Aspiro and wcities.com sign agreement to deliver local information from around the world to mobile devices
Aspiro and wcities.com sign agreement to deliver local information from around the world to mobile devices UK company wcities.com, the leading provider of local information on a global basis, and Aspiro, a world leading developer of mobile applications and services, have signed a contract to cooperate worldwide. The agreement enables Aspiro to offer its customers -telecom operators and portals- dynamic local information from cities around the world via its mobile City Guide application. wcities.com and Aspiro will offer a truly local perspective on news, services, shopping, and events, all supplied by locals, the people who understand and know their city best. Created in both the local language and English, the service will give users a fresh, informative and local understanding of where to go and what to see in cities across the world. The City Guide is one of Aspiro´s applications enabling mobile telecom operators, ISPs and portal owners to offer subscribers new and useful services. Among the cities already covered are nearly all major US and European cities as well as Tokyo, Sydney, Rio de Janeiro, Beijing, Hong-Kong, Singapore and the number is growing almost daily. Whether users are residents or just visiting they will now be able to find out about the best bars, restaurants, cafes, galleries, museums and tourist attractions in many of the most exciting cities in the world. "This agreement with wcities.com perfectly illustrates Aspiro's capability in bringing together the Internet, mobility and telephony, and packaging it into a useful and user-friendly service. With our City Guide service mobile subscribers will, quite literally, have the world at their fingertips. Whichever city they are in and whatever they want to do users need now only reach for their mobile device to find out the latest information. It clearly demonstrates our commitment to giving people a life in motion," says Magnus Liljegren, head of Aspiro Content Aggregation. "Aspiro brings to wcities.com a valuable customer base and a good understanding of mobile network operator community and its needs. Aspiro is proving to be an excellent partner for wcities.com" says Enrico Mauri, COO of wcities.com. For more information, please contact: Magnus Liljegren, Aspiro Content Aggregation, tel: +46 709 91 80 77 David Harris-Evans, Wcities.com, tel: +44 20 7594 4900 1(2) About wcities.com wcities.com is an international company, creating and publishing original and exclusive content on the Internet and on WAP. wcities.com is developing a network of online city guides relevant not only to local but also national and international users. The first phase of the network includes UK and European cities as well as cities across the USA, South America, Middle East, Africa and the Asia Pacific Rim. wcities.com is based in London, UK, and San Francisco, USA, with additional offices in Hong Kong, Sao Paulo and Milan. For further information about wcities.com, please visit www.wcities.com About Aspiro Aspiro provides mobile applications and services promoting Life in Motion using cutting-edge knowledge and technologies. Aspiro offers mobile portal owners, operators and content providers a wide range of solutions, from pre-packaged portal services to industry specific solutions. Founded in 1998, Aspiro is today a world leader within mobile Internet. The Scandinavia-based company has over 150 employees and offices in Sweden, Norway, Luxembourg and USA. 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. 2(2) ------------------------------------------------------------ Please visit http://www.bit.se for further information The following files are available for download: http://www.bit.se/bitonline/2000/05/17/20000517BIT01010/bit0001.doc http://www.bit.se/bitonline/2000/05/17/20000517BIT01010/bit0002.pdf