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My Docs Online - Nextel and My Docs Online Partner to Provide Wireless Remote File Access Solution for Mobile Professionals
Partnership provides Nextel customers with access to desktop files and email attachments from their wireless phones RESTON, Va. and NAPLES, Fla. September 4, 2001 Nextel Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: NXTL), a leading provider of fully integrated, all-digital wireless services, and My Docs Online, a leader in remote file access and wireless messaging solutions, today announced an alliance to provide Nextel customers with an inexpensive, easy-to-use remote solution for wirelessly accessing and managing desktop files and email attachments. With My Docs Online's service, Nextel subscribers can now store, access, view, email, print and fax files and documents from Nextel Internet-ready phones. The addition of My Docs Online supports Nextel's strategy to provide mobile workers with the most effective, innovative solutions to communicate with colleagues and customers as well as boost productivity when working away from the office. My Docs Online offers Nextel subscribers a fully secure, personal virtual drive accessible from any business system, home computer or wireless device. Users can view text from Microsoft Word, WordPerfect, Excel, RTF, and Adobe PDF files on Nextel Internet-ready phones and store hundreds of business files and documents on their My Docs Online virtual drive. Subscribers can also email and remotely print contracts, proposals, presentations, price lists and other important business documents from their wireless phones while at customer sites or remote offices. "If you can send, forward or fax your most important documents at the press of a button regardless of your location, it's bound to increase your productivity," Tim Dunne, vice president, e-Business at Nextel. "Nextel's network supports the wireless data applications that help mobile professionals stay on top of critical information." The Nextel Internet Protocol (IP) based packet data network is "always on," available for data communications. "Our alliance with Nextel provides business people with an innovative way to truly harness the power of the Internet from the convenience of a wireless phone," said Steve Dempsey, president of My Docs Online. "Combining My Docs Online's service with Nextel's Wireless Web service offers customers a proven solution for today's mobile business marketplace. Now, whether working while traveling, at a customer's office, or from the field, the mobile professional has access to the important files and documents needed to conduct business." My Docs Online is included in Nextel Wireless Web services. My Docs Online's pricing starts at $9.95 per quarter, with optional fax packages available for faxing in North America. Additional pricing options can be found at www.mydocsonline.com. About Nextel About My Docs Online # # #
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