Bell Mobility, Wysdom and F1-Live! Give Racing Fans WAP Access to Formula One Results
press The future of motorsports in North America is gaining popularity in the information age. Insead of fans merely having to glue their eyes to the screen or the track, they now have access to in-depth information on all aspects of the event, including driver and team info, lap times, pit times, number of laps and current driver positions. Wysdom, a wireless software and infrastructure company announced that it has built the first ever real-time Formula 1 (F1) WAP site for cell phones in North America. Full release follows. If you need any additional information or would like to hear more about Wysdom, please contact me. Thanks for your time. Tim Kievit Niehaus Ryan Wong, Inc. 767 Third Ave, 39th Floor New York, NY 10017 212-308-6781 ktimothy@nrwpr.com Bob Martin Niehaus Ryan Wong, Inc. for Wysdom Inc. 212.308.1674 mbob@nrwpr.com For Immediate Release Bell Mobility, Wysdom and F1-Live! Give Racing Fans WAP Access To Formula 1 Results WAP Site Created In A Matter Of Days Using Wysdom's Patented 'MAP Blueprints' Development Tool Montreal, PQ - Air Canada Grand Prix, June 8, 2001 - In a move to 'drive' the power of wireless to one of the most popular sports in the world, Wysdom, a wireless software and infrastructure company announced that it has built the first ever real-time Formula 1 (F1) WAP site for cell phones in North America. The site will be offered as part of Bell Mobility's wireless Internet Mobile Browser service. Race fans will be able to access F1 results, lap times, team statistics and driver information over any WAP-enabled wireless device. A testament to the benefits of Wysdom's rapid application development tool MAP Blueprints (MBp), the F1 WAP site was engineered in just two weeks. The site draws on data feeds from F1-Live!, refreshing every 60 seconds to give fans the latest information in both French and English. By current WAP standards, the site is considered very scalable and is expected to serve live data to approximately 100,000 unique visitors this weekend. Bell Canada is the official telecommunications sponsor of the Air Canada Grand Prix. Bell Mobility, a division of Bell Canada, will feature the F1 site on its WAP home page aka 'home deck.' An 'F1' bookmark has been added to the Mobile Browser's 'What's New?' section for easy access to the service. This will enable users to open their mobile browsers and easily access the F1 site. "Wysdom has helped us break new ground by developing a wireless site that allows for real-time access to information that moves beyond traditional data delivery such as stock quotes and horoscopes," said Pierre Kelly, Market Manager, Business Development, wireless Internet for Bell Mobility. "This deployment demonstrates our ability to help leading Carriers like Bell Mobility deploy large scale wireless solutions quickly and easily," said Kashif Hassan, CEO and co-founder of Wysdom Inc. "Our team is well-equipped to assist Carriers as they work to extend the benefits of wireless to their customers." Built on Wysdom's Mobyle Application Platform(tm) (MAP), MAP Blueprints is employed to develop wireless, desktop or web applications for multiple devices and protocols. It offers a patented error-avoidance system, visual programming and reusable libraries that can be fully customized and configured to meet a customer's needs. About Wysdom Inc. Wysdom is a wireless software and infrastructure company that enables its customers to offer comprehensive, user-centric mobile products and services. Wysdom licenses its Mobyle Application PlatformTM (MAP) to Carriers, enterprises and e-businesses allowing them to deploy applications that empower users to manage information, commerce and communications on any device. Wysdom has operations in Toronto, Montreal, Boston and San Jose, employing more than 200 people. For more information, please visit www.wysdom.com. About Bell Mobility Bell Mobility, a division of Bell Canada, provides a complete range of innovative wireless communications solutions: PCS and cellular, web-browsing and data, two-way messaging, paging and airline passenger communications services. Bell Canada, Canada's national leader for communications in the Internet world, provides connectivity to residential and business customers through wired and wireless voice and data communications, high speed and wireless Internet access, IP-broadband services, e-business solutions, local and long distance phone and directory services. Bell Canada is owned by BCE Inc. of Montréal (80%) and by SBC Communications Inc. of San Antonio, Texas (20%). For more information please visit www.bell.ca