ClickServices.com Launches Wireless Program with Leading Chinese Internet Portal SINA.com.Business Editors Spring Internet World LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 5, 2000 ClickServices.com, a wireless Internet applications and services provider, today announced the initiation of a pilot program with SINA.com, a leading Internet destination network for Chinese communities worldwide. The pilot program brings together SINA.com's Chinese Internet content and ClickServices.com's next generation wireless Internet technology. The pilot program, being conducted in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and Asia, provides SINA.com's users access to ClickServices.com's English and Chinese multi-lingual personalized services, including 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 , email, stocks updates, financial news, entertainment, global and local news and weather. These services, as well as SINA.com's array of services including sports and games sports and games Recreational or competitive activities that involve physical skill, intellectual acumen, and often luck (especially in the case of games of chance). Play is an integral part of human nature. , will be accessible through any wireless device, including mobile phones, pagers and personal digital assistants such as Palm VII The Palm VII product family consisted of two products, the Palm VII and the Palm VIIx Palm Pilots. These were produced by Palm, Inc., before it was split into PalmOne and PalmSource. They had antennas for wireless data communication on the Mobitex network under the now defunct Palm. . SINA.com and ClickServices.com initiated this pilot program in response to the growing demand from Chinese speaking users for wireless Internet services. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the International Data Corporation (IDC), the number of Internet users in the Asia-Pacific region will surpass that of Western Europe Western Europe The countries of western Europe, especially those that are allied with the United States and Canada in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (established 1949 and usually known as NATO). in 2001, making Asia the number two market behind the United States. "We're pleased to be working with ClickServices.com, whose expertise in the wireless Internet world will strengthen our presence in this exciting emerging market," said Hurst Lin, U.S. general manager and vice president of business development for SINA.com. "Our collaboration with ClickServices.com, coupled with our existing efforts to provide content to Ericsson and Motorola WAP phones, is one of our many initiatives in the field of next-generation wireless Internet technology." "By combining SINA.com's content with our multi-lingual wireless communications wireless communications System using radio-frequency, infrared, microwave, or other types of electromagnetic or acoustic waves in place of wires, cables, or fibre optics to transmit signals or data. platform, we are able to offer compelling value to their subscribers who want to have access to information anywhere, at any time," 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.com. "SINA.com's visibility with Chinese communities around the world gives us international exposure and validates our commitment to breaking down barriers to the wireless Internet." About SINA.com SINA.com is a leading Internet destination network for Chinese communities worldwide, offering on-line news, entertainment, community and commerce. SINA.com offers a Chinese-language network of four localized Web sites that are produced and updated daily by local teams in China, Hong Kong Hong Kong (hŏng kŏng), Mandarin Xianggang, special administrative region of China, formerly a British crown colony (2005 est. pop. 6,899,000), land area 422 sq mi (1,092 sq km), adjacent to Guangdong prov. , Taiwan and North America. Voted number one by China Internet users in both the December 1999 and June 1999 semi-annual surveys conducted by the China Internet Network Information Centre, or CNNIC CNNIC China Internet Network Information Center CNNIC China Network Information Center , SINA.com is a popular Internet portal for the world's largest population group. As of February 2000, SINA.com had approximately 16.6 million average daily page views and 3.1 million registered users. For more information about SINA.com, visit the company's Web sites at www.sina.com, www.sina.com.cn, www.sina.com.hk, www.sina.com.tw or the English demo site at www.sina.com/eng. About ClickServices.com ClickServices.com is enabling mobile Internet technology through a Wireless Communications Platform(R) that allows Internet portals to empower their mobile users with on-the-go access to information. ClickServices.com supports all types of wireless communication devices (including phones, pagers and personal digital assistants) with any type of network technology through any carrier. ClickServices.com's multi-language platform supports Brazilian Portuguese, Chinese, Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Norwegian, Spanish, Suomi and Swedish. For more information, visit www.clickservices.com. |
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