Agreement with GlobalDining provides Aspiro with key application and revenue stream
Agreement with GlobalDining provides Aspiro with key application and revenue stream Aspiro has signed an agreement with application provider GlobalDining for its worldwide restaurant directory and reservation network. This unique agreement provides Aspiro with revenue streams as well as an attractive key application. Aspiro today announced an agreement with GlobalDining, the world's largest, location-based mobile restaurant directory and reservation network to deliver GlobalDining's services. Aspiro's customers among mobile network operators and partners throughout Europe, the Middle East and Asia will be offered an application which not only provides an excellent source of restaurant information for end users, but also allows them to make real-time table reservations directly from their mobile device. This unique agreement, which is entirely subsidized by participating restaurants, will, for the first time, provide Aspiro with a revenue stream from an application provider. GlobalDining's services today include over 500,000 restaurants in over 40 countries and 18,000 cities. "We're excited by the opportunity to market GlobalDining's restaurant directory and services to our customers. Recent wireless use studies indicate that finding a restaurant is the most popular use of mobile data services in Europe. GlobalDining's service is by far the best available," says Lena Wittbjer, CEO at Aspiro. James Nardulli, GlobalDining CEO, said, "Aspiro is defining the leading edge of mobile data services. We are immensely pleased that such an organization sees the value we can bring to the mobile internet." For more information, please contact: Lena Wittbjer, CEO, Aspiro AB, tel: +46 40 630 03 00 Barbara Buckley Johansson, Content Manager, Aspiro, tel: +46 709 918051 About Aspiro Aspiro provides mobile Internet services, promoting life in motion, using cutting-edge knowledge and technologies. Aspiro offers operators, portals, content providers and mobile organizations a wide range of solutions, from pre-packaged portal services to industry-specific solutions. Founded in 1998, Aspiro is today an important player in the global mobile Internet market. 130 people currently work for the company, which has offices in Sweden, Luxembourg and the US. Aspiro's business concept, organization and operations are based on many years of experience gained in the mobile telecommunications and IT industries. For further information about Aspiro, please visit www.aspiro.com About GlobalDining GlobalDining.com offers the world's largest and most comprehensive Internet directory of restaurants together with a Global Reservation Network. The Company has Patents pending in the US and Europe for several of its restaurant reservation technologies that enable wireless reservations on a global scale without the use of proprietary equipment or software at the restaurant level. Strategic partners of the Company include SignalSoft Corporation, the worldwide leader in wireless location based services based in Boulder, Colorado; Motorola; Nokia; Aspiro, marketing location based content and services to network operators worldwide from headquarters in Malmö, Sweden; and Maptuit, a leading supplier of eGeo services worldwide with offices in Denver, Toronto, and Burlington, Massachussets. For further information please visit www.GlobalDining.com & http://wap.globaldining ------------------------------------------------------------ This information was brought to you by Waymaker http://www.waymaker.net The following files are available for download: http://www.waymaker.net/bitonline/2001/08/07/20010807BIT00020/bit0001.doc http://www.waymaker.net/bitonline/2001/08/07/20010807BIT00020/bit0002.pdf