AvantGo Service
Surpasses 3 Million Users; Milestone Demonstrates AvantGo`s Leadership in Providing Businesses With Wireless Solutions to Broaden and Deepen Customer Relationships
SAN MATEO, Calif., Jul 30, 2001 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- AvantGo, Inc. (Nasdaq: AVGO),
the leading provider of mobile infrastructure software and services, today
announced that the AvantGo mobile Internet service has surpassed three million
registered users, furthering its position as the most widely used service for
smart mobile devices in the world. The milestone demonstrates AvantGo`s
leadership in providing businesses with award-winning wireless solutions to
broaden and deepen their customer relationships, thus increasing the speed and
reducing the costs for enterprises going mobile.
Built on the award-winning AvantGo 4.0 M-Business Server software, the AvantGo
mobile Internet service has provided businesses, such as CompUSA, Northwest
Airlines, British Airways, Expedia, Jeep, Mercedes, Sun and Toyota, with an
effective, cost-efficient way to build and enhance their customer relationships
through mobile advertising, direct marketing and mobile customer relationship
management (mCRM) solutions. These companies have generated incremental revenue
and reduced customer care and marketing costs by becoming more integrated into
their customers` lives and by providing their customers with greater access to
information and services.
"Hitting the 3 million mark highlights both the usefulness and the scalability
of our enterprise-class technology," added Richard Owen, AvantGo`s CEO. "No
other company has demonstrated an ability to support this many users. With the
most robust mobile platform in the industry, we are able to provide our
corporate customers with mobile solutions that meet their workforce
productivity, marketing and mCRM needs."
The AvantGo mobile Internet service was launched in May 1999. In a little more
than one year, the service reached the one million-user mark, and by January of
this year, there were over two million registered users. With today`s
announcement, the service has amassed a user base of three million in just over
two years.
