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New Service Seamlessly Integrates the Internet into Mobile Device Functionality
to Create a New Connected Experience for Consumers
Las Vegas, USA - Yahoo! Inc., a leading global Internet company, today announced
Yahoo! Go Mobile, a new service designed to let consumers take their favorite
Internet content and services with them on their mobile devices. Yahoo! Go Mobile
will be launching with AT&T and Cingular Wireless in the United States and
with Nokia in multiple international markets in the coming months. Yahoo! Go Mobile
integrates the power of the Internet into consumers' mobile device experiences
by combining real-time connectivity with access to their community, information
and content services from across the web.
This new service will be the first time Yahoo! has brought a comprehensive set
of the company's industry-leading products and full access to services across
the Web into a single mobile application. Yahoo! Go Mobile (http://go.yahoo.com) will also connect the company's familiar communications services to the mobile
device's built-in e-mail, messaging, address book and calendar applications, giving
consumers one reliable source for the information they find most vital. For example,
if a user loses their mobile device, their saved contact information will still
be available to them on the web, and easily synched with a new mobile device.
In the United States, Yahoo! will launch Yahoo! Go Mobile with AT&T companies
and Cingular Wireless in three markets and with AT&T and Cingular within the
traditional AT&T 13-state local service footprint. The companies also plan
a co-branded AT&T Yahoo! Go Mobile service designed to allow new and existing
AT&T Yahoo! High Speed Internet subscribers to take their personalized Internet
experience with them on their Cingular Wireless mobile device. Following the
launch, consumers will be able to purchase the service pre-installed on new Nokia
6682 devices from select Cingular Wireless stores in the Austin, TX, Columbus,
OH and Los Angeles markets and through some AT&T sales channels within the
company's 13-state ILEC local service areas.
Internationally, Nokia and Yahoo! will launch Yahoo! Go Mobile to consumers in
10 countries across Europe and Asia. Consumers purchasing select Nokia 6630, Nokia
6680, Nokia 6681 and Nokia N70 devices will receive Yahoo! Go Mobile pre-installed.
Today consumers can download the Yahoo! Go Mobile application directly onto these
devices from http://go.yahoo.com.
"Yahoo! Go Mobile is a revolutionary step toward connecting Internet users to
their favorite web services on their mobile devices and also making the Internet
accessible to millions of consumers around the world who do not have a personal
computer," said Marco Boerries, senior vice president, Connected Life, Yahoo!.
"By partnering with AT&T, Cingular and Nokia, Yahoo! has created a truly unique
opportunity to launch a new service that is unmatched in the market. We have listened
to consumers and are excited to give them what they want - a single way to simply
connect to all of their information and content while on the go."
"The AT&T Yahoo! Go Mobile service is an energizing example of our broader
strategic initiative to extend the AT&T Yahoo! experience beyond the PC and
enable our customers to simplify their lives with access to personalized entertainment
content and communications from almost anywhere, with a consistent and familiar
look and experience," said Scott Helbing, chief marketing officer, AT&T Consumer.
"This is what we mean when we talk about the 'digital lifestyle' - making it simple
for customers to stay connected to their communications and entertainment services
whether they're at home, at work or on the road. Consumers want communications
that revolve around them, not the other way around."
"We are pleased to offer consumers a means to wirelessly connect to their favorite
Yahoo! content and services," said Marc Lefar, chief marketing officer, Cingular
Wireless. "Today's announcement is one more example of Cingular's commitment to
give our customers easy access to the people, information, and entertainment they
really care about. Yahoo! Go Mobile delivers a seamless way for users to not
only access their Yahoo! Services, but also gives them the ability to merge and
sync this content with their wireless device."
"The Internet has revolutionized the availability of information to people -
and now that world of information is on their mobile devices. We are thrilled
to see Yahoo! taking full advantage of the capabilities of Nokia smartphones.
Together, we are freeing people from their desktops by enabling the use of their
favorite Internet communications services - whenever and wherever," said Ilkka
Raiskinen, senior vice president of the multimedia business group at Nokia.
The launch of this service is also the first time Yahoo! has offered the ability
to register for a new Yahoo! ID directly from a mobile device. Consumers will
be able to access the service through the Yahoo! Go icon on their mobile device.
