OmniSky Partners With UPS to Offer Real-Time Mobile Shipping and Tracking Tools to OmniSky Customers.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 7, 2001 OmniSky Corporation (Nasdaq:OMNY), an innovative provider of award-winning wireless applications and services, today announced that it has partnered with UPS, the world's largest express carrier and package delivery company, to provide wireless shipping solutions to OmniSky users. UPS is extending its wireless solutions to the OmniSky service, allowing mobile customers to track packages, find the nearest UPS drop-off location, calculate the cost of a shipment, and find out how long their package will be in transit using different UPS services. UPS is the first package delivery company to be added to the OmniSky service. "Our partnership with UPS is an important part of OmniSky's strategy to provide actionable business tools to mobile professionals," said Kristine Stebbins, OmniSky's vice president of marketing. "The addition of UPS shipping solutions to our existing business services such as eFax and TelePost Web-based teleconferencing, gives OmniSky users practical applications that turn their wireless device into an action-oriented productivity tool." "Wireless phones and other mobile digital devices are replacing PCs as the preferred mode of access to the Internet," said Robert Conner, UPS director of interactive marketing. "UPS wireless solutions enable our customers to access shipping information anytime, anywhere. Providing our services through innovative companies like OmniSky offers a broad range of mobile customers easy-to-use, convenient access to UPS tools and information." Registering for a UPS account is straightforward and free; users simply select a User ID and Password. OmniSky subscribers can register for a UPS account directly on their handheld or on the UPS Web site (www.ups.com/wireless). The UPS application is accessible from the Business Solutions, Reference and Shopping channels Shopping channels are television specialty channels that present shopping related content, particularly for home shopping enthusiasts. Home shopping pioneers:
n. A gymnastic feat in which the body is flipped completely forward or backward from an upright position, landing first on the hands and then on the feet. handhelds; access to the UPS application will be available to Compaq iPAQ and HP Jornada users in the near future. About OmniSky OmniSky Corporation (Nasdaq:OMNY) is mobilizing the Internet for users of mobile devices. The OmniSky wireless e-mail and Internet service allows subscribers to send and receive e-mail messages, access and navigate the Internet, and securely conduct e-commerce transactions, and offers unlimited usage at a fixed monthly fee. OmniSky partners with the leading wireless hardware, services and infrastructure providers, including Verizon Wireless Cellco Partnership, doing business as Verizon Wireless, owns and operates the second largest wireless telecommunications network in the United States, based on total wireless customers. , AT&T Wireless, and Aether aether: see ether, in physics and astronomy. Aether god of whole atmosphere. [Gk. Myth.: Jobes, 42] See : Air Systems, as well as the most popular online content and commerce providers, including AOL (A division of Time Warner, Inc., New York, NY, www.aol.com) The world's largest online information service with access to the Internet, e-mail, chat rooms and a variety of databases and services. , eBay and MSNBC MSNBC Microsoft/National Broadcasting Company . Subscribers can access a broad range of optimized Internet content through an intuitive wireless portal A Web site that supports a user with a smartphone or alphanumeric pager. It may offer a variety of features, including providing a springboard to other (WAP based) wireless sites, the ability to select content to be pushed to the user's device as well as providing a point of entry for that organizes information into categories such as finance, shopping, news, sports, and more. In addition, subscribers can search the Web through the OmniSky wireless portal. The OmniSky service is currently available for the Handspring Visor An electronic PDA originally from Handspring, Mountain View, CA (www.handspring.com) that was introduced in 1999 by the people who invented and marketed the PalmPilot. Based on the Palm OS, it was the first handheld to use the USB interface. Platinum, Visor Prism and Visor Edge, the Palm V and Palm Vx handhelds, and HP Jornada 540 Series Pocket PC. OmniSky currently offers its service within 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. in over 167 major metropolitan areas, encompassing over 172 million people. Through a joint venture with News Corporation, OmniSky now offers its wireless service through U.K. and German beta programs and has plans to expand into additional international markets this year. OmniSky is headquartered in San Francisco, California “San Francisco” redirects here. For other uses, see San Francisco (disambiguation). The City and County of San Francisco (EN IPA: [sænfrənˈsɪskoʊ] . For more information visit www.omnisky.com or call 415/764-2200. |
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