Key company for Sprint. (Technology).L.A. software company Zkey recently finalized See finalization. a "better-than-seven-figure" deal with Sprint PCS (1) (Personal Communications Services) Refers to wireless services that emerged after the U.S. government auctioned commercial licenses in 1994 and 1995. This radio spectrum in the 1. to provide the wireless telecommunications company See telecom company. with technology to better and more easily manage customer profiles. President and Chief Executive Kristin Johnson said the software provides a method for users to authorize To empower another with the legal right to perform an action. The Constitution authorizes Congress to regulate interstate commerce. authorize v. to officially empower someone to act. (See: authority) who gets their personal information with the punch of a button on a PCS device. The information allows users to tailor their wireless services as well as delivering personal data to advertisers. User files are stored on a Sprint PCS server from the moment of registration for the service and can be updated by phone or the Internet. Johnson wouldn't reveal the value of the two-year deal, only confirming that it was worth more than $1 million. Zkey was founded in 1999 as an Internet portal supporting the exchange of the same profile information. The company, which has raised $22.6 million in three rounds of venture capital funding, changed to production of licensed software in 2001. Zkey's technology will be used during the Winter Games
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