AOL and OmniSky to Offer 'AOL Wireless' Features and Content on OmniSky Wireless Internet Service.Business Editors DULLES, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 5, 2000 America Online See AOL. , Inc., the world's leading interactive services company, today announced an agreement with OmniSky Corporation, a provider of branded wireless Internet services for users of handheld mobile devices, that will deliver 'AOL Wireless' content and services on handheld devices via the OmniSky Wireless Internet service. OmniSky Corporation offers a branded wireless service that enables subscribers to access and navigate (1) "Surfing the Web." To move from page to page on the Web. (2) To move through the menu structure in a software application. the Internet, send and receive e-mail messages and securely conduct e-commerce transactions over handheld mobile devices. Under this multi-year agreement, users of OmniSky's wireless service will be offered convenient access to AOL's best-known features and content such as e-mail, instant messaging Exchanging text messages in real time between two or more people logged into a particular instant messaging (IM) service. Instant messaging is more interactive than e-mail because messages are sent immediately, whereas e-mail messages can be queued up in a mail server for seconds or , news, weather and stock quotes. Additionally, by using an OmniSky-enabled handheld device, AOL's more than 23 million members and tens of millions of users of its Web-based brands will be able to conveniently and easily access their favorite AOL (A division of Time Warner, Inc., New York, NY, www.aol.com) The world's largest online information service with access to the Internet, e-mail, chat rooms and a variety of databases and services. features wherever and whenever they want. In addition, AOL members will be offered the option of selecting a special AOL-customized version of the OmniSky Wireless Internet service which will include convenient links to AOL services and content including email and instant messaging through AOL icons on OmniSky's "homepage" and throughout the OmniSky service. The two companies will engage in on- and offline cross-promotion. This agreement advances the AOL Anywhere (SM) strategy of bringing AOL's most popular features and services to a wide range of wireless devices beyond the PC. Through the 'AOL Wireless' services, AOL members and users of its other Web brands can easily extend their interactive experience to the wireless platform in a convenient, easy-to-use and valuable way. Users can check their e-mail, exchange Instant Messages, and access AOL's other popular and consumer-friendly features and brands. AOL will also make a minority equity investment in OmniSky. "Our goal with 'AOL Wireless' is to bring consumers the information and services they want, wherever they are," said Dennis Patrick, President of AOL Wireless. "This agreement with OmniSky marks the next step in our efforts to bring AOL's most popular features and services to mobile AOL members and the rest of the tens of millions of mobile consumers who rely on services from our world-class family of brands." About America Online, Inc. Founded in 1985, America Online, Inc., based in Dulles, Virginia Dulles, Virginia is an unincorporated census-designated place located in Loudoun County, Virginia, part of the Washington Metropolitan Area. The headquarters of AOL, Orbital Sciences Corporation and ODIN technologies and the former headquarters of MCI Inc. are located in Dulles. , is the world's leader in interactive services, Web brands, Internet technologies and e-commerce services. America Online, Inc. operates: two worldwide Internet services, America Online, with more than 23 million members, and CompuServe, with more than 2.8 million members; several leading Internet brands including ICQ ("I Seek You") A conferencing program for the Internet from Mirabilis, Tel Aviv, Israel (www.icq.com). It provides interactive chat, e-mail and file transfer and can alert you when someone on your predefined list has also come online. , AOL Instant Messenger See AIM. and Digital City, Inc.; the Netscape Netcenter and AOL.COM portals; the Netscape Navigator An earlier Web browser for Windows, Macintosh and X Windows from Netscape that provided secure transmission over the Internet. Soon after its introduction in 1994, Navigator, or just "Netscape," as it was commonly called, quickly became the leading browser on the Web. and Communicator browsers; MapQuest.com (1) (Computer Output Microfilm) Creating microfilm or microfiche from the computer. A COM machine receives print-image output from the computer either online or via tape or disk and creates a film image of each page. , the leader in providing online, voice and wireless mapping, directions and destination information solutions to businesses and consumers; AOL Moviefone, the nation's No. 1 movie listing guide and ticketing service; and Spinner.com and NullSoft's Winamp, leaders in Internet music. Through its strategic alliance with Sun Microsystems Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: JAVA[3]) is an American vendor of computers, computer components, computer software, and information-technology services, founded on 24 February 1982. , the company develops and offers easy-to-deploy, end-to-end e-commerce and enterprise solutions for companies operating in the Net Economy. |
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