Edmunds.com Teams With Sprint to Offer Wireless Automotive Research Services Over the Sprint PCS Wireless Web
26 September 2000
Edmunds.com Teams With Sprint to Offer Wireless Automotive Research Services Over the Sprint PCS Wireless Web
SANTA MONICA, Calif. and KANSAS CITY, Mo., Sept. 26 Edmunds.com (http://www.edmunds.com), the web's leading consumer resource for
unbiased automotive information, and Sprint PCS , the nation's
fastest-growing wireless carrier, today announced clear, mobile access to
Edmunds.com wireless automotive pricing and other up-to-date automotive
research applications via Internet-ready Sprint PCS Phones and the Sprint PCS
Wireless Web. Edmunds.com is now located within the Sprint PCS Wireless Web
"Shopping" category menu, enabling car shoppers to research the True Market
Value(SM) prices and other details regarding new vehicles.
"Sprint PCS is one of the largest and most respected wireless carriers in
the business, meaning a great number of Edmunds.com users will benefit from
this new partnership," according to Avi Steinlauf, Vice President of Marketing
for Edmunds.com. "Through the agreement with Sprint PCS and its existing
relationships with other wireless carriers and companies, Edmunds.com now has
the potential to reach millions of wireless customers nationwide."
"Our alliance with Edmunds.com enables Sprint PCS to extend instant,
mobile access to automotive market values and other information while
customers are out shopping, at car dealerships, scanning the classifieds
-- anywhere current pricing information and other automotive research is
handy, especially during interaction with salespeople," said Chip Novick, vice
president, Consumer Marketing Strategic Business Unit for Sprint PCS.
"Edmunds.com represents a valuable resource tool on the Sprint PCS Wireless
Web and reinforces our continued commitment to offer the best of the Web
anytime, anywhere on the Sprint PCS nationwide wireless network."
About Edmunds.com
Headquartered in Santa Monica, CA, Edmunds.com is the Internet's pioneer
and leader in providing free, third party automotive information, tools and
services for consumers. Edmunds.com empowers, educates, and engages visitors
by providing them with straightforward information on key aspects of buying,
selling, and owning a vehicle. Users are provided automobile pricing data,
extensive automobile reviews, consumer information, safety updates, incentive
and rebate news, expert analysis of developments in the automotive world, and
the Town Hall, an interactive community of more than 500,000 active members.
Edmunds.com was ranked number one in the Survey of Car-Shopping Web Sites as
reported by The Wall Street Journal, rated number one automotive and second
overall web site in the Dialscore loyalty study above Yahoo!, Amazon and
Mapquest, was named as one of Yahoo! Internet Life's 50 Most Incredibly Useful
Sites, one of Money's 50 Most Useful Financial Websites, and is regularly
mentioned as a valuable resource in these and other publications.
About Sprint PCS
Sprint PCS operates the largest 100 percent digital, 100 percent PCS
nationwide wireless network in the United States, already serving the majority
of the nation's metropolitan areas including more than 4,000 cities and
communities across the country. Sprint PCS has licensed PCS coverage of
nearly 270 million people in all 50 states, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin
Islands. For more information, visit the Sprint PCS web site at
http://www.sprintpcs.com. Spring PCS is a wholly owned tracking group of
Sprint Corporation trading on NYSE under the symbol "PCS."
Sprint is a global communications company at the forefront of integrating
long distance, local, and wireless communications services and a large carrier
of Internet traffic. Sprint built and operates the United States' first
nationwide all-digital, fiber optic network and is a leader in advanced data
communications services. Sprint has $20 billion in annual revenues and serves
more than 20 million businesses and residential customers.