Lycos Europe's Fireball Heats Up the Wireless Web With 2Roam; Leading German Portal Selects 2Roam to Enable Access on Mobile Devices; 2Roam Opens Munich Offices to Support Local Market.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers REDWOOD CITY Redwood City, city (1990 pop. 66,072), seat of San Mateo co., W Calif., on San Francisco Bay; inc. 1868. Manufactures include commmunications, electrical, electronic, and medical equipment. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 2, 2001 2Roam, a leading global wireless software and service provider, today announced that Lycos Europe's Fireball fireball, very bright meteor leaving a trail in the sky that can remain visible for several minutes; often a distinct sound, perhaps caused by very low frequency radio waves, is associated with it. , one of the most popular search engines in Germany, has selected 2Roam to optimize optimize - optimisation its site for wireless devices. With the 2Roam Wireless Solution(TM), Fireball (www.fireball.de) can now offer German users access to the site from any wireless device. Fireball's wireless customers can perform Web searches as well as access newspaper articles from over 200 German speaking online newspapers, email and other features. Fireball is the first 2Roam customer supported by its newly opened branch office in Munich, Germany. Owned by Lycos Europe Introduction LYCOS Europe is a pan-European network of websites, offering a broad variety of content channels and online services, e.g. communication tools & communities, websearch, e-commerce, webhosting, homepagebuilding and Internet access. , Fireball is the first German speaking search engine with a daily index update receiving over 100 million page views per month. Fireball's wireless site features the popular Fireball WAP (1) (Wireless Access Point) See access point. (2) (Wireless Application Protocol) A standard for providing cellular phones, pagers and other handheld devices with secure access to e-mail and text-based Web pages. Search Engine and WAP Catalog catalog, descriptive list, on cards or in a book, of the contents of a library. Assurbanipal's library at Nineveh was cataloged on shelves of slate. The first known subject catalog was compiled by Callimachus at the Alexandrian Library in the 3d cent. B.C. , as well as Shopping, FireMail, FireCard, Weather Information, a tariff tariff, tax on imported and, more rarely, exported goods. It is also called a customs duty. Tariffs may be distinguished from other taxes in that their predominant purpose is not financial but economic—not to increase a nation's revenue but to protect domestic guide, newspaper articles and the scientific Wissen section. The Fireball mobile site is now live and accessible to the German wireless market, the largest in Europe with over 5.1 million wireless Internet users Internet user n → internauta m/f Internet user Internet n → internaute m/f . 2Roam's technology and partnerships are uniquely suited to address the mobile needs of international businesses such as Fireball. The 2Roam Wireless Solution processes the myriad of native wireless protocols and languages to optimize the delivery of Fireball content to any handheld device regardless of make, model, form function or screen size. In addition to its long list of U.S. based customers, 2Roam has delivered wireless Web sites in several countries throughout Europe and Asia. "As one of the most trafficked sites in Germany, it is critical that our wireless site deliver the superior user experience that Fireball visitors have come to expect on the PC," said Dr. Detlev Kalb, managing director at Fireball. "We selected 2Roam following an exhaustive technology evaluation based on its proven platform technology and success in deploying other international sites like ours. 2Roam has overcome the technical complexity of our wireless market to help us reach our user base on whatever wireless device they may own." To aid its international expansion and to support its new European customer base, 2Roam has opened a new European office in Munich, Germany. The Munich office is led by Colin Gallick, senior vice president, 2Roam Europe. 2Roam now has international offices in Munich, London and Tokyo in addition to its Redwood City, Calif. headquarters and San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden , Calif. branch office. "Fireball is the first of many premier European companies It may never be fully completed or, depending on its its nature, it may be that it can never be completed. However, new and revised entries in the list are always welcome. This is a list of companies from the countries in the European Union. which 2Roam will assist in entering the wireless world," said Gallick. "Our understanding of the local market and successful deployment of European wireless sites puts us a step ahead as European businesses continue to explore wireless at an unprecedented rate. This presents us with a tremendous opportunity to continue to expand our growing customer base." About 2Roam, Inc. 2Roam, Inc. is a global wireless application software and service provider that quickly and easily extends a company's online business onto any handheld wireless device, such as mobile phones and PDAs. Leading customers including eBay, Best Western Hotels, Tribune Interactive, 1-800-Flowers and Forbes, have successfully established their wireless Web presence through 2Roam, providing a seamless wireless extension of their core business model. The 2Roam Wireless Solution gives customers unprecedented control over the look and feel of their wireless brand. With its open technology platform, 2Roam offers its customers additional functionalities such as secure m-commerce, wireless advertising, alerts and messaging to attract and retain users and generate new revenue streams from their wireless site. 2Roam is a private company backed by leading U.S. and international investors including Panasonic, Siemens, CMGI CMGI Commonly Maintained Grounds Infrastructures CMGI College Marketing Group Information (Services) @Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners and Trans Cosmos cosmos (kŏz`məs), any plant of the tropical American genus Cosmos of the family Asteraceae (aster family). C. bipinnatus, USA Inc. For more information, visit www.2Roam.com. About Fireball Fireball is the German-language search engine, and represents effective searching, premium content, and easy navigation. Fireball provides many different search functions as well as access to more than 15 million German web documents. The innovative contents cover a complete range, and, thanks to the unique technology of Fireball, by means of which the contents are updated daily, that range is always at the very latest status. Fireball is operated by Fireball Netsearch GmbH, a fully owned subsidiary of Lycos Europe N.V. As well as Fireball, Fireball Netsearch GmbH also provide the popular Internet services of Firemail, Firecard, Paperball, Firebeat and Zlash. |
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