Aspiro Delivers SMS Service to Leading Portal Owner Scandinavia Online.Business Editors, High-Tech high-tech also hi-tech adj. Informal Of, relating to, or resembling high technology. high-tech Adjective same as hi-tech Adj. 1. Writers STOCKHOLM--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 11, 2000 Aspiro has signed a contract with Scandinavia Scandinavia (skăn'dĭnā`vēə), region of N Europe. It consists of the kingdoms of Sweden, Norway, and Denmark; Finland and Iceland are usually considered part of Scandinavia. Online, owner of Scandinavia's leading portal network, for the delivery of Aspiro's International SMS (1) (Storage Management System) Software used to routinely back up and archive files. See HSM. (2) (Systems Management Server) Systems management software from Microsoft that runs on Windows NT Server. network to its "Passagen Passagen, is a Swedish web portal started in 1994 by Ken Ceder, Lars-Erik Eriksson and Mattias Söderhielm at Telia, and was launched in October 1995. Until 1999, it was Sweden's second largest web site. " portal. The service allows users to send free SMS messages SMS message SMS n → (message m) SMS m from the website portal to mobile phones within Sweden. The Aspiro International SMS network offers SMS switching services and is adapted to handle all the different local and international mobile operator standards, which means that users can send SMS messages to mobile phones in different countries. The first phase of the co-operation with Scandinavia Online is to begin immediately and will be three months in duration. During these months the deal is estimated to generate some 80,000 Euros in revenues for Aspiro. "Scandinavia Online is the largest portal network in Scandinavia. The implementation of the SMS Network will give Passagen visitors easy access to send free SMS messages directly from the portal in a quick and easy way to contacts all over Sweden," says Mattias Borg, Technical Product Manager at Aspiro. "Our goal is to develop Passagen's services so that they are available no matter where you are," says Anna Fornek, VP Commerce at Scandinavia Online. "More and more of our users are using SMS as a means of communications, and with the SMS application we are able to increase the mobility of our services." For more information, please contact: Mattias Borg, Technical Product Manager, Aspiro. Phone: +46 708 368103 About Aspiro Aspiro provides mobile applications and services promoting Life in Motion using cutting-edge knowledge and technologies. Aspiro offers operators, content providers and mobile organizations a wide range of solutions, from pre-packaged portal services to industry-specific solutions. Founded in 1998, Aspiro is today an international player in the global mobile Internet Refers to gaining access to the Internet using a lightweight, handheld device. See Mobile IP, PDA, smartphone and mobile TV. market. The Scandinavia-based company has over 180 employees and offices in Sweden, Norway, Luxembourg and USA. Aspiro's business concept, organization and operations are based on many years of experience gained in the mobile telecommunications Communicating information, including data, text, pictures, voice and video over long distance. See communications. and IT industries. For further information about Aspiro, please visit www.aspiro.com. Please visit http://www.bit.se for further information The following files are available for download To receive a file transmitted over a network. In any communications session, "download" means receive, and "upload" means send. The download/upload often implies a big/little scenario, in which data is being downloaded from the "big" server into the "little" user's computer. : http://www.bit.se/bitonline/2000/07/11/20000711BIT00240/bit0001.doc http://www.bit.se/bitonline/2000/07/11/20000711BIT00240/bit0002.pdf |
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