Yahoo! Introduces Yahoo! Mail - Business Edition; Yahoo! Mail - Business Edition Offers Small Businesses a Professional, Reliable and Cost-Effective Business E-mail Solution

Business Wire, Oct 15, 2001

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 15, 2001

Yahoo! Inc. (Nasdaq:YHOO), a leading global Internet communications, commerce and media company, today unveiled Yahoo!(R) Mail - Business Edition (http://business.mail.yahoo.com), a new premium service that allows small businesses to get a professional, branded e-mail address (i.e., employee@yourcompany.com) that is easier to use and more affordable than alternative business e-mail hosting solutions.

Yahoo! Mail - Business Edition combines the technology of Yahoo! Mail, one of the world's most popular Web-based email systems, with the features small businesses need, such as multiple e-mail accounts with 25 MB of storage and centralized e-mail account administration. Yahoo! Mail - Business Edition eliminates banner ads and taglines from e-mails, and offers a customized, branded e-mail address for a truly professional look.

Starting at $9.95 per month plus a $25 set up fee, businesses get five e-mail accounts with a wealth of features such as Spamguard(TM), anti-virus protection through Symantec's CarrierScan Server technology; Yahoo! Address Book (http://address.yahoo.com) and Yahoo! Calendar (http://calendar.yahoo.com) integration; and e-mail access from any Internet-enabled PC. Yahoo! Mail - Business Edition is expandable up to 200 e-mail accounts and is currently available to users in the United States.

"Yahoo! Mail - Business Edition offers a high-quality and cost-effective solution, giving businesses a way to communicate with customers and employees to improve business efficiency," said Lisa Pollock, director of Messaging Products, Yahoo!. "Business Edition combines Yahoo! Mail's best-of-breed technology with the essential features and functionality small businesses need to improve communication and operations."

Small businesses are using the Internet more than ever to communicate with customers and improve business productivity. According to the Small Business Administration, small businesses that use the Internet are growing 46 percent faster than those that do not.

Pollock added, "The launch of Yahoo! Mail - Business Edition supports our goal of providing small businesses with essential solutions that allow them to leverage the Internet to reach new customers, grow sales, and save time and money. As more businesses are looking to the Internet to grow their businesses, we strive to provide them with affordable, reliable solutions that meet their needs."

Serving the Needs of Small Businesses

Yahoo! Mail - Business Edition is part of the suite of solutions Yahoo! offers that enable small businesses to establish and grow a business presence on the Web. Yahoo! Small Business (http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com) offers essential solutions and services to allow small businesses to get online, sell online and develop effective online marketing and promotional strategies. In addition, Yahoo! Small Business provides relevant resources such as business planning content and tools, office supply shopping and mailroom resources, as well as pertinent news and information -- all of which help small businesses grow business and manage daily operations.

About Yahoo! Mail

As one of the Web's largest free e-mail providers, Yahoo! Mail was awarded, for the second consecutive year, PCWorld's "Best Free E-mail" and is rated CNet's "Best Free Web-Based E-mail." Delivering 11.6 billion messages on Yahoo! Mail, Yahoo! Messenger and Yahoo! Groups during the month of June 2001, Yahoo!'s global communications platform is one of the largest in the world. Yahoo!'s comprehensive suite of communications services aim to give users everything they need to communicate and organize their lives in a centralized online location. From free e-mail, instant messaging, and voice chat to address books, calendars, and personal file storage, Yahoo!'s integrated services offer a wide range of options including the ability to retrieve and send e-mail via the phone, receive alerts on your mobile phone, pager or personal digital assistant and send messages to and from wireless devices such as cell phones and personal digital assistants.

About Yahoo!

Yahoo! Inc. is a leading global Internet communications, commerce and media company that offers a comprehensive branded network of services to more than 200 million individuals each month worldwide. As the first online navigational guide to the Web, www.yahoo.com is the leading guide in terms of traffic, advertising, household and business user reach. Yahoo! is the No. 1 Internet brand globally and reaches the largest audience worldwide. The company also provides online business and enterprise services designed to enhance the productivity and Web presence of Yahoo!'s clients. These services include Corporate Yahoo!, a popular customized enterprise portal solution; audio and video streaming; store hosting and management; and Web site tools and services. The company's global Web network includes 24 World properties. Yahoo! has offices in Europe, Asia, Latin America, Australia, Canada and the United States, and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, Calif.