InfoSpace Takes Leading Positions on CTIA Wireless Internet Caucus Leadership Council and Action Teams

InfoSpace chairing or co-chairing Messaging, Downloadable Content, Location and Presence and Billing Action Committees for CTIA Wireless Internet Council


InfoSpace, Inc. (Nasdaq:INSP), a provider of wireless and Internet software and application services, today announced the company's active participation in the recently formed CTIA Wireless Internet Caucus (WIC) Leadership Council and Action Committees.

In a press release issued by CTIA on February 26, 2002 (http://www.wow-com.com/news/press/body.cfm?record_id=1038), InfoSpace was identified as one of a small group of influential companies, including the top six U.S. wireless carriers and a select group of key software infrastructure providers and application developers, chosen to sit on the WIC Leadership Council. The WIC Leadership Council established the seven WIC Action Committees to identify and address key issues in the areas of messaging, downloadable content, location and presence, privacy and security, billing, internetworking and the enterprise.

"The CTIA Wireless Internet Caucus Leadership Council is comprised of companies actively helping to define the future of mobile data services in the U.S.," said Tom Wheeler, president and CEO of CTIA. "We are pleased at the high level of participation from the esteemed leadership council members, such as InfoSpace, and are extremely optimistic that this council has the vision to take the industry to a whole new level."

"We applaud CTIA's efforts to bring key industry leaders together to address these important issues and are pleased to be playing a prominent role in the CTIA Wireless Internet Council," said Jan Claesson, InfoSpace executive vice president, wireless. "Wireless data services are deployed through a series of complicated and interdependent relationships between numerous organizations at different points in the value chain. One of the critical success factors for the industry is to begin to establish a framework by which these entities can work with one another to offer the end-user a wireless data experience that is seamless, personalized and engaging."

About InfoSpace, Inc.

InfoSpace, Inc. (Nasdaq:INSP) provides wireless and Internet software and application services. The Company develops software technologies that enable customers to efficiently offer a broad array of network-based services under their own brand to any device. InfoSpace corporate information can be found at http://www.infospaceinc.com.

This release contains forward-looking statements relating to InfoSpace's participation in the CTIA Wireless Internet Council that are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected. The words "believe," "expect," "intend," "anticipate," variations of such words, and similar expressions identify forward-looking statements, but their absence does not mean that the statement is not forward-looking. These statements are not guarantees of future performance and are subject to certain risks, uncertainties and assumptions that are difficult to predict. Factors that could affect InfoSpace's actual results include the progress and costs of the development of our products and services and the timing of market acceptance of those products and services. A more detailed description of certain factors that could affect actual results include, but are not limited to, those discussed in InfoSpace's Annual Report on Form 10-K, in the section entitled "Factors Affecting Our Operating Results, Business Prospects and Market Price of Stock." Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this release. InfoSpace undertakes no obligation to update publicly any forward-looking statements to reflect new information, events or circumstances after the date of this release or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.

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