Key features of Yahoo! Go Mobile include:
Yahoo! Messenger
- Send and receive messages, including voice clips, emoticons and Audibles, a
first for a mobile device
- Set presence information to show your friends and family when you are available
to chat, and view presence information to know when they are online too
- Take and send pictures in an active conversation via camera phone integration
Yahoo! Mail
- Easily manage messages through the device's messaging inbox
- Receive real-time notification of new e-mails
- Store new messages locally on the device to allow for offline access
Yahoo! Search (local, web and image)
- Find information about local businesses from restaurants to dry cleaners across
the United States including business name, address, phone number, ratings and
a full-color map with driving directions
- Quickly access full Internet search, including popular search shortcuts such
as wi-fi hotspot finder, weather, stock quotes, movie listings, sports scores,
dictionary definitions and calculator
- Search for and view more than 1.6 billion images
Yahoo! Photos
- Automatically upload photos to a Yahoo! Photos account
- View and manage all albums saved in Yahoo! Photos
- Easy download of photos from albums directly to the mobile device
Yahoo! Address Book
- Enter and manage contact details in a single connected address book that merges
Yahoo! and device address books to help prevent loss of contact information
- Access, edit or delete existing contacts or create new contacts
Yahoo! Calendar
- Manage calendar events through a single connected calendar which merges the
Yahoo! and device built-in calendar and to-do lists
- View, edit or change existing events or add new appointments
Yahoo! News, Sports, Finance and Games
- Access the latest news, sports scores, stock tickers, financial updates and
more through a direct connection to Yahoo!'s Mobile Portal
- Find and play the latest mobile games
Yahoo! Go Mobile is part of a new suite of innovative applications designed to
extend the reach of Yahoo!'s services beyond the browser. Yahoo! Go services gives
consumers new ways to quickly access their personalized Yahoo! services whenever
and wherever they want. (Editors: See separate news release.)
The former SBC Communications Inc., now AT&T Inc., and Yahoo! announced their
strategic alliance in November 2001 and have since extended their industry-leading
alliance to provide co-branded services to consumers through a PC, home television
and audio systems, Cingular Wireless devices, SBC FreedomLink Wi-Fi and SBC Home
Networking equipment.
Cingular and Yahoo! have worked closely together over the years to enhance the
wireless experience for consumers wanting to interact with their Yahoo! community
while on the go. Today the companies offer a range of Yahoo! services to consumers
through Cingular's MEdia Net service, including e-mail, mapping, games, news,
and weather.
Nokia and Yahoo! announced their collaboration in 2005. As a result, millions
of Nokia smartphone users are now able to stay informed, entertained and in touch
through Yahoo!'s rapidly developing Internet services. The optimum user experience
in Internet communications is enabled through the rich multimedia content, stylish
design and high connection speeds of Nokia's multimedia devices.
Yahoo! is focused on extending key consumer services beyond the browser, providing
an integrated web-to-Mobile experience and helping consumers make the most of
their mobile devices. Yahoo! launched its first mobile service in 1999 and continues
to improve and innovate on its offerings for mobile consumers and work closely
with the major mobile carriers and device manufacturers to deliver these services
to the widest possible audience.
About Yahoo!
Yahoo! Inc. is a leading global Internet brand and one of the most trafficked
Internet destinations worldwide. Yahoo! seeks to provide online products and
services essential to users' lives, and offers a full range of tools and marketing
solutions for businesses to connect with Internet users around the world. Yahoo!
is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California.
About the New AT&T
AT&T Inc. is one of the world's largest telecommunications holding companies
and is the largest in the United States. Operating globally under the AT&T
brand, AT&T companies are recognized as the leading worldwide providers of
IP-based communications services to business and as leading U.S. providers of
high-speed DSL Internet, local and long distance voice, and directory publishing
and advertising services. AT&T Inc. holds a 60 percent ownership interest
in Cingular Wireless, which is the No. 1 U.S. wireless services provider with
more than 52 million wireless customers. Additional information about AT&T
Inc. and AT&T products and services is available at www.TheNewATT.com.
About Cingular Wireless
Cingular Wireless is the largest wireless carrier in the United States, serving
52.3 million customers. Cingular, a joint venture between AT&T Inc., formerly
SBC Communications Inc., (NYSE: T) and BellSouth Corporation (NYSE: BLS), has
the largest digital voice and data network in the nation -- the ALLOVER (SM) network
-- and the largest mobile-to-mobile community of any national wireless carrier.
Cingular is the only U.S. wireless carrier to offer Rollover (SM), the wireless
plan that lets customers keep their unused monthly minutes. Details of the company
are available at http://www.cingular.com. Get Cingular Wireless press releases e-mailed to you automatically. Sign up
at http://www.cingular.com/newsroom.
About Nokia
Nokia is a world leader in mobile communications, driving the growth and sustainability
of the broader mobility industry. Nokia connects people to each other and the
information that matters to them with easy-to-use and innovative products like
mobile phones, devices and solutions for imaging, games, media and businesses.
Nokia provides equipment, solutions and services for network operators and corporations.
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