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Infowave licensed Certicom's Elliptic Curve Cryptography (ECC) in January 1998 to secure its wireless messaging client/server software suite, offering the first solution of its kind for the Windows CE platform. The system will deliver advanced security functions for customers of Infowave's wireless messaging solutions on a wide variety of mobile computing products. Infowave's wireless messaging product, Infowave for Exchange enables a mobile worker to send and receive e-mail, contact lists, schedule updates, task lists and file attachments in real-time. "Certicom's technology is ideally suited for the new generation of portable computing devices," said Jim McIntosh, President and CEO of Infowave. "With Certicom's technology, Infowave now provides our customers the assurance that their sensitive information will be safely, securely and privately transmitted over the air."
Rogers AT&T and Excite Canada to offer customers Internet content services over Digital PCS phones and other wireless devices
News headlines, weather reports, daily horoscopes and real-time stock
alerts available anytime, anywhere using wireless service
REGINA, March 16 /CNW/ - Rogers AT&T Wireless and Excite Canada today
announced that they will collaborate to offer an extensive range of Internet
content services to Rogers AT&T Wireless customers across Canada. Services
will include news and information alerts, on-line shopping, banking and
brokerage services offered from Excite Canada Mobile(TM). These services will
be available to all wireless subscribers across Canada over a variety of
devices including Digital PCS phones, Two-way pagers and wirelessly-enabled
palmtop computers.
"Rogers AT&T Wireless is delivering on its promise to keep its
subscribers on the leading edge of the rapidly-evolving services made
available through wireless mobility," says Darryl Levy, Vice President &
General Manager, Midwest Region, Rogers AT&T Wireless. "As we roll out
additional phases, our strategic alliance with Excite Canada means Rogers AT&T
Wireless customers can access both Canadian and Worldwide content via the
Internet and greatly increase the use of their handsets by receiving
information wherever and whenever they want it."
The initial roll out will allow subscribers to receive stock alerts,
news, weather and their horoscope on Digital PCS phones, Two-way pagers and
alphanumeric pagers. Subscribers will have the freedom to select and
personalize the devices, information service and delivery schedules via Excite
Canada's Web-based user interface. For example, users can instruct the service
to send a weather forecast for Regina at 7 a.m., their daily horoscope at
9 a.m., or the closing numbers on stock and mutual funds in a portfolio every
day at 5:00 p.m. A rich set of these content services will be available at no
cost to all Rogers AT&T customers subscribing to text messaging. Additional
premium content will also be available.
"Providing Canadians with personalized content and timely information are
key to Excite Canada's web strategy and it's a natural extension to link up
with Rogers AT&T Wireless to drive this same functionality to its customers
from Excite Canada Mobile," says Peter O'Brien, vice president, Excite Canada.
"Our users want the web to work for them, and now if your favorite stock dips
10 per cent or you want to know the final score of the Blue Jays game as soon
as it's over, you can have that information sent to you immediately, in
real-time."
Information for customers regarding how to subscribe to these services
will be available from Rogers AT&T Wireless in the next few weeks.
About Rogers AT&T Wireless
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Rogers Wireless Inc. operates under the brand name Rogers AT&T Wireless
and is Canada's largest wireless communications services provider, with over
2.6 million customers from coast to coast. Rogers AT&T Wireless provides a
complete range of wireless solutions including Digital PCS, cellular, paging,
Interactive Messaging, and wireless data services. Rogers Wireless is wholly
owned and operated by Rogers Cantel Mobile Communications Inc. (TSE: RCM.B;
NYSE:RCN), which, in turn, is 51% owned by Rogers Communications and 33.3%
owned equally by AT&T Corp. and British Telecommunications plc.
About Excite Canada
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Excite Canada (Excite.ca) is a 50/50 partnership between Rogers Media
Inc. and Excite@Home (Nasdaq: ATHM). Excite@Home is a global media
company based in Redwood City, Calif. Rogers Media Inc., a subsidiary of
Rogers Communications Inc. (TSE: RCI.A and RCI.B, NYSE: RG), is a leader in
developing relevant and compelling online content for the Canadian Internet
market. Excite.ca, the newest member of the International Excite Network,
promises to be Canada's leading online media property. Excite.ca provides
content areas such as Canadian news, financial information, entertainment and
music, plus advanced search technology, free Web-based email, and communities.
Excite Canada users can personalize their Excite.ca start page and have
control over any information they choose like stock portfolios, sports scores,
news topics, weather, horoscopes, TV listings and much more.
Excite and the Excite logo are trademarks of Excite@Home, used by
Excite Canada under license.
(TM) Rogers Communications Inc.
(R) AT&T Corp. Used under License.
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