AvantGo to Offer InfoSpace.com's Mobile Private Label Portals to Users of Palm Computing Platform, Windows CE and Wireless PDAs.Business Editors/Technology Writers SAN MATEO San Mateo (săn mətā`ō), city (1990 pop. 85,486), San Mateo co., W Calif., on San Francisco Bay; inc. 1894. It is a commercial and retail center with some high-technology manufacturing. San Mateo, Spanish for St. , Calif. and REDMOND, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Jan. 18, 2000 AvantGo Expands Relationship with InfoSpace.com AvantGo, Inc., the authority in managing mobile information, today announced that it is expanding its business relationship with InfoSpace.com (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :INSP INSP Inspection INSP Inspector INSP Inspect INSP Inspirational Network INSP Institut des Nanosciences de Paris (French) INSP International Nuclear Safety Program INSP International Network on Strategic Philanthropy ), a leading provider of infrastructure services for consumers, merchants and wireless devices, to provide InfoSpace.com's mobile private label portals to handheld devices, such as those based on Palm Computing and Windows CE (Windows Consumer Electronics) Microsoft's version of Windows for handheld devices and embedded systems that use x86, ARM, MIPS and SHx CPUs. Windows CE .NET superseded Windows CE 3.0. platforms, as well as wireless PDAs. InfoSpace.com and AvantGo.com will provide business communities' private label portals with the ability to give their customers access to relevant real-world information any time, anywhere. The new services will allow businesses to offer mobile portals under their own brand. These businesses can then offer wireless services to their customers without having to go through a costly, proprietary development effort. "We are pleased to be extending the reach of our wireless services to AvantGo.com's business communities' to users of PDAs and other handheld devices," said Naveen Jain BIO Naveen Jain is a founder and CEO at Intelius, headquartered in Bellevue, Washington. Intelius was started in Janurary 2003 with a mission to empower consumers with online information for personal protection and intelligent decisions. , 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. of InfoSpace.com. "Where before we were offering broader information to AvantGo.com users, the flexibility and scalability of our wireless platform enables us to tailor our services to meet the needs of different business communities who use mobile devices." AvantGo.com is the only free, interactive service to give individuals "on the go" connectivity to personalized per·son·al·ize tr.v. per·son·al·ized, per·son·al·iz·ing, per·son·al·iz·es 1. To take (a general remark or characterization) in a personal manner. 2. To attribute human or personal qualities to; personify. content and rich interactive applications with easy access to thousands of popular Web sites via their mobile devices. With the agreement with InfoSpace.com, AvantGo.com will enable consumer and business users to interact with personalized information off-line or wirelessly in real-time any time, anywhere. The free service is available today to anyone who visits http://www.avantgo.com. Felix Lin, CEO of AvantGo added: "Business leaders will be excited to hear that we are extending our relationship with InfoSpace.com to offer the fastest, most cost-effective way to wirelessly reach their customers." About InfoSpace.com, Inc. InfoSpace.com is a leading global Internet information infrastructure company. InfoSpace.com provides infrastructure services to consumers, merchants and wireless devices. InfoSpace.com's affiliate network An affiliate network acts as an intermediary between publishers (affiliates) and (merchant) affiliate programs. It allows publishers to find affiliate programs, which are suitable for their website and it helps websites offering affiliate programs reach its target audience. consists of more than 2,100 Web sites. The Company's affiliates 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. , Microsoft, Disney/InfoSeek's GO Network, NBC's Snap, Lycos, go2net Inc., DoubleClick, Dow Jones Dow Jones the best known of several U.S. indexes of movements in price on Wall Street. [Am. Hist.: Payton, 202] See : Finance (The Wall Street Journal Interactive Edition) and ABC ABC in full American Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. television network. It began when the expanding national radio network NBC split into the separate Red and Blue networks in 1928. LocalNet, among others. In addition, the Company provides services to a network of wireless Internet devices including PCs, cellular phones, pagers, screen telephones, television set-top boxes, online kiosks, and personal digital assistants. These include relationships with Acer America, AT&T Wireless, Nokia, Nextel, Sprint, Mitsui, Lucent and @Home. About AvantGo The authority in managing mobile information, AvantGo, Inc. wirelessly extends Internet, intranet and extranet applications to handheld computers based on the Palm Computing and Windows CE platforms, as well as Internet-enabled cellular phones. With its core products, AvantGo Enterprise for Fortune 1000 companies and AvantGo.com for individuals on the go, the company helps organizations stay closer to their customers. Using AvantGo.com, today hundreds of thousands of individuals are accessing free, interactive and personalized content from leading media providers on more than 350 optimized channels. For more information, please visit the company's Web site at www.avantgo.com or call 650-638-3399. This release contains forward-looking statements forward-looking statement A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections. relating to relating to relate prep → concernant relating to relate prep → bezüglich +gen, mit Bezug auf +acc the development of the Company's products and services and future operating results, including statements regarding the Company's agreement with AvantGo, that are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected. The words "believe," "expect," "intend," "anticipate," variations of such words, and similar expressions identify forward-looking statements, but their absence does not mean that the statement is not forward-looking. These statements are not guarantees of future performance and are subject to certain risks, uncertainties and assumptions that are difficult to predict. Factors that could affect the Company's actual results include the progress and costs of the development of our products and services and the timing of market acceptance of those products and services. A more detailed description of certain factors that could affect actual results include, but are not limited to, those discussed in InfoSpace.com's Annual Report on Form 10-K Form 10-K A report required by the SEC from exchange-listed companies that provides for annual disclosure of certain financial information. Form 10-K See 10-K. , in the section entitled "Factors Affecting InfoSpace.com's Operating Results, Business Prospects and Market Price of Stock." Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this release. InfoSpace.com undertakes no obligation to update publicly any forward-looking statements to reflect new information, events or circumstances after the date of this release or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events. AvantGo, AvantGo.com and the AvantGo logo are trademarks of AvantGo, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. |
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