Phone.com, Alltel to Test Wireless Internet Service

<%=company1%> (Little Rock, AR) has agreed to run a wireless Internet services trial with its customers in Little Rock and Charlotte, NC, using the Phone.com (Redwood City, CA) UP.Link server software. By the end of the year, the carrier plans to offer wireless Internet in most of its top markets. Alltel's wireless Internet service lets customers send and receive e-mail, access certain Internet sites, as well as get weather reports, sports scores, and stock quotes on their wireless phones.

"Wireless Internet service further enhances our popular digital advisor feature, which allows customers to receive e-mail messages and other text messages on their wireless phones," said Kevin Beebe, Alltel group president of communications."

Customers will need Internet-capable digital wireless phones to use the wireless Internet service. Alltel currently offers the Qualcomm 860 and the Motorola 7860 handsets. By the end of the year, the majority of Alltel's digital handsets will have a Web browser.

Edited by Ellen Jensen