Nextel and America Online join to offer AOL mobile services across Nextel's digital wireless network - Network Developments - Brief Article

Mobile Internet, The, April, 2002

Nextel Communications and America Online announced a comprehensive mobile services and marketing agreement that will enable Nextel customers to access their favorite America Online services and features, including e-mail and instant messages, on their Nextel phones.

As part of the agreement, Nextel will offer its customers AOL's popular AOL Instant Messenger service (AIM), an instant messaging product that makes it convenient to see when friends and family are online and to communicate with them in real time. There are now more than 140 million registered users of the AIM service, which is available for use on computers, mobile phones and other handheld devices.

In addition, Nextel customers will have access to AOL Mail, news, driving directions, and local event and entertainment information via AOL's popular interactive brands, including MapQuest and Moviefone. These offerings further extend America Online's "AOL Anywhere" strategy of offering its industry leading brands and services to consumers across a variety of platforms and mobile devices.

In addition, Nextel will have the ability to promote its products and services across several of AOL Time Warner's unparalleled online, print and television brands, enabling the company to increase its marketing presence, and will also place software for the AOL service in its retail outlets.