AIRTOUCH SELECTS PHONE.COM’S UP.LINK SERVER SOFTWARE TO CREATE AIRTOUCH MOBILE WEB
AirTouch
Cellular, part of Vodafone AirTouch Plc (NYSE and LSE:VOD), and Phone.com, Inc.
(Nasdaq:PHCM) announced today that AirTouch Cellular has licensed the Phone.com™
UP.Link™ Server Software for use in its U.S. CDMA network. The UP.Link Server
Software will enable AirTouch Cellular to bring its subscribers a wide variety
of Internet information services. Phone.com's Professional Services group will
assist AirTouch Cellular in rapidly integrating the UP.Link Server Software into
its network.
"Our relationship with Phone.com in the U.S. is an important ingredient
in AirTouch Cellular's Mobile Web platform. Through this partnership, Phone.com
has become an approved supplier for Vodafone AirTouch and its affiliates,"
said Arun Sarin, chief executive officer of Vodafone AirTouch's USA/Asia Pacific
Region.
"We are very excited to be working with AirTouch Cellular on the new
Mobile Web service and with Vodafone Airtouch Plc as an approved supplier
throughout its worldwide network of carriers," said Alain Rossmann,
chairman and chief executive officer of Phone.com. "With the Mobile Web
Service, AirTouch is strengthening its market leadership and forming the base
for a wealth of advanced services for its subscribers. Adding AirTouch as a
customer greatly enhances our U.S. footprint."
AirTouch plans to offer its Mobile Web Service on all of its Internet-capable
CDMA handsets this spring. The service will be available in its U.S. cellular
markets and will enable customers to gain access to email, sports, news,
financial and e-commerce services from the convenience of their digital phone.
Phone.com's UP.Link Server Software enables network operators to provide
their subscribers with email services as well as Internet and intranet
information services and applications. Phone.com has licensed its UP.Browser™
microbrowser to over 25 mobile phone manufacturers including Motorola, Qualcomm,
Samsung, and other CDMA manufacturers. The addition of Phone.com's UP.Browser to
mobile phones will enable those phones to deliver standards-based, secure and
scaleable interactive applications, without adding to their cost or size. [ Home | Contact |
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