SNAZ Commerce Solutions Partners with Nextel to bring a Customized Single-Click Shopping Experience to Nextel's OnlineSM Subscribers

Sharper Image, OfficeMax, and mvp.com are among the featured merchants

SNAZ Commerce Solutions, a global wireless Internet commerce provider, announced today its agreement with Nextel Communications, Inc. (Nasdaq: NXTL), a leading provider of fully integrated wireless communications services, to provide Nextel's WAP phone users the ability to search and buy across multiple leading merchants with a single-click.

The agreement with SNAZ is unique in that SNAZ customized their wireless commerce solution to appeal to Nextel business customers. Among the top merchants featured on Nextel's wireless platform are: OfficeMax (NYSE:OMX), Sharper Image (NYSE:SHPR), 1-800-Flowers.com, CVS.com, Brooksbrothers.com, and mvp.com.

"Our partnership with Nextel further illustrates our desire to make mobile shopping simple and secure.  By customizing a wireless shopping solution that caters to Nextel's core customer base, we make shopping with a Nextel Internet-capable phone all the more appealing.  After all, mobile commerce will succeed only if it is quick and easy," said Vikram Chachra, Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer, SNAZ Commerce Solutions.

For the first time, Nextel will be customizing a shopping platform that will cater to its Nextel Online wireless Internet customers.

"We feel it is important to provide users with the best of breed mobile applications and value-added services.  We chose the SNAZ commerce platform because it provides us with a customized mobile commerce solution suited for our business customers," said Greg Santoro, Vice President Wireless Internet Services for Nextel.

At the core of SNAZ's wireless shopping platform is its server-side mobile-wallet.  The mobile-wallet supports the wireless e-commerce transaction gateway connecting the Nextel Internet-enabled phone to the SNAZ merchant network.  This enables users to register only once to be able to buy from leading merchants all with a single-click.  In essence, SNAZ makes shopping on wireless devices simple, secure and convenient.


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