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ENHANCED SBC WIRELESS SERVICES TO BEGIN ROLL-OUT BY FOURTH QUARTER 2000.


SBC (1) (SBC Communications Inc., San Antonio, TX, www.sbc.com) A large, national telecommunications company that grew from a multitude of local and regional companies, including Southwestern Bell, Pacific Bell and Nevada Bell, into a single, unified brand by 2002.  Wireless, a leader in global communications, and InfoSpace (Nasdaq: INSP INSP Inspection
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), a leading provider of information and commerce infrastructure services for wireless devices, merchants and Web sites, announced that SBC has selected InfoSpace's platform for the national roll-out of its mobile Internet Refers to gaining access to the Internet using a lightweight, handheld device. See Mobile IP, PDA, smartphone and mobile TV.  services.

SBC Wireless' new mobile Internet services will be available to customers in the fourth quarter of this year, and will be available across six SBC Wireless brands: Southwestern Bell Wireless, Ameritech Callular, Pacific Bell Wireless
For the original wireless provider spun off from Advanced Mobile Phone Service called PacTel Mobile Access, see AirTouch.
Pacific Bell Wireless, LLC is a wireless operating division of AT&T Mobility.
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v. t. 1. The clear of mucus; to blow.
.

The selection of InfoSpace's wireless Internet platform represents a key component for SBC Wireless in delivering wireless data services to its customers.

The wireless data services will provide an added avenue for SBC Wireless subscribers to communicate and access information. Specifically, the InfoSpace platform will include services that enable SBC Wireless subscribers:

* To send messages from any device to any capable device using messaging and email;

* To access personal information services See Information Systems.  such as an address book, calendar and to-do list; and

* To access personalized and/or location-based information that they want, including weather, stock reports, and news and sports updates.

In addition, SBC Wireless customers will have the ability to access and personalize all of these services through their desktop computers using the same portal and their own password protected Web site.
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Title Annotation:Company Business and Marketing; Licensing deal with InfoSpace
Comment:ENHANCED SBC WIRELESS SERVICES TO BEGIN ROLL-OUT BY FOURTH QUARTER 2000.(Licensing deal with InfoSpace)(Company Business and Marketing)
Publication:EDP Weekly's IT Monitor
Geographic Code:1USA
Date:Jul 31, 2000
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