LONDON-BT Cellnet, Britain’s second-largest mobile phone operator, teamed with Freeserve, the United Kingdom’s largest Internet service provider, to develop information services for wireless Internet access. The two companies signed a strategic agreement to collaborate on developing sports, entertainment and financial services for cellular phone users.
The information initially will be distributed using short messaging service.
BT Cellnet owns Genie Internet, the first mobile Internet service provider in the United Kingdom. Freeserve has about 1.5 million active Internet customers.
Vodafone AirTouch, Orange and One 2 One, the other three U.K. wireless carriers, have either launched Internet services or are in advanced planning stages.
