Yahoo! Go Mobile to Launch with AT&T, Cingular and Nokia; New
Service Seamlessly Integrates the Internet into the Mobile Device
Functionality to Create a New Connected Experience for Consumers
- Jan 6, 2006 12:02 PM (BusinessWire)
LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 6, 2006--Yahoo! Inc. (Nasdaq:YHOO),
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 .
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Monty Solomon (monty@roscom.com)