ClickServices Teams with Concentric, Offering Growing Companies Easy Access to Wireless Services.Business Editors NEWARK, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 24, 2000 Businesses Get Wireless Access for Minimal Investment and No Implementation Costs ClickServices, a pioneer of global wireless Internet technology and an application services See ASP and Web services. provider, today announced its debut on Concentric Gateway, an online business solution center showcasing a collection of best-of-breed solutions for growing companies. This resource center, developed by Concentric, a Nextlink 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. (Nasdaq:NXLK), provides access to ClickServices' wireless Internet services such as email alerts, reminders and personalized content. ClickServices offers businesses the ability to have information follow their customers around the world without requiring that they implement wireless services or invest a significant amount of money. ClickServices provides the comprehensive and interoperable wireless infrastructure needed for wireless users to be able to use any wireless device (including phones, PDAs and pagers), on any network and in 12 different languages. "ClickServices offers our small- to medium-sized clients cost-efficient access to wireless Internet services," said Connie DeWitt, vice president of small/medium business marketing for Concentric. "We developed Concentric Gateway to provide businesses with solutions to improve their efficiency, increase their productivity and grow their business, and the addition of ClickServices fits ideally with this strategy." "Our alliance with Concentric broadens ClickServices' presence in the enterprise marketplace while leveraging the expertise of a well-respected network service provider," said Sundaram Natarajan, president and 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 ClickServices. "We look forward to using our wireless infrastructure to enable Concentric to provide superior wireless services to their customers." About Concentric Network Concentric Network, an operating unit operating unit A type of operating company that engages in transactions with outsiders and that is owned by another business. For example, in 1995 the stockholders of Capital Cities/ABC approved a $19 billion merger with the Walt Disney Company, whereupon of NEXTLINK Communications, is a global provider of leading data and Internet services. Together with NEXTLINK, the company offers local and long distance voice, Digital Subscriber Line See DSL. (communications, protocol) Digital Subscriber Line - (DSL, or Digital Subscriber Loop, xDSL - see below) A family of digital telecommunications protocols designed to allow high speed data communication over the existing copper telephone lines between end-users and (DSL DSL in full Digital Subscriber Line Broadband digital communications connection that operates over standard copper telephone wires. It requires a DSL modem, which splits transmissions into two frequency bands: the lower frequencies for voice (ordinary ) access, Web hosting Making a Web site available on the Internet. Many ISPs host a few personal Web pages for an individual at no additional cost above the monthly service fee, but the address is subordinate to the ISP; for example, www.friendlyisp.com/pat_smith. and e-commerce, Virtual Private Networks (VPNs), dedicated access, global transit and application infrastructure services for delivering applications over the Internet or a VPN (Virtual Private Network) A private network that is configured within a public network (a carrier's network or the Internet) in order to take advantage of the economies of scale and management facilities of large networks. . NEXTLINK has assembled an unrivaled set of facilities-based broadband networks that, when complete, will serve much of the United States, Canada and Europe. In the United States, NEXTLINK has more than 410,000 metro fiber miles in operation and a 384,000 fiber-mile inter-city network under construction. The Company is also North America's largest holder of fixed broadband wireless spectrum, with licenses covering 95 percent of the population of the 30 largest U.S. cities and a partnership with licenses covering all of the top cities in Canada This is a list of incorporated cities of Canada in alphabetical order categorized by province. More thorough lists of communities are available for each province. Significant cities . NEXTLINK has also acquired more than 80,000 metro fiber miles in Europe to serve the London, Frankfurt, Brussels, Amsterdam and Paris markets. Additionally, NEXTLINK acquired an 88,000 pan-European fiber network connecting 21 major European cities and transatlantic capacity that will eventually expand to 10 Gbps. Publicly traded NEXTLINK (Nasdaq:NXLK) is headquartered in McLean, Va. and Concentric is located in San Jose, Calif. For more information visit www.NEXTLINK.com or www.concentric.net or contact Public Relations public relations, activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. By its nature, public relations is devoted to serving particular interests by presenting them to the public in the most at publicrelations@concentric.com. About ClickServices.com ClickServices is enabling global wireless Internet distribution through a wireless communications platform that allows carriers, dot.coms and corporations to empower their mobile users with access to personalized information. ClickServices' wireless solutions eliminate communication barriers by supporting all types of wireless devices (including phones, pagers and personal digital assistants) with any type of network technology through any carrier. The company's multi-language platform supports Brazilian Portuguese, Chinese, Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Norwegian, Spanish, Suomi and Swedish. ClickServices' XML XML in full Extensible Markup Language. Markup language developed to be a simplified and more structural version of SGML. It incorporates features of HTML (e.g., hypertext linking), but is designed to overcome some of HTML's limitations. Wireless Alliance Program enables carriers and content providers to accelerate their time-to-market by supporting access to Internet content in as few as 72 hours. For more information, visit http://www.clickservices.com. |
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