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Airbiquity and InfoSpace to Jointly Offer Location-Based Audio Wireless Services
URL(s): Airbiquity InfoSpace
BAINBRIDGE ISLAND and BELLEVUE, Wash.--Jan. 8, 2000-- Airbiquity(formerly Integrated Data Communications), an integrator of wireless voice and
data solutions for mobile devices, and InfoSpace, Inc. (Nasdaq: INSP), a
leading global provider of cross-platform merchant and consumer infrastructure
services on wireless, broadband, and narrowband platforms, today announced an
agreement in which the two companies will jointly market location-based, audio
wireless services.
Under the agreement, the companies can offer targeted audio content for
wireless devices linked to a caller's place of origin. This will allow
wireless users to easily access audio location-based information, such as
restaurants, gas stations, movie theaters, and more. Coupled with InfoSpace's
commerce offerings, the solution provides end-users with complete access to
targeted information and commerce capability over mobile devices relevant to
their location at a specific time. Audio-delivered content, such as automated
speech technology, which requires limited viewing of the wireless device's
display, can decrease the distraction of the driver when the device is
operated in a motor vehicle.
"InfoSpace's application infrastructure services, coupled with
Airbiquity's products and technology, will provide network operators in the
telematics market with quick access to location sensitive information," said
Ed Petersen, InfoSpace's senior vice president, wireless equipment and
devices.
"Service providers are demanding that more personalized and targeted
information be delivered to wireless devices," said Stacey Black, senior vice
president of business development for Airbiquity. "Airbiquity's solutions
will enable wireless users fast and easy access to location-sensitive
information."
The alliance will take full advantage of a variety of Airbiquity-enabled
devices under development, including wireless handsets, wireless accessories,
and PDAs, as well as wireless devices available in automobiles. The joint
offerings may be distributed through a variety of existing and new sales
channels, including wireless carriers, voice portals and telematics service
providers.
Airbiquity recently launched its GPS Accessory, a first-to-market
retrofittable wireless phone accessory featuring the latest GPS location
technology. The GPS Accessory provides the means to send and receive
location-sensitive information simply by pressing a button on the back of the
unit. This patent-pending "Push-to-Pinpoint" technology is user-activated,
ensuring wireless phone subscriber privacy. The GPS Accessory, which consists
of GPS, battery, and Airbiquity's aqLink(TM) technology, quickly and easily
attaches to millions of Nokia wireless phones, the most widely used wireless
phones on the market, in place of a standard Nokia battery. Airbiquity's GPS
Accessory can be used with most other wireless phone accessories, including
chargers, car kits, cradles, and cases.
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