Alltel Selects the OZ Mobile IM Solution to Provide Its Customers with Mobile Instant Messaging; New Service Offers Subscribers Mobile Access to AOL's AIM(R) and Yahoo!(R) Messenger Services on Brew(R) Devices.MONTREAL -- OZ, the leading mobile messaging solution provider, today announced that Alltel has selected the OZ Mobile IM Solution to power its new Axcess 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 service. Powered by OZ(TM), this Brew based solution provides Alltel wireless customers with graphics-rich instant messaging using AOL's AIM(R) service and Yahoo! (R) Messenger in a mobile format that closely mirrors the PC experience. "This is an exciting enhancement that gives Alltel's Axcess Instant Messaging service the look and feel of the PC experience," said Wade McGill, senior vice president of wireless product management for Alltel. "Wireless customers now can enjoy the full benefits of instant messaging, including the ability to see whether their friends are online, with the added advantage of mobility across America's largest wireless network." Alltel wireless customers can sign up by visiting the AIM (http://www.aim.com) or Yahoo! web sites to get an instant messaging ID and password. Instant messaging is available for download on about a dozen Alltel handsets. The application itself is free, but airtime charges will apply during the two- to three-minute download. Axcess Instant Messaging usage appears on customers' bills as text messages. Customers can get unlimited text, picture and video messaging, plus Axcess Web, for $19.99 per month with an All Axcess Pass. "Mobile IM is truly a fun, convenient, and easy to use consumer application," said Skuli Mogensen, 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. and founder of OZ. "We developed the OZ Mobile IM Solution from the ground up to be a killer mass market application, and we are very pleased to be working with Alltel to extend the full IM experience to the mobile environment." About OZ OZ empowers consumers to stay connected with mobile IM and email solutions that provide users with an affordable, easy, seamless and always-on mobile messaging experience. Working with the leading mobile operators, portals/ISPs and handset manufacturers, OZ delivers innovative and standards-based solutions that provide rich and fully integrated messaging experiences on millions of mobile devices. Leading companies that are Powered by OZ(TM) include: 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. , Bell Mobility, Boost Mobile, Bouygues Telecom, Cingular, Dobson, KPN KPN Koninklijke PTT Nederland (Royal Dutch Telecom) KPN Konfederacja Polski Niepodleglej (Polish conservative party) , Microsoft, Motorola, Nokia, Samsung, Siemens, SonyEricsson, Sprint, TCL See Tcl/Tk. Tcl - Tool Command Language & Alcatel Mobile Phones, Telefonica Moviles Espana, T-Mobile USA(R) and Virgin Mobile USA Virgin Mobile USA (NYSE: VM) is a cellular telephone company that is a joint-venture between Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Group and Sprint Nextel. Virgin Mobile USA uses Sprint's CDMA-based Personal Communications Service (PCS) network. . OZ is a privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. headquartered in Montreal, Canada, with regional offices in the US, Europe and Asia. For more information, visit the OZ website at www.oz.com. About Alltel Alltel is a customer-focused communications company Communications Company is a communications unit of the United States Marine Corps. They are part of Combat Logistics Regiment 37 , 3rd Marine Logistics Group (3MLG) and III Marine Expeditionary Force (III MEF). The unit is based out of the Marine Corps Base Camp Smedley D. with more than 15 million customers in 36 states and nearly $10 billion in annual revenues. Copyright (C) 2006 Alltel, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Yahoo!, Y! and the Yahoo! and Y! logos are the trademarks and/or registered trademarks of Yahoo! Inc. AIM is a registered trademark of AOL LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control . OZ and Powered by OZ are trademarks of OZ Communications Inc. All other trademarks are the properties of their respective owners. |
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