BELLEVUE, Wash.-America Online Inc. and VoiceStream Wireless Corp. reported a comprehensive services, content and marketing agreement to provide America Online’s features and services to customers as part of VoiceStream’s wireless Internet service.
Under the multi-year agreement, AOL members, AOL Instant Messenger users and VoiceStream Wireless customers will have access to the AIM service, across both wireless Internet capable devices and two-way, interactive short messaging service.
“We’re committed to delivering our industry-leading services to consumers by working with top wireless carriers like VoiceStream,” said Dennis Patrick, president of AOL Wireless. “This agreement marks another important step in our `AOL Anywhere’ strategy, and our first agreement with a GSM carrier. We’re excited to support the GSM standard as we continue to expand our wireless offerings to consumers across the country and around the world.”
