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i3 Mobile Launches Wireless Portal for WAP Forum Conference Portal Will Give Conference Attendees Access to Schedules, Local News, Hot Spots and More
STAMFORD, Conn., and MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Jun 15, 2000 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ --
The WAP Forum and i3 Mobile (Nasdaq: IIIM), a leading provider of wireless media
solutions since 1991, from personalized, localized information to e-commerce
services, today announced the launch of the WAP Forum Wireless Portal, powered
by i3 Mobile.
The portal was created for attendees of the WAP Forum conference being held June
18-23 in Beverly Hills, Calif. Attendees can look up conference and local area
information on their WAP-enabled phones including:
-- session schedules;
-- a directory of attendee contact names and phone numbers;
-- listings of Beverly Hills-area restaurants and hot spots;
-- local news headlines;
-- local weather; and
-- real-time Nasdaq and Dow Jones stock indices
A version of the portal will also be available for attendees with AT&T
PocketNet(SM) phones, Sprint PCS Wireless Web phones and Palm VIIs. Information
on how to access the portal can be found at
i3mobile.com.
"This portal gives us the opportunity to deliver on the promise of WAP
technology and demonstrate how localized, relevant applications can and will be
used to meet both the business and entertainment needs of the mobile phone
user," said Stephen G. Maloney, president and CEO of i3 Mobile. "This portal is
a good example of how wireless is reshaping the ways in which we interact with
information."
"The WAP Forum portal puts some very useful tools in the hands of our attendees,
and is a great working example of how WAP will become a valuable part of our
professional and personal lives," said Scott Goldman, CEO of the WAP Forum.
"Using WAP to obtain valuable conference information as well as local
information about Beverly Hills is a practical, meaningful way to help advance
the cause of this technology."
About The WAP Forum
The WAP Forum is the industry association that is responsible for developing and
fostering the growth of the Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) - an open,
global standard that allows mobile users of wireless hand-held devices to easily
and instantly access and interact with the Internet. The forum is comprised of
more than 400 members, representing 95 percent of the handsets sold worldwide
and more than 200 million global subscribers. Members include worldwide handset
manufacturers, carriers, infrastructure providers, software developers and other
wireless solution providers. For more information about WAP Forum, including a
current listing of its members, visit wapforum.org.
About i3 Mobile
i3 Mobile is a leading provider of wireless media solutions that enable wireless
network operators, Web sites and enterprises to extend personalized,
location-based information, mobile commerce and wireless advertising services to
their customers. As of the end of first quarter 2000, i3 Mobile was delivering
up to two million wireless messages daily and had more than 700,000 users
receiving personalized information on mobile phones, pagers, PDAs and other
wireless devices. i3 Mobile's services are available to more than 50 percent of
the North American mobile phone marketplace through relationships with more than
20 leading wireless network operators and new media distributors. i3 Mobile was
selected by Deloitte and Touche in 1999 as one of the 500 fastest growing
technology companies in America and is included in Upside magazine's "e-business
150" for 2000. For more information, please visit i3mobile.com.
This news release may be deemed to include forward-looking statements as defined
by applicable U.S. law and, as a result, may involve risks, uncertainties and
assumptions that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in
such forward-looking statements. 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. Potential risks and uncertainties include, but are not
limited to, those related to the overall market acceptance of i3 Mobile's
products and services; uncertainties related to i3 Mobile's reliance on a small
number of wireless network operators for a significant portion of its revenues,
i3 Mobile's dependence on the distribution of its products by third parties, and
competition from companies with substantially greater financial, technical,
marketing and distribution resources. Further information regarding these and
other risks are included in i3 Mobile's Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March
31, 2000 and in its prospectus dated April 6, 2000. Readers are cautioned not to
place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of
the date of this release. i3 Mobile 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 i3 Mobile and The WAP Forum
CONTACT: Mike Miller of smartpr, 908-879-2942, mike@smartpr.net, for i3
Mobile; or Beth Waitkus of Blanc & Otus, 415-912-2310,
bwaitkus@blancandotus.com
URL: i3mobile.com
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