Juno Allies with Mail.com to Provide Web-Based E-mail Business Wire - August 09, 1999 09:00 NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 9, 1999--
Juno WebMail(SM), powered by Mail.com, to provide e-mail access from any Web-connected computer
Juno Online Services, Inc. (NASDAQ: JWEB) and Mail.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: MAIL) today announced an agreement that will allow Juno's millions of subscribers to send and receive e-mail through any computer connected to the Web, using their current "juno.com" e-mail address.
The Web-based e-mail service will be powered by Mail.com and will offer the same fully branded Juno "look and feel" as Juno's other Internet services. The new service, "Juno WebMail," will be available for free to all Juno subscribers on Juno's portal site, www.juno.com.
"We're delighted to be able to offer our members the ability to check their e-mail on the Web," said Leelila Strogov, vice president of business development at Juno. "Our goal has always been to provide our members with the tools and features they need, and we believe that Mail.com will help us provide an excellent service to those of our members who want to use e-mail on the Web. We're looking forward to working with Mail.com to integrate their services into our portal site."
Lon Otremba, chief operating officer of Mail.com, stated, "Our alliance with Juno and its user base of over seven million members reaffirms Mail.com's leadership position in the e-mail messaging market. Juno has an outstanding reputation for providing quality services. We are delighted to be a part of their ongoing efforts to bring the best the Internet has to offer to their customers."
About Mail.Com, Inc.
Mail.com, Inc. (http://corp.mail.com) is a leading global provider of e-mail and advanced messaging services to high-traffic Web sites, ISPs, corporations and direct to consumers. The company provides Internet messaging outsourcing for brand name organizations such as NBC, CNN, Time Warner, CBS SportsLine, Prodigy, GTE, Standard & Poor's, Snap.com and CNET.
About Juno Online Services, Inc.
Juno Online Services, Inc. is a provider of Internet-related services to millions of computer users throughout the United States. The company offers several levels of service, ranging from basic dial-up Internet e-mail -- which is provided to the end user for free -- to full, competitively priced access to the World Wide Web. Since the launch of Juno's basic e-mail service in April 1996, more than 7 million total Juno accounts have been created. Juno's revenues are derived primarily from the subscription fees charged for certain billable services, from the sale of advertising, and from the direct sale of products to Juno subscribers.
This news release may contain statements of a forward-looking nature relating to the future events or the future financial results of Mail.com. Investors are cautioned that such statements are only predictions and that actual events or results may differ materially. In evaluating such statements, investors should specifically consider the various factors which could cause actual events or results to differ materially from those indicated from such forward-looking statements, including the matters set forth in Mail.com's reports and documents filed from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
This press release may be deemed to contain forward-looking information. Any forward-looking statements are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements, including without limitation any statements as to future events or future financial results of Juno, may be significantly and materially impacted by risks and uncertainties. In evaluating such statements, readers should specifically consider various factors that could cause actual events or results to differ materially from those indicated, including without limitation factors described in Juno's reports and documents filed from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
CONTACT: Juno Online Services, New York Becky Yeamans, 212/597-9005 pr@support.juno.com or Edelman PR Worldwide, New York Anna Svaldi, 212/704-8288 pr@support.juno.com or Mail.com Media Contact: Middleberg & Associates, New York Mike McCabe, 212/699-2549 mikem@middleberg.com or Mail.com Investor Contact: Mail.com, Inc., New York Kathleen Holmes-Robb, 212/425-4200 x376 kholmesrobb@staff.mail.com |