go2 Now Offered Through Excite Network's Wireless Portal; go2 Provides Location-Based Services On Excite@Home's Excite Mobile.Business Editors & Internet Writers IRVINE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 1, 2001 go2 Systems Inc., the originator of go2(R), the first global addressing and locator system designed for the Internet and wireless devices, today announced that Excite@Home (Nasdaq:ATHM ATHM Excite@Home (NASDAQ symbol) ATHM Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine ATHM American Textile History Museum (Lowell, MA) ), the leader in broadband, has integrated go2's services into its wireless portal, Excite Mobile. Excite users who enjoy its personalization features now have access to go2's leading location-based services directory through the Excite Start Page on Internet enabled phones. "This deal enhances our users' wireless experience wherever they are by giving them a tool that helps them easily find the addresses, directions and numbers for any business or service location," said Peter Negulescu, vice president and general manager, Content Applications for Excite@Home. "Adding go2's services furthers our commitment to providing our users with convenient personalization features, giving them new tools making life more simple." Excite Mobile offers users the ability to personalize content on their mobile phones or wireless PDAs, parallel to the personalization offerings of the Excite portal. Mobile users now have access to their Excite e-mail, Excite planner address books and calendar, customized sports, stocks portfolio, personal news, personal horoscope horoscope: see astrology. horoscope Astrological chart showing the positions of the sun, moon, and planets in relation to the signs of the zodiac at a specific time. and now access to go2's service through a yellow pages link. Once Excite users have registered for their free account in the go2 system, they can quickly and easily find the businesses and services they are looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. . go2 is featured on virtually all major North American carriers, including Verizon Wireless, 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. , AT&T, Nextel and BellSouth Mobility and can be accessed through pager and PDA (Personal Digital Assistant) A handheld computer for managing contacts, appointments and tasks. It typically includes a name and address database, calendar, to-do list and note taker, which are the functions in a personal information manager (see PIM). networks such as Neomar, Omnisky and Palm. The real-time location and information data for go2's growing base of blue-chip customers, including major U.S. companies such as Coca-Cola, Jiffy A fraction of time that has numerous interpretations depending on who uses it. It may refer to one computer clock cycle, one nanosecond, one millisecond or one AC power cycle. There may be others. See nanosecond. 1. Lube, Ramada ra·ma·da n. Southwestern U.S. 1. a. An open or semienclosed shelter roofed with brush or branches, designed especially to provide shade. b. An open porch or breezeway. 2. , House of Blues House of Blues (HOB) is a chain of music halls and restaurants founded in 1992 by Hard Rock Cafe founder Isaac Tigrett and his friend and investor Dan Aykroyd. It is a home for live music and southern-inspired cuisine, whose clubs celebrate African-American culture, specifically , Jamba Juice and Cinnabon, includes promotions, coupons and specials designed to save users time and money. "Being part of Excite's mobile division furthers our already category-leading distribution of wireless location-based services and information," said Lee Hancock, president and 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 go2 Systems. "Our users have consistently praised the value of go2 in searching for the most relevant and useful information to make their lives easier, and we're delighted to bring that value and convenience to Excite users." About go2 Systems A privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. , based in Irvine, go2(R) launched the first location-based directory available over the wireless Web in December 1999 and today is the most widely distributed location-based directory and information services provider for users of Web-enabled wireless devices. The company's patented location referencing technology supports go2's ability to provide location-based information for more than 16 million real-world locations in the United States and serves as a cross-platform location interface with all Web-enabled wireless systems, applications and devices, including cell phones, PDAs, and pagers. go2 facilitates navigation and commerce by allowing users to save time and money by finding the closest products and services, wherever they are. Visit www.go2online.com or any of the hundreds of topic- and brand-specific go2 Web sites in the "go2____.com" format. |
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