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Powertel Selects InfoSpace to Provide Platform for Next Generation Wireless Internet Services BELLEVUE, Wash. and WEST POINT, Ga., Oct. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Powertel (Nasdaq: PTEL - news), with the largest contiguous PCS network in the Southeastern United States, today announced that its management has chosen InfoSpace (Nasdaq: INSP - news), a leading global provider of cross-platform merchant and consumer infrastructure services on wireless, broadband, and narrowband platforms, to provide Powertel with a platform of mobile Internet services, including the ability to provide personalized information to its customers` mobile phones. (Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20000420/INFOLOGO ) ``We chose InfoSpace because there is a strong and growing consumer demand for personalized and easy-to-use wireless Internet services, and InfoSpace`s platform and suite of services allow us to provide these services to our customers,`` said Paul Hanna, vice president of product marketing, Powertel. ``Our customers can use the My Powertel wireless portal as their one-stop-shop for not only account and billing information, but also a wide range of cutting-edge wireless Internet services provided by InfoSpace. The flexibility of InfoSpace`s platform adds real value to our service, helping our customers rely on their Powertel phones as a convenient source of personalized information -- anytime, anywhere.`` ``InfoSpace`s wide range of wireless services and the flexibility of our platform make our infrastructure the first choice for carriers,`` said Arun Sarin, chief executive officer of InfoSpace. ``This partnership will allow Powertel to further enhance the value of its service, helping create a long-term relationship with its mobile customers, under the Powertel brand. It also builds upon InfoSpace`s vision of enabling people to more effectively communicate, collaborate and manage their lives anytime, anywhere, and on any device.`` This agreement adds to InfoSpace`s expanding global reach, extending its leadership in the wireless carrier market. InfoSpace currently works with more than 20 wireless carriers worldwide, including Verizon Wireless, AT&T Wireless, Cingular Wireless and ALLTEL, and device and equipment manufacturers such as Nokia, Nortel and Ericsson. InfoSpace`s wireless services platform serves as the underlying infrastructure for 88 percent of the US subscriber base. ------------ Yours digitally KiKo |
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