InfoSpace (NASDAQ: INSP) is a leading global provider of private labeled cross platform Internet infrastructure services for consumers and merchants. The Company's affiliates include a network of wireless and other Internet-enabled devices including PCs, cellular phones, pagers, screen telephones, television set-top boxes, online kiosks and personal digital assistants.

Who are InfoSpace's partners?

InfoSpace has teamed with leading wireless carriers worldwide including Verizon Wireless, AT&T Wireless, ALLTEL, VoiceStream Wireless and Qwest Wireless, as well as device manufacturers such as Intel, Ericsson, Nokia, Mitsui, Acer America and Nortel Networks. InfoSpace's affiliate network also consists of more than 3,100 Web sites including AOL, Microsoft, Disney's GO Network, NBC's Snap, Lycos, DoubleClick and ABC LocalNet, among others.

What are some of the services InfoSpace provides?

InfoSpace's infrastructure services encompass three areas: consumer, merchant and wireless.

InfoSpace's consumer services include transaction services that enable users to find local merchants, comparison shop among both online and offline retailers and service companies, receive electronic promotions and make purchases with a single click; communication services such as email, instant messaging, chat and message boards; personal services such as fully integrated address book, calendar and to-do list and personalized, location-based information; and collaboration services such as real-time document sharing.

InfoSpace's end-to-end merchant services give merchants the ability to create online stores, promote their products and services, deliver targeted electronic promotions and authorize and process payments in multiple currencies. These services are available to merchants across multiple channels through InfoSpace's broad distribution network. InfoSpace has extensive reseller agreements with all of the regional bell operating companies that are subsidiaries of BellSouth, SBC, Verizon and Qwest, merchant banks such as Bank of America and American Express and other local media networks such as newspapers, television stations and radio stations that provide InfoSpace's services to millions of local merchants worldwide.

InfoSpace's wireless services comprise the first global end-to-end private-label mobile Internet solution that is rapidly defining how people use and interact with information on wireless devices. InfoSpace wireless services include commerce services that allow users to find local merchants, comparison shop (users can simply enter a UPC code, part number, barcode or ISBN to shop for a specific product) and make purchases directly from their wireless device with a single click; communication services that enable users to send and receive email and instant messages from any device to any other; and personalized information services such as a fully integrated address book, calendar and to-do list and personalized, location-based information that make managing day to day tasks and appointments a snap.

InfoSpace's wireless services platform serves as the underlying infrastructure for wireless carriers, cable providers and device and equipment manufacturers to offer their customers the ability to conduct commerce, communicate, access information and otherwise manage their lives from any device. InfoSpace is now working with leading wireless carriers worldwide, including Verizon Wireless, AT&T Wireless, SBC Wireless and ALLTEL and device and equipment manufacturers such as Nokia, Ericcson and Nortel Networks.

Which wireless protocols does InfoSpace support?

InfoSpace is a true device, protocol and transport independent platform. InfoSpace supports SMS, WAP and a variety of other protocols that may be proprietary to different devices enabling our partner's customers to access the same personalization and services across any device. The ability to adopt and offer enhanced flexibility to its partners makes InfoSpace the platform of choice for leading wireless and wireline service providers worldwide.

When will the wireless services be available?

InfoSpace's platform is being used by wireless carriers worldwide including Verizon Wireless, AT&T Wireless, SBC Wireless, ALLTEL, Qwest Wireless and VoiceStream Wireless. When you use the 'My Verizon' or 'My AT&T' service, for example, you are using InfoSpace's infrastructure services that are built and managed by InfoSpace for Verizon and AT&T, respectively. To find out more about our wireless services, please see our Wireless Services page.

What are InfoSpace's plans for global expansion?

InfoSpace is rapidly expanding into the European and Asian markets. InfoSpace has the largest global alliance in the wireless Internet services market today, providing commerce and other services to more than 20 wireless carriers worldwide.

InfoSpace has offices in the United States, India, Canada and the United Kingdom.

For more information, please contact our Public Relations team:
 

Adam Whinston InfoSpace, Inc. 601 108th Street, Suite 1200 Bellevue, WA 98004 USA +1.425.201.8946

Minou Nguyen Text100 Public Relations 1415 Western Avenue, Suite 600 Seattle, WA 98101 USA +1.206.381.3791

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