InPhonic to Provide Platform for Procurement, Activation, Billing, and Customer Care
Washington, D.C. – January 4, 2005 – InPhonic, Inc. (Nasdaq: INPC) announced today a two-year agreement with AT&T to provide a subscriber management system to support AT&T’s launch of wireless voice and data services to enterprise customers.
InPhonic will deliver the systems platform for procurement, activation, billing, and customer care, as well as self-service platforms based on web and speech recognition technology. InPhonic’s mobile data platform will also provide support for over-the-air activation, mobile web and advanced wireless messaging.
“AT&T is launching a broad array of voice and data mobility services in the first half 2005 that are “built for business,” said Kevin Crull, AT&T senior vice president and general manager for wireless services. “We will leverage a best-in-class set of suppliers, including Sprint and InPhonic, to deliver a suite of solutions exclusively built for business that will seamlessly integrate the delivery of mobility services.”
AT&T selected InPhonic for its strong history of successful mobile carrier deployments and its mobile data-enabling platforms. InPhonic’s mobile data applications power tens of millions of messages, pages and transactions to wireless subscribers each month for leading U.S. wireless carriers.
“We are very excited to be supplying AT&T our suite of services,” said InPhonic’s Chairman and CEO, David A. Steinberg. “This relationship demonstrates the strength of InPhonic’s platform to deliver next-generation end-to-end mobility solutions to industry leading companies. InPhonic has made significant investments and smart acquisitions in this area, and we are well positioned to deliver carrier-grade mobility solutions.”
About InPhonic
Headquartered in Washington, D.C., InPhonic, Inc. (NASDAQ: INPC) is a leading online seller of wireless services and devices based upon the number of activations of wireless services sold online in the United States. InPhonic sells these services and devices, and provides customer service through websites that it creates and manages for online businesses, member-based organizations and associations, and national retailers under their own brands. Today, InPhonic owns and operates one of the top five MVNOs in the United States and can deliver a full range of mobility solutions to enterprise clients through its Mobile Virtual Network Enablement (MVNE) platform. In 2004, InPhonic was selected #1 company of the year on the Inc. 500 – Inc. Magazine’s list of the fastest-growing privately held companies in the United States. For more information on the company, its products and services, visit the InPhonic Corporate Web site at www.inphonic.com.
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Contact:
InPhonic, Inc.
Tripp Donnelly
Vice President
Corporate Communications
(202) 333-0001
tdonnelly@inphonic.com
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