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| Yahoo! Europe in Agreement with France Telecom Mobiles to Provide WAP Services |
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London, September 25th. Yahoo! Europe announces that is has signed an agreement with France Telecom Mobiles to make Yahoo! France's popular range of Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) content and services accessible to users of France Telecom Mobile networks. The deal represents the first mobile agreement under the Yahoo! Everywhere initiative in France. Under the terms of the agreement there will be a link to the mobile services of Yahoo! France (http://wap.yahoo.fr) on all France Telecom mobile networks alongside services from Itineris and Voila. Users will be able to find WAP versions of many familiar Yahoo! services, including My Yahoo!, Yahoo! Mail, Yahoo! Address Book, Yahoo! Calendar, Yahoo! Messenger, Yahoo! Finance, Yahoo! Weather, Yahoo! News, Yahoo! Sport, Yahoo! Horoscopes, Yahoo! TV Guide and Yahoo! Search and Directory.
Fabiola Arredondo, Managing Director of Yahoo! Europe, commented: "The agreement represents both our first Yahoo! Everywhere distribution deal in France and another key step in our Yahoo! Everywhere strategy. As the leading network provider in France, the link from France Telecom's WAP gateway will increase the number of users in France who are using their WAP-enabled phones to access favourite Yahoo! content and services wherever they happen to be.”The agreement is the first in France and the latest in a series of deals under the Yahoo! Everywhere initiative which delivers Yahoo! services formatted for both fixed and wireless connections via PCs, mobile telephones, personal digital devices and digital TVs connected to the Web. Deals to date include: BT Cellnet (UK), Telecom Italia Mobile (Italy), Telefónica Móviles España (Spain), Virgin Mobile (UK), Radiolinja (Finland), D2 (Germany), Telenor (Norway), Cosmote (Greece) diAx (Switzerland), Trium (handset) and Siemens (handset). About Yahoo! Yahoo! Europe provides commerce, communication and media services throughout Europe to meet the needs of local consumers. Yahoo! Europe is comprised of the Yahoo! sites for the UK & Ireland (www.yahoo.co.uk), France (www.yahoo.fr), Germany (www.yahoo.de), Italy (www.yahoo.it), Spain (www.yahoo.es), Sweden (www.yahoo.se), Norway (www.yahoo.no) and Denmark (www.yahoo.dk). The Yahoo! offices in London, Paris, Munich, Milan, Madrid, Stockholm and Copenhagen are staffed by local nationals and Yahoo! Europe is headquartered in central London. Yahoo! Europe is part of Yahoo! Inc. (Nasdaq: YHOO), a global Internet communications, commerce and media company that offers a comprehensive branded network of services to more than 156 million unique individuals each month worldwide. As the first online navigational guide to the Web, www.yahoo.com is the leading guide in terms of traffic, advertising, household and business user reach, and is one of the most recognized brands associated with the Internet. The company also provides online business services designed to enhance the Web presence of Yahoo!'s clients, including audio and video streaming, store hosting and management, and Web site tools and services. The company?s global Web network includes 23 local World properties outside the United States. Yahoo! has offices in Europe, the Asia Pacific, Latin America, Canada and the United States, and is headquartered in Santa Clara, Calif. Media Contacts: Yahoo! Europe Sue Jackson Tel: ++ 44 20 7368 3876 suej@uk.yahoo-inc.com
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