NEWS FROM THE STANDARD |
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Paying for Wireless Content
Aug 03 2001 08:43 AM PDT
PROFILE |
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Inside Iobox, wireless Internet users can find instant messaging, e-mail, chat, address books, and calendar applications for handheld electronic devices. The Iobox portal also features ringing tones, icons, games, and mobile commerce. Iobox boasts about 1 million registered users, although around 300,000 are active. Its content includes news, weather, and stock quotes; its e-commerce includes auctions. Vendors include telecom provider Telia, online auctioneers eBay and QXL ricardo, CNN Sweden, and the Finnish hockey league. Iobox offers customization, integration, and hosting to its corporate customers. Terra Mobile, a joint venture of Spanish phone giant Telefónica Móviles and its Internet giant Terra Networks, owns Iobox.
COMPETITION |
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BT Wireless Limited (dossier)
Vizzavi Limited (dossier)
iTouch plc (ITU)
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FINANCIAL OVERVIEW |
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Employees: 150
KEY PEOPLE |
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Jari Ovaskainen
CEO
James Geddes
CFO
CONTACT INFO |
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10 Lower Grosvenor Place
London SW1W 0EN, United Kingdom
Phone: 44-20-7798-6900
Fax: 44--
Online: Web Site
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