The Weather Channel(R) Web site, weather.com, the premier provider of weather on the Web, today announced it will provide its content and services to wireless devices with OracleMobile.com, a new Oracle subsidiary.
This alliance allows weather.com users clear and simple wireless Internet access to up-to-date and accurate weather information from not only the Internet, but phones and pagers as well. OracleMobile.com's service is immediately available at (URL) http://www.oramobile.com/.
In a recent Yankee Group survey, wireless users ranked weather as the number one information service they want delivered to their wireless devices. weather.com is leading the way in wireless content development with strategic alliances that are the latest step in a goal towards universal weather delivery on demand. weather.com offers users forecasts and information to better prepare them for all aspects of life, including travel, leisure and outdoor activities.
"We are pleased to develop wireless products with industry leader Oracle," said Debora Wilson, president and chief executive officer of weather.com. "OracleMobile.com is enhancing the Internet even further by bridging the wireless content divide and bringing weather.com users weather forecasts and information when they want it, where they want it."
"We are pleased to offer weather.com users premier weather content through OracleMobile.com," said Denise Lahey, CEO of OracleMobile.com.
"weather.com users will be able to use wireless OracleMobile.com services by linking up-to-date weather information with other key services such as travel, traffic and shopping."
OracleMobile.com was formed by Oracle Corp. to focus on the rapidly emerging wireless Internet market. OracleMobile.com is effectively mobilizing the Web with initial access to content and services from 20 leading Internet sites. OracleMobile.com's service is free of charge to consumers and supports wireless devices with Web or messaging capabilities.
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