NEXAGE Launches MyCorner.com, Your Gateway to the Wireless World.BELLEVUE, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 10, 2000 MyCorner.com, Wireless Internet Portal, Allows Consumers to Send Wireless E-Mail, Text Messages From Their Phone, Web Browsing for Information and Shop for Electronics, Tickets, Flowers and More NEXAGE.com, Inc., an Internet software and services company, today announced the launch of MyCorner.com (www.mycorner.com), a wireless Internet portal that allows consumers to access market information, weather, travel, entertainment, news and sports information from their wireless phone. The service, for consumers and businesses, is based on Nexage.com's proprietary Wireless Information eXchange (WIX) platform. Consumers can access the MyCorner mobile portal from their web phones for information and shopping. Information channels currently available are Finance & Quote, Weather, Travel, Entertainment, News and Sports. Access to MyCorner is free and requires no registration or subscription. Consumers can get stock quotes of publicly traded U.S. companies, check current weather and five day forecast, check flight arrival and departure status and schedules, find driving directions, check cinema and restaurant locations, read movie and restaurant reviews, check movie show times, read top headline, business, entertainment and sports news. The shopping channel Shopping channels are television specialty channels that present shopping related content, particularly for home shopping enthusiasts. Home shopping pioneers:
Consumers can also use mobile-Internet services at MyCorner and send a wireless e-mail to anyone from their phone, send text messages to other wireless devices, check their Web MessageBox, and use wireless alert services (e.g. news, stock quotes, weather, etc.) that they want, where they want them, domestically and internationally. "MyCorner is dedicated to increasing convenience, productivity and efficiency for consumers via wireless Internet by providing m-Info, m-Services and m-Commerce," said Devkumar Gandhi, 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 MyCorner. "MyCorner is the most comprehensive and personalized wireless Internet portal where consumers have access to information and m-commerce capability." 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. a Yankee Group (the Yankee Group, Boston, MA, www.yankeegroup.com) A major market research, analysis and consulting firm founded in 1970 by Howard Anderson. It provides general consulting and strategic planning in the computer and communications field. study, there will be more than one billion digital wireless-phones by 2003. Internet-enabled "smart phones" are expected to have 204 million users by 2005. Wireless phone manufacturers are forecasting that by 2002, most of the phones sold will be Internet-enabled. Now all the mobile devices will be able to access Internet content most relevant to them easily via MyCorner.com. Comprehensive and Personalized Wireless Corner "The key differentiation of MyCorner services is the comprehensive information with more than 20 channels and the personalization of services through the Personalized Wireless Corner for every consumer," said Mr. Gandhi. "We even let consumers without a mobile device take advantage of our services via their e-mail account e-mail account n → cuenta de correo and create their personal communications center An agency charged with the responsibility for handling and controlling communications traffic. The center normally includes message center, transmitting, and receiving facilities. Also called COMCEN. See also telecommunications center. on the Internet". NEXAGE's Wireless Information eXchange (WIX) Platform Focusing on developing and implementing sources of recurring revenue for wireless telecommunications providers, NEXAGE offers Wireless Internet and E-commerce services based on its successful and proprietary "MyCorner.com and BuyPhone.com Platforms". WIX platform allows corporate enterprises to deliver corporate information to their mobile work force and allows content providers and e-commerce businesses to reach an untapped wireless consumers on their phones, PDAs, pager or other mobile devices via SMS (1) (Storage Management System) Software used to routinely back up and archive files. See HSM. (2) (Systems Management Server) Systems management software from Microsoft that runs on Windows NT Server. , 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. , PDQ (Parallel Data Query) A query optimized for massively parallel processors (MPPs). The software breaks down the query into pieces so that several parts of the database can be searched simultaneously. See SMP. and other formats. NEXAGE aggregates and syndicates content and redistributes to wireless carriers, enterprises and other mobile portals. Currently, NEXAGE has nationwide Internet marketing See Internet advertising. agreements for wireless phones, prepaid products, wireless voice and Internet services with most of the major US wireless carriers including AT&T Wireless, Verizon Wireless (GTE GTE General Telephone & Electronics GTE Génie Thermique et Énergie (French) GTE Gas Turbine Engine GTE Global Tropospheric Experiment GTE Geothermal Energy GTE Gas Turbine Efficiency plc (Sweden & USA) Wireless, Bell Atlantic Mobile), SprintPCS, BellSouth Cellular, 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. CellularONE Chicago, Ameritech, US Cellular, US WEST Wireless and GlobalstarUSA. NEXAGE provides the wireless phones & services to consumers and small businesses through their wireless e-commerce market place, BUYPHONE.com. About MyCorner MyCorner (www.mycorner.com) based in Bellevue, WA, is the Wireless Internet division of NEXAGE and is based on NEXAGE's Wireless Information eXchange (WIX) architecture that allows mobile-info services, mobile-Internet services and mobile-commerce services. Currently, MyCorner is working with various wireless carriers and corporate enterprises to offer the wireless Internet services to their subscribers and mobile work force. |
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