Aether Announces Proposed IPO by OmniSky.Business Editors/Hi-Tech Writers OWINGS MILLS, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 16, 2000 Aether announced today that OmniSky Corporation has filed a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission for a proposed initial public offering of common stock. In August 1999, Aether and 3Com formed OmniSky to pursue opportunities in the emerging wireless ISP (1) See in-system programmable. (2) (Internet Service Provider) An organization that provides access to the Internet. Connection to the user is provided via dial-up, ISDN, cable, DSL and T1/T3 lines. market. Aether currently owns approximately 28% of OmniSky. Headquartered in Palo Alto, California “Palo Alto” redirects here. For other uses, see Palo Alto (disambiguation). Palo Alto (IPA: /ˌpæloʊˈʔæltoʊ/, from Spanish: palo: "stick" and alto: "high", i.e. , OmniSky offers a branded wireless service that enables subscribers to access and navigate the Internet, send and receive e-mail messages and securely conduct e-commerce transactions over handheld mobile devices. The service features an easy-to-use wireless Internet portal, designed specifically for use with handheld mobile devices, that organizes information into various categories, including entertainment, finance, news, shopping, sports, travel and local information. Subscribers have the ability to access Internet content that is modified for enhanced viewing and performance on handheld mobile devices from more than 1,000 links to popular data sources and content providers as well as to browse virtually any Web site. The shares are expected to be offered to the public through an underwriting group managed by Credit Suisse First Boston Credit Suisse First Boston was originally the trading name of the Financière Crédit Suisse-First Boston, a London-based 50-50 investment banking joint venture formed in 1978 between the First Boston Corporation and Credit Suisse. Corporation and co-managed by Chase Securities, Inc., Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette Securities Corporation, Salomon Smith Barney Smith Barney is a division of Citigroup Global Capital Markets Inc., a global, full-service financial firm, that provides brokerage, investment banking and asset management services to corporations, governments and individuals around the world. , Inc. and DLJdirect Inc. Prospectuses are not currently available. When available, prospectuses may be obtained from Credit Suisse First Boston Corporation, 11 Madison Avenue Madison Avenue, celebrated street of Manhattan, borough of New York City. It runs from Madison Square (23d St.) to the Madison Bridge over the Harlem River (138th St.). In the 1940s and 50s, some of the major U.S. , Attn: Prospectus Dept., New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , New York 10010-3629. A registration statement relating to relating to relate prep → concernant relating to relate prep → bezüglich +gen, mit Bezug auf +acc these securities has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission but has not yet become effective. These securities may not be sold nor may offers to buy be accepted prior to the time the registration statement becomes effective. This communication shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state. |
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