2Roam Drives Hertz to the Wireless Web; Number One Car Rental Company To Provide Customers Wireless Access From Any Device.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers REDWOOD CITY Redwood City, city (1990 pop. 66,072), seat of San Mateo co., W Calif., on San Francisco Bay; inc. 1868. Manufactures include commmunications, electrical, electronic, and medical equipment. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 7, 2001 2Roam, the leading global wireless software and service provider, today announced that Hertz hertz (hûrts) [for Heinrich R. Hertz], abbr. Hz, unit of frequency, equal to 1 cycle per second. The term is combined with metric prefixes to denote multiple units such as the kilohertz (1,000 Hz), megahertz (1,000,000 Hz), and gigahertz Corporation, has selected its wireless application software platform to deliver Hertz' Web-based customer service offering to wireless users. Hertz customers will be able to make, review, and update car rental reservations using cell phones, pagers and PDAs utilizing the 2Roam Wireless Solution(TM). Hertz becomes the first car rental company to offer customers access to its on-line services via all wireless devices. "Hertz customers are typically business travelers or busy people who are constantly on the move," said Tom Jackson, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. , 2Roam. "Since more than 50 percent of business travelers carry mobile phones on their trips, wireless applications will allow Hertz along with other travel and leisure companies to service their customers at all times, regardless of where they may be." Claude B. Burgess BURGESS. A magistrate of a borough; generally, the chief officer of the corporation, who performs, within the borough, the same kind of duties which a mayor does in a city. In England, the word is sometimes applied to all the inhabitants of a borough, who are called burgesses sometimes it , Hertz Vice President of e-Business and Technology said, "Hertz encourages its customers to do business with us online. By extending our online services to wireless devices, 2Roam helps us expand our Internet business to an even wider customer base from any location." About 2Roam, Inc. 2Roam, Inc. is a global wireless application software and service provider that quickly and easily extends a company's online business onto any handheld wireless device, such as mobile phones and PDAs. Leading customers including eBay, Best Western Hotels, Tribune tribune, in ancient Rome, one of various officers. The history of the office of tribune is closely associated with the struggle of the plebs against the patrician class to achieve a more equitable position in the state. From c.508 B.C. Interactive and National Airlines successfully established their wireless Web presence through 2Roam, providing a seamless wireless extension of their core business model. The 2Roam Wireless Solution gives customers unprecedented control over the look and feel of their wireless brand. With its open technology platform, 2Roam offers its customers additional functionalities such as m-commerce, wireless advertising, alerts and messaging to attract and retain users and generate new revenue streams from their wireless site. 2Roam is a private company backed by leading U.S. and international investors including Panasonic, Siemens, CMGI CMGI Commonly Maintained Grounds Infrastructures CMGI College Marketing Group Information (Services) @Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners and Trans Cosmos cosmos (kŏz`məs), any plant of the tropical American genus Cosmos of the family Asteraceae (aster family). C. bipinnatus, USA Inc. For more information, visit www.2Roam.com. About Hertz Corporation Hertz, the world's largest car rental company, is a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. of the Ford Motor Company. Hertz operates from approximately 7000 locations in more than 140 countries. |
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