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September 7, 2001 — (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — InfoSpace, Inc. (infospace.com) and Verizon Online Services (verizon.net), the Internet group of Verizon Communications, has announced an agreement for InfoSpace to provide comprehensive broadband and dial-up platforms and applications to Verizon Online.
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Verizon Online soon will introduce dynamic new
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destination pages, powered by InfoSpace, to its more
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than one million digital subscriber line and dial-up
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customers nationwide.
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“Today’s announcement is a big win for InfoSpace in
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the broadband space and is an excellent example of our
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efforts to extend our infrastructure technologies to
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our partners in multiple business areas. In this case,
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Verizon, one of the world’s leading providers of
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communication services, has partnered with InfoSpace
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on its wireless, merchant and now, ISP initiatives,”
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said Naveen Jain, chairman and CEO of InfoSpace. “Our
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broadband services are designed to take advantage of
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the high-speed connections DSL providers, like
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Verizon, deliver to customers nationwide, as well as
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next generation wireless networks, especially the
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rollout of packet-based, GPRS networks by several
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wireless carriers in the U.S. this year.”
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A new look for Verizon Online’s destination pages is
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scheduled to debut in mid-Sept. and will include new
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services and applications, with more to come over the
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coming months.
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“Our new destination pages will provide the foundation
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for the development of a richer, more exciting online
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experience for our dial-up and DSL subscribers,” said
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Veronica Pellizzi, group president of Internet and
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data services for Verizon. “We are aggressively moving
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to expand upon our Internet access services by
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offering a compelling range of personalized,
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broadband-based value-added enhancements that will
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appeal to a vast spectrum of Internet users. This is a
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key part of our customer acquisition and retention
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strategy and we’re excited about working with
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InfoSpace, a tested and proven partner of the most
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demanding providers in the wireline, wireless and ISP
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industries.”
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Some of the features InfoSpace will be supplying for
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Verizon Online’s new destination pages include:
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Dynamic, automatically updated flash and HTML information
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Streaming ticker featuring personalized headline news capsules, stock quotes and sports scores
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Media center, including up-to-the-minute streaming video and audio clips for news, sports, entertainment, finance and reference
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Entertainment channel, including movie videos, trailers and clips, as well as music downloads and Internet radio
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Finance channel, including message boards, personalized portfolio tracker and array of investing tools
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Comprehensive news, sports, weather and shopping channels
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Extensive multi-media search capabilities and reference channel
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Personalization services and integrated account management tools
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Platform of single and multi-player games
