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GoAmerica Announces Agreement With America Online to Offer AOL Mobile Service Via Go.Web
URL(s): www.goamerica.net
HACKENSACK, N.J., Aug. 15, 2001--
Agreement Extends America Online's Content and Services to GoAmerica's Award-Winning Mobile Office Service and to WyndTell
Customers who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing
GoAmerica, Inc. (Nasdaq:GOAM), a leading nationwide provider of wireless data and Internet solutions for the enterprise, today
announced an agreement with America Online, the world's leading interactive services company, that will utilize GoAmerica's
Go.Web(TM) technology to deliver the AOL Mobile Service(SM) to GoAmerica's wireless Internet users.
GoAmerica's Award Winning Mobile Office Offers AOL Mobile Service
To Its Subscribers
With today's announcement, the Go.Web service will include wireless access to the AOL Mobile Service for GoAmerica's users,
giving them the ability to access AOL content and services. Users can access the AOL Mobile Service through the home page of
GoAmerica's Go.Web service, or by going to mobile.aol.com. The AOL Mobile Service includes news, weather, stock quotes and other
content from AOL Time Warner properties such as CNN, Digital City, MapQuest, and PEOPLE and FORTUNE magazines. Recent
enhancements to the service include a shopping channel with leading content from eBay, as well as content from partner Travelocity in the
Travel Channel and Qsent in the Travel and Local Channels, and Ngame in the Entertainment Channel. GoAmerica users who are AOL
members will also be able to send and receive e-mail over their wireless device.
"America Online and GoAmerica share a mission to play an important role in the daily lives of our respective customers," said Aaron
Dobrinsky, Chairman and CEO, GoAmerica. "This agreement enables GoAmerica to deliver even more value to our Mobile Office
subscribers by offering them access to additional content and communications services tailored for their needs."
"We're committed to delivering our industry-leading services to a wide audience, including small business users," said Lisa Hook,
President of AOL Wireless. "GoAmerica's Mobile Office service is a great tool for small business subscribers to access the AOL Mobile
Service. We are excited to extend the AOL Anywhere strategy to this unique community of users, delivering them the convenience of
instant access to essential communications and content features."
Agreement Extends to Wynd Customers Who Are Deaf or Hard of
Hearing
As part of the agreement, the companies will also make the AOL Mobile Service available to the customers of Wynd Communications
Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of GoAmerica. Wynd's award winning WyndTell service, designed specifically for people who
are deaf or hard of hearing, will now include a customized "home page" viewed through Go.Web that will enable access to AOL content
and services. Additionally, through the agreement, the companies have committed to exploring methods to extend the popular AOL
Instant Messenger(SM) service to Wynd's customers.
Pricing and Availability
For Wynd customers, Go.Web is available for $9.95 per month as an option to a new or existing WyndTell Power Plan. For
GoAmerica subscribers, the Go.Web service is available to customers who use Research in Motion (RIM), Palm or PocketPC wireless
handhelds with service pricing starting at $9.99 per month. There are no additional charges for using the AOL Mobile service.
About GoAmerica
GoAmerica, Inc. is a leading nationwide wireless data and Internet solutions provider based in Hackensack, NJ. GoAmerica enables its
individual and business subscribers to access remotely corporate databases and intranets, e-mail and the Internet by delivering its
proprietary technology through a wide variety of mobile computing and wireless network devices. Through its Wireless Internet
Connectivity Center, GoAmerica offers its subscribers comprehensive and flexible mobile data solutions for wireless Internet access by
providing wireless network services, mobile devices, and subscriber service support. For more information, call 888-462-4600 or visit
http://www.goamerica.net.
About Mobile Office
GoAmerica's Mobile Office(TM) is a first-of-its-kind packaged wireless solution for the enterprise that combines wireless access to
key business tools with leading wireless technology. The unique single solution replicates desktop functionality allowing mobile
professionals to access e-mail, intranets and the Internet, as well as providing secure access to vital business tools including customer
relationship management (CRM), enterprise resource planning (ERP) and sales force automation (SFA). Go.Web, GoAmerica's
proprietary technology, serves as the foundation for Mobile Office.
About Go.Web
GoAmerica's Go.Web service enables the mobile professional to securely access and process corporate data, send and receive e-mail
and browse the Internet from remote locations. The Go.Web technology intelligently compresses, encrypts and reformats data, optimizing
it for viewing on a variety of wireless devices and data networks.
This news release contains certain forward-looking statements intending to qualify for the safe harbor provisions of the Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Investors are cautioned that such forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties,
which may affect GoAmerica's business, prospects and results of operations. GoAmerica's business is subject to a number of significant
risks, including, but not limited to, risks relating to GoAmerica's ability to increase and maintain its subscriber base, uncertainties relating to
the future demand for services in the emerging wireless data services market and GoAmerica's ability to successfully grow its
infrastructure, manage expanded operations, integrate acquired businesses, increase or maintain profitability, gross margin, liquidity, and
capital resources, increase enterprise sales, leverage its strategic alliances to generate revenue and offer new services. Such risks and
others are more fully set forth in GoAmerica's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
"GoAmerica", "GoWeb" and "Mobile Office" are trademarks of GoAmerica, Inc. Wynd is a registered trademark and WyndTell is a
trademark of Wynd Communications Corporation. Other names are trademarks of their respective owners. (c) 2001 GoAmerica Inc. All
rights reserved.
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