Aspiro to collaborate with AFP, AFX and S&P ComStock

Aspiro to collaborate with AFP, AFX and S&P ComStock Aspiro's agreement to cooperate with three of the world's biggest international news agencies further reinforces the company's position as a global leader in the development of mobile applications and services. The news agencies Agence France-Presse and AFX News, and real time market data provider Standard & Poor's ComStock will bring content to mobile devices through Aspiro´s applications. The cooperation underscores the competitiveness and strength of Aspiro's extensive portfolio of services, particularly its news and stock trading applications. Aspiro will now be able to offer its international customers, such as mobile portal owners and their subscribers, truly global news coverage in several languages and real-time financial data from the world's exchanges and stock markets. "We are proud to be working together with some of the biggest and most established names in the news and information industry. It represents yet another major step towards our goal of building up long-term strategic agreements with different leading content providers around the world," says Magnus Liljegren, head of Aspiro Content Aggregation. The three content suppliers will provide a continuous stream of the very latest news and financial information gathered from almost every country and market in the world to mobile applications tailored to the specific needs of Aspiros´s customers. "More than anything else Aspiro is dedicated to providing its customers, such as operators and mobile portal owners, with mobile access to the very best news and financial information sources around," states Liljegren. For more information, please contact: Magnus Liljegren, Aspiro Content Aggregation, tel: +46 709 91 80 77 Graham Parry, AFX News, tel: +44 171 253 2532 Mark Hepsworth, Standard & Poor's ComStock, tel: +44 208 545 6600 Jean-Paul Deloffre, Agency France Press, tel: +33 6809 45457 About Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse is one of the three worldwide news agencies with 1,200 reporters, 250 photographers and thousands of stringers working out of 165 countries. It distributes a daily average of two million words in six languages, 600 pictures and 80 graphics. AFP's revenues totaled FF1.4 bn in 1999 (euros 213 m) and it plans to accelerate its recent growth in new media markets over the next few years. For further information about Agence France-Presse, please visit www.afp.com About Standard & Poor's ComStock Standard & Poor's ComStock is a leading real-time market data provider delivering information from more than 140 sources and exchanges worldwide. It is a business unit of Standard & Poor's Financial Information Services - a wholly-owned subsidiary of the McGraw-Hill Companies. The McGraw-Hill Companies employs over 16,000 people worldwide and annual revenues are in access of USD 3.5 bn. For further information about Standard & Poor's ComStock, please visit www.mcgraw-hill.com About AFX News AFX News, formed in 1990 and incorporating the 1872-founded Extel News, originates professional business and financial news services. Some 4,000 corporate, financial and market news stories in six languages stream to clients daily through a global communications network. A total of 33 news bureaus in North and South America, Europe and Asia produce local and regional services both independently and in association with News Partners. AFX News services are purpose-built for trading floors, corporate intranets, client web products and many other research and data distribution applications. AFX reaches its global client base through direct data feeds, market data vendors and numerous news management applications. For further information about AFX News, please visit www.afxnews.com About Aspiro Aspiro develops mobile applications and services using WAP, SMS, GPRS and other innovative technologies. The company offers operators, content providers and mobile organizations a wide range of solutions, from pre- packaged portal services to specific business sector and corporate solutions. Founded in 1998, Aspiro is today a world leader in mobile applications and services. The company has over 120 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 ------------------------------------------------------------ Please visit http://www.bit.se for further information The following files are available for download: http://www.bit.se/bitonline/2000/04/26/20000426BIT00480/bit0001.doc http://www.bit.se/bitonline/2000/04/26/20000426BIT00480/bit0002.pdf