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