
nation-wide. Vodafone AirTouch has led the market for mobile data and text
messaging in the UK with more than 86 million text messages being handled
during December.
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 Vodafone
AirTouch, 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.com's Annual Report on Form 10-K, in the
section entitled "Factors Affecting InfoSpace.com's Operating Results,
Business Prospects and Market Price of StockRisk Factors." Readers are
cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements,
which speak only as of the date of this release. InfoSpace.com 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.
SOURCE InfoSpace.com, Inc.
Web Site: infospace.com
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