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OmniSky Introduces Business Solutions Channel for Wireless Access to Business-Critical
Applications; eFax, My Docs Online, salesforce.com, TelePost.com, UpShot.com, vVault
and WestLaw Wireless
April 23, 2001 - OmniSky Corporation (Nasdaq: OMNY), the award-winning provider of wireless e-mail
and Internet services for users of mobile devices, today announced the launch of its Business Solutions content channel. This new
suite of business services, which includes a range of applications from salesforce automation tools to a Web-based
teleconferencing service, provides wireless access to resources specifically designed to increase the productivity of mobile
professionals.
Business people who travel frequently need access to technology tools that are specifically designed to enhance their mobile
productivity, said Kristine Stebbins, OmniSky’s vice president of marketing. OmniSky brings together the leading wireless business
applications in an easy-to-use service for handheld owners. With the OmniSky service, mobile professionals can accomplish tasks
such as forwarding a sales proposal to a client’s fax machine and accessing their company calendar to check the date of the next
team meeting.
"Wireless access to business applications that enhance customer relationships is essential for today's mobile professional," said
Cary Fullbright, vice president of product strategy at salesforce.com. "Now OmniSky users can reap the benefits that the
salesforce.com CRM solution offers, enabling them to access critical customer information from their handheld device when they
are on the go."
According to a Yankee Group survey of large North American companies, 50 percent of those surveyed have deployed or intend to
deploy a wireless connectivity solution for their mobile workforce by 2003. Forty-four percent of that mobile workforce is expected
to consist of field sales personnel and mobile executives.
In today’s competitive business environment, wireless access to critical sales information can mean the difference between
success and failure, said Keith Raffel, chairman and founder of UpShot Corporation. With the OmniSky service, customers can reap
the benefits of UpShot’s SFA system and follow up on every opportunity.
The OmniSky Business Solutions channel is available immediately and includes seven leading business application service
providers. Selected services require the user to set-up a password-protected account in advance and are subject to fees billed
directly by the application provider.
eFax - one of the fastest and easiest ways to receive faxes wirelessly. With the eFax application, OmniSky users receive faxes
as attachments to e-mail messages and can forward these faxes wirelessly from their OmniSky-enabled handheld device to any
fax machine.
My Docs Online - combines wireless messaging and virtual drive capabilities to provide a wireless way to handle desktop files
and e-mail attachments. My Docs Online offers OmniSky users an intuitive interface and an extensive feature set for accessing,
e-mailing, and printing/faxing their business files and attachments from an OmniSky-enabled wireless handheld device.
salesforce.com - powerful, scalable online Customer Relationship Management (CRM) solution designed to help companies
increase productivity, maximize efficiency, remain competitive and enhance relationships with their customers. With the
salesforce.com application, OmniSky users can access critical customer information including opportunities, contacts, lead
generation systems, reports, and calendaring.
TelePost - the first enterprise teleconferencing solution to integrate the core interactive business tools used by mobile
professionals Internet-enabled handheld devices and wireless and wire-line phones. With the TelePost Conference Center,
OmniSky users can initiate and manage multi-participant calls without the need for an operator, reservations or other advance
planning. Simply tap on the names of call participants and they are immediately bridged into a conference call.
UpShot.com - using the UpShot.com application, OmniSky users have real-time access to business-critical resources including
opportunity management, group calendaring, contact information as well as real-time alerts and breaking news on accounts.
vVault - offers mobile professionals a full-featured suite of productivity solutions enabling users to access, manage, and
collaborate on business critical files over mobile devices. With the vVault application, OmniSky users can store individual and group
files online, and access, email, or print them to any fax machine using handheld devices. In the next version of the OmniSky service,
vVault and OmniSky also intend to enable mobile business users to preview corporate e-mail (Microsoft Outlook and Lotus Notes)
attachments.
Westlaw Wireless - provides real-time, mobile access to virtually all legal, business and news information available on Westlaw®.
With the Westlaw application, OmniSky users can find a document by citation; use KeyCite® to determine the status of a case or
statute; run a search in a Westlaw database, and use West Legal Directory® to find a lawyer, a law firm, a courthouse or a legal
vendor. The West Legal Directory service is free; additional features require a Westlaw password.
OmniSky customers using Palm and Handspring devices can receive the newest content channels by using the HotSync function
while their PC is connected to the Internet or by downloading content updates from the OmniSky website. In the near future,
PocketPC users will receive the latest content via a simple download from the OmniSky website.
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, AT&T Wireless, and Aether Systems, as well as the most
popular online content and commerce providers, including AOL, eBay, E*TRADE, and Yahoo! Subscribers can access a vast array
of optimized Internet content through an intuitive wireless portal 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 Palm V and Palm Vx, Handspring Visor Platinum and Visor Prism, HP Jornada 540
Series Pocket PC and the Compaq iPAQ Pocket PC. OmniSky currently offers its service within the United States in over 161 major
metropolitan areas, encompassing over 167 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, Calif. For more information visit www.omnisky.com or call (415) 764-2200.
Contact:
Contact(s):
Vanessa Wagar
OmniSky
(415) 764-3807
vwagar@omnisky.com
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