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iobox launches new WAP email and browsing for the UK[January 24th 2000] Email on your computer is about to seem as archaic as relying on the Post Office for your business information – iobox is bringing your email and much more straight to your mobile phone. Wherever you are, you can be reading your email and acting on the information seconds after it's been sent to you or browsing the web to find what you need. "Imagine having full Internet access right there on your phone when you need it," says Jari Ovaskainen, CEO and founder of iobox.iobox is launching its mobile WAP (Wireless Application Protocol) service to bring a whole new range of functions to mobile phones. In addition to a users can now get address books, ringing tones and icons that you can download straight from iobox's website www.iobox.com. Anyone using a WAP-enabled handset can use iobox to browse or access WAP-compatible content. You get a fully functional email service where you can write, read, send and receive mail entirely from your mobile phone. When mail is received you are immediately notified by an SMS message, the text message service available on all GSM phones. Uniquely iobox's service is available to any WAP mobile phone user regardless of which operator they use. As long as you are using a WAP handset, and have subscribed to GSM data service on your phone, you need only iobox WAP Internet access and you are ready to go. "We offer the coolest, best and most useful SMS and WAP service available at the moment," claims Ovaskainen. If you have a WAP compatible handset, see for yourself at wap.iobox.com. iobox was founded in Finland in 1999 and has already become Europe's market leader for wireless Internet services. Over 400,000 users across the continent are using iobox, making it the world's leading wireless portal. It employs 40 people and has offices in Helsinki, Munich, Stockholm and London. iobox completed the second round of financing in December–99 by raising euros 13 million from a syndicate of investors led by Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Capital Partners. The other investors include MSDW Technology Investment Banking Group, BancBoston Capital, Robertson Stephens, Pino Ventures from Italy, Alta Berkeley, Eden Capital, both from UK and Eqvitec, SFK Finance and CapMan from Finland.
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