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To: Carolyn who wrote (23145)	1/8/2001 12:02:55 PM
From: Sarkie	Respond to of 28311

newsalert.com Airbiquity and InfoSpace to Jointly Offer Location-Based Audio Wireless Services BAINBRIDGE ISLAND and BELLEVUE, Wash., Jan. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Airbiquity (formerly Integrated Data Communications), an integrator of wireless voice and data solutions for mobile devices, and InfoSpace, Inc. (Nasdaq: INSP), a leading global provider of cross-platform merchant and consumer infrastructure services on wireless, broadband, and narrowband platforms, today announced an agreement in which the two companies will jointly market location-based, audio wireless services. (Photo: newscom.com ) Under the agreement, the companies can offer targeted audio content for wireless devices linked to a caller's place of origin. This will allow wireless users to easily access audio location-based information, such as restaurants, gas stations, movie theaters, and more. Coupled with InfoSpace's commerce offerings, the solution provides end-users with complete access to targeted information and commerce capability over mobile devices relevant to their location at a specific time. Audio-delivered content, such as automated speech technology, which requires limited viewing of the wireless device's display, can decrease the distraction of the driver when the device is operated in a motor vehicle. "InfoSpace's application infrastructure services, coupled with Airbiquity's products and technology, will provide network operators in the telematics market with quick access to location sensitive information," said Ed Petersen, InfoSpace's senior vice president, wireless equipment and devices. "Service providers are demanding that more personalized and targeted information be delivered to wireless devices," said Stacey Black, senior vice president of business development for Airbiquity. "Airbiquity's solutions will enable wireless users fast and easy access to location-sensitive information." The alliance will take full advantage of a variety of Airbiquity-enabled devices under development, including wireless handsets, wireless accessories, and PDAs, as well as wireless devices available in automobiles. The joint offerings may be distributed through a variety of existing and new sales channels, including wireless carriers, voice portals and telematics service providers. Airbiquity recently launched its GPS Accessory, a first-to-market retrofittable wireless phone accessory featuring the latest GPS location technology. The GPS Accessory provides the means to send and receive location-sensitive information simply by pressing a button on the back of the unit. This patent-pending "Push-to-Pinpoint" technology is user-activated, ensuring wireless phone subscriber privacy. The GPS Accessory, which consists of GPS, battery, and Airbiquity's aqLink(TM) technology, quickly and easily attaches to millions of Nokia wireless phones, the most widely used wireless phones on the market, in place of a standard Nokia battery. Airbiquity's GPS Accessory can be used with most other wireless phone accessories, including chargers, car kits, cradles, and cases.