Terra Mobile and Digital Island Partner to Improve GPRS Delivery to Wireless Devices

Wireless Internet, March, 2001

Terra Mobile, Telefonica's global wireless portal based in Madrid, Spain, and Digital Island announced a key strategic partnership to improve the delivery of content and services to GPRS next generation devices.

Together the two companies will enable fast, reliable and high-speed delivery of wireless content for mobile handheld devices.

Under the terms of the agreement, Digital Island will deploy its Footprint Content Delivery Network into Terra Mobile's GPRS services to help build a next-generation test bed to improve the performance and delivery of end user applications. The combination of the two company's technologies will help deliver content to the GPRS network in the most efficient way possible, minimizing Internet latency and maximizing bandwidth across the Internet, and ensuring end-users consistently have the best wireless Web experience possible.

The two companies will test wireless content and services on GPRS devices including GPRS mobile phones and GPRS-enabled personal digital assistants (PDA). Terra Mobile will test GPRS multimedia applications including digital music and video downloads, WAP content, location-based services and wireless offerings. In doing so, the company will be well positioned to take advantage of the GPRS networks as they are deployed across Europe.

Terra Mobile's wireless infrastructure enables the delivery of a wide range of m-commerce and wireless information services including financial information, road and traffic information with commuter itineraries, city guides, entertainment, chat and alerts for new, client-specific content. Digital Island is uniquely positioned to enable enhanced media and entertainment, and financial service transactions in addition to other information-based wireless Web interactions through improving the end-user experience with its industry leading Footprint Content Delivery Network technology.