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AvantGo Teams with Yahoo!
[June
5th 2000] AvantGo and Yahoo have announced an agreement to enable AvantGo to
deliver personalised Yahoo! content and services to mobile devices.
Using a wireless, real-time connection or via desktop synchronisation,
AvantGo users can access Yahoo! news information, stock quotes, weather reports,
sports scores, and movie listings on their mobile devices-in colour on certain
devices. Additionally, users also have access to the more than 350 optimised
channels and hundreds of user-submitted sites already available on the free
AvantGo mobile Internet service. "We
are pleased to be teaming with AvantGo to enable consumers around the globe to
access Yahoo! content and services through data phones, personal digital
assistants, pagers and an array of other alternative and wireless devices,"
said Mohan Vishwanath, vice president of Yahoo! Everywhere, Yahoo! Inc.
"Through Yahoo! Mobile and AvantGo, our users will be able to access
their personalized Yahoo! content and services when and where they need it
most." "With
145 million unique users worldwide every month, Yahoo!'s vast audience includes
a significant number of users of handheld devices and Internet-connected
phones," said Mike Aufricht, general manager of AvantGo Mobile Internet.
"Now these individuals can access Yahoo! through AvantGo." Yahoo!
is the latest addition to AvantGo's list of companies now offering content and
applications on the AvantGo mobile Internet service. Individuals with mobile
devices can sign up for the free service by visiting AvantGo
(www.avantgo.com), or Yahoo! Mobile (www.mobile.yahoo.com
). About
AvantGo AvantGo
provides infrastructure software and services that enable businesses to create
tighter relationships with their employees and customers through mobile devices.
AvantGo Enterprise solutions enable organisations to wirelessly extend
knowledge management, field force automation, inventory management and other
business applications to their employees using mobile devices and
Internet-enabled phones. The
AvantGo Mobile Internet Service allows companies to extend content and
e-commerce beyond desktop computers to individuals on the go.
Using AvantGo, individuals gain free access to interactive services and
personalised content from brand-name publishers and e-commerce web sites. |
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