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Yahoo! and Sprint Launch Enhanced Mobile E-Mail Service
SUNNYVALE, Calif. & OVERLAND PARK, Kan. --(Business Wire)-- June 8, 2005 -- New Downloadable Application Built Specifically for Mobile Allows Consumers to Stay Connected and Manage their Yahoo! Mail Accounts on the Go
Yahoo! Inc. (Nasdaq:YHOO), a leading global Internet company, and Sprint (NYSE:FON), which operates one of the largest 100-percent digital, nationwide wireless network in the United States, today announced the launch of the first downloadable Yahoo! Mail client application that gives customers nationwide enhanced access to the industry-leading e-mail experience on mobile devices. The new Yahoo! Mail for Mobile client is available to consumers across the country now on select Sprint devices.
The new Yahoo! Mail for Mobile client application gives consumers fast and easy access to their Yahoo! Mail account through a PC-like interface on a mobile device. The service allows consumers with select Sprint PCS Vision(SM) handsets to sign into and manage their Yahoo! Mail account from their phone, including, easy message management and access to their Yahoo! Address Book. The Yahoo! Mail client also gives Sprint customers storage for their e-mail on their handset, which means they can access their previously downloaded messages even when a data connection is not available. The service is $2.99 a month, and can be purchased directly from the handset and will be charged on their monthly wireless bill. An optional feature of the Yahoo! Mail client is instant notification of new messages -- standard text messaging rates will apply.
"We are excited to give consumers enhanced access to their Yahoo! Mail account on their mobile device for the first time and continue to expand our long-term, successful relationship with Sprint," said Doug Garland, senior vice president, Yahoo! Mobile. "Yahoo! Mail continues to lead the market as the No. 1 e-mail provider in the U.S., with comScore estimating more than 60 million unique monthly users.(1) This new Yahoo! Mail for Mobile client demonstrates our continuing commitment to extend our core Yahoo! services beyond the desktop, builds on the range of leading Yahoo! services we offer on mobile devices and gives our loyal users the products they know and love, whenever and wherever they need them."
"Sprint recognizes the increasing desire of customers to have a more robust messaging experience on their handset," said John Styers, director -- Data Communications Services, Sprint. "The new Yahoo! Mail for Mobile client application will give our customers easier access to their Yahoo! Mail when they are away from their PC."
Through Yahoo! Mobile, Yahoo! focuses on extending key Yahoo! services beyond the desktop, providing an integrated PC-to-Mobile experience and helping consumers make the most of the mobile environment. As the number of consumers using mobile data services continues to grow rapidly, Yahoo! has rolled out mobile extensions of key services including Yahoo! Messenger, Yahoo! Photos and Yahoo! Search across multiple carriers. Today's announcement of a new client to access the award-winning Yahoo! Mail service promises to further enhance the mobile experience for tens of millions of loyal Yahoo! Mail users. For more information on the availability of services across carriers and devices go to http://mobile.yahoo.com.
Today, through the Sprint PCS Vision service, customers have access to Web-based e-mail service. With the launch of Yahoo! Mail for Mobile, Sprint is able to offer customers an enhanced e-mail application that will make it easier than ever for Sprint customers to stay connected with their friends and family. Yahoo! Mail for Mobile by Sprint will be initially available on the Sprint PCS Vision Multimedia Phone MM-A700 by Samsung(R), the Sprint PCS Vision Multimedia Phone MM-7400 by Sanyo(R), the Sprint PCS Vision Multimedia Phone MM-5600 by Sanyo, the Sprint PCS Vision Smart Device Treo(TM) 600 by palmOne and the Sprint PCS Vision Smart Device Treo 650 by palmOne.
Yahoo! and Sprint initially announced an agreement to offer Yahoo!'s content and services to Sprint PCS Wireless Web subscribers in June of 1999. Since then, the two companies have continued to launch new services such as the Yahoo! Mobile Photos and Yahoo! Messenger for Mobile client applications, mobile games such as Yahoo! Poker and the next generations of enhanced products such as Yahoo! Search, Yahoo! Messenger and Yahoo! Finance on Yahoo!'s Mobile Internet service.
About Yahoo! Mail
Launched in October 1997, Yahoo! Mail (http://mail.yahoo.com) is one of the Web's largest, most popular free e-mail providers. Yahoo! Mail helps people stay in touch at home, at work or while traveling for business or pleasure. Yahoo! Mail is fully integrated with Yahoo!'s many other popular services to make it easy to access all the Internet services people need. Yahoo! Mail has received a variety of prominent industry accolades including CNET Editor's Choice award for best Web-mail service and "Best Free E-Mail" from PC World.
About Yahoo!
Yahoo! Inc. is a leading provider of comprehensive online products and services to consumers and businesses worldwide. Yahoo! is the No. 1 Internet brand globally and the most trafficked Internet destination worldwide. Headquartered in Sunnyvale, Calif., Yahoo!'s global network includes 25 world properties and is available in 13 languages.
About Sprint
Sprint offers an extensive range of innovative communication products and solutions, including global IP, wireless, local and multiproduct bundles. A Fortune 100 company with more than $27 billion in annual revenues in 2004, Sprint is widely recognized for developing, engineering and deploying state-of-the-art network technologies, including the United States' first nationwide all-digital, fiber-optic network; an award-winning Tier 1 Internet backbone; and one of the largest 100-percent digital, nationwide wireless networks in the United States. For more information, visit www.sprint.com/mr.
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(1) According to comScore Media Metrix, February, 2005.
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