New information partners include Build Online Easons ElectricNews.Net Trintech Irish Life & Permanent The Event Guide Top Study 6 Nations Rugby and Esearch.

In the four short months since we launched our WAP service our customers adapted to it very quickly and comfortably so we are delighted to open our gateway which allows full access to WAP enabled internet sites said Stephen Brewer chief executive of Eircell.

We are also very pleased to continue building partnerships with well-known and trusted localised Irish companies to provide quality information to our customers. These nine new information partners will complement and enhance our existing partners AA NCB Rondomondo RTE and Xtra-Vision stated Brewer.

More and more people are letting their fingers talk book enquire and trade thanks to new innovations like the Eircell WAP service proving that the mobile phone really can be your very own personal assistant he added.

Calls made to Eircell Information Services via WAP are charged at existing tariffs. Customers can use their inclusive Eirtime minutes and standard peak off-peak and weekend rates for any additional minutes.

Over 200000 top-selling CDs from Startles database will be available to Vodafone users.

Customers will be able to view and buy CDs on-line. Startle is promising next-day delivery.

We are delighted to be working with Vodafone to extend its entertainment offering for its Vodafone Interactive mobile and WAP customers said Startle CEO Barry Watts.

CDs on-line will be the first service. But as we move forward Startle aims to deliver music digitally to the mobile phone allowing people to listen to music before they buy it.

This is just the beginning for online CD sales with new technology opening up more and more channels and choice for consumers.

Vodafone commercial and marketing director Paul Donovan said:

Our new partnership with Startle will further enrich the content and applications available to our Vodafone interactive and WAP mobile customers.

Music plays an important part in most peoples lives and this new agreement will offer our customers both flexibility when ordering and buying music products as well as access to the largest music database and distribution network in the UK.

Vodafone and Sky are also exploring opportunities for delivering a package of sports news and entertainment content to Vodafone Interactive customers over both WAP and SMS. Voting and polls interviews shopping TV listings and games could be just some of the services on offer.

According to John Swingewood BSkyB s Director of New Media: This relationship is an ideal fit with our strategy to offer Sky on-line content to as wide an audience as possible. We want to make Skys sport news and entertainment content available on a non-exclusive basis to Vodafones eight million UK customers. Additionally our retailing relationships are ideal for the development of mobile e-commerce when this becomes available in the summer.

The alliance could mean WAP users getting previews of favourite TV programmes instant alert when a big news story breaks and game playing.

People will be able to select specific titles read reviews check orders and purchase goods via their WAP mobile and receive delivery within a promised 24 hours.

WH Smith is currently talking to Orange Vodafone and BTCellnet about supporting its new wireless service.

The company already sells products on-line over the BSkyB Open shopping channel.

WH Smiths move towards mobile e-commerce is part of its plan to achieve 30 per cent of the UK online book market over the next three years.

The company estimates around 20 per cent of e-commerce will be done over mobile phones within five years. It expects 2 billion worth of on-line sales for the entire UK mobile e-commerce market by 2003.

No other UK bookseller online or off can match our ability to allow customers to shop via the internet. We see the wireless world as a key element to fulfilling our e-commerce potential said Kate Kennedy managing director of WH Smith Online.

WAP users can access the service at www.whsmith.co.uk/w.asp.

Evan Newmark was responsible for Goldman Sachs global wireless advisory business developing wireless internet strategies.

He also worked closely with Vodafone on the merger with AirTouch Communications and the joint venture with Bell Atlantic.

Evan shares with us our vision for the future of the internet and the huge potential of our Multi Access Portal.

His credentials for leading this next step in our European development could not be more suitable said VodafoneAirtouch CEO Chris Gent.

It will make Orange one of the largest corporate sponsors of the arts in the UK.

At-Bristol is a 97 million project bringing science nature and art to life in three major new visitor attractions in Bristols historic Harbourside. The organisers say it is set to become one of Europes leading leisure education and entertainment destinations and is expected to attract over 500000 visitors a year.

The Orange sponsorship deal includes of an Imaginarium consisting of an educational entertainment auditorium seating up to 110 people and an exhibition space featuring the latest services and products from Orange. The Orange Wirefree Village will showcase Orange s Wirefree plans.

Internet Advertiser opens a whole new range of possibilities for advertisers says Harry Hakansson general manager of Interactive Communication for Ericsson .

What do Mobile Users Really Want (Zaiba Nanji Partner Energy and Communication Services J.D Power) Wire Free Working (Bob Fuller chief operating officer Orange) Future Technology (speaker from Motorola to be announced) Integrating pos to supply and distribution (Darren Duesbury managing director Talking Point and chairman of FCS m-commerce group) Increase the impact of your displays (Janice Fairfield marketing director Fairfield Displays and Lighting) E-mail on the move – what will it become? (Kieran Malloy corporate business manager Psion) Mobile Commerce – Whats next? (David Sharp senior consultant Charteris Ltd and membership chairman Global Mobile Commerce Forum) Dealer software solution for control and growth (Andrew Vasili sales director of Ace Contact Retail Chain) Multimedia World (John Drinkwater Head of Mobile Multimedia Siemens) Evolution to 3G (Steve Walker marketing manager Ericsson) Fraud awareness and prevention training for point of sales staff (Ann Sibley industry liason manager Crime Prevention Inspectorate FCS) The MP3 Phone. Music to your ears Quality in a Competitive Market (Philip Davies senior product manager samsung) Accessories Housing and Accessories (Salman Bhatii regional sales Fonerack Cellular ) Whats new in Antennas? (John Thompson product development manager Panorama) Mobile Phone Housing and Accessories (Daniel Laddin marketing director DB Cellular) Security Marking an additional revenue stream (Terence Burton managing director Total Logic) WAP roll out: the impact on operators (Delia MacMillan senior consultant Consult Hyperion) Breakthrough Performance in Mobile Phone Testing (Paul Ashtiani wireless consultant Aspen) New profit opportunities with personal communicators (Paul Robertsonbusiness development manager Pama).

This is enough Air Miles to fly around the world 40 times or travel twice to the moon and back. After registration the customer waits to see if they have won.

In addition to this main prize there are also over 50000 other chances for Vodafone Pay As You Talk original customers to win prizes from 500 to 100000 air miles.

At the same time The Carphone Warehouse has spent 15 million buying 46 of the Viva Voce outlets in Spain giving the company a total of 82 stores in Spain and a leading market position. The stores in Israel will be branded as The Phone House the name under which The Carphone Warehouse operates its outlets across Europe. Initially opening three or four stores plans are in place to increase this number to 30 over the next 12 months. Including its 235 stores in the UK The Carphone Warehouse today operates over 750 stores across 15 European countries and employs in excess of 4000 people. The Phone House stores are in Ireland France Sweden and The Netherlands. In addition the company operates in Belgium Poland The Czech Republic Portugal Switzerland Italy and Hungary.

We are able to adapt to each markets individual dynamics while maintaining a competitive edge said Carphone Warehouse chief operating officer David Ross.

This follows an agreement betweenVisa International and BTCellnet. Users type their current postcode into the phone. Visas Global ATM locator guide (http://www.visa.com/atms/) will provide the location and details of the three nearest ATM machines.

Later this year customers of the BTCellnet WAP phone will also be able to find the exact location of Visas 531000 cash machines located in 120 countries worldwide.

Not knowing where to access cash can cause problems. No more asking the nearest shopkeeper for directions Visa and BTCellnet can point the way said Sandra Alzetta senior vice president electronic commerce Visa EU.

This will be particularly useful for travellers not keen on carrying large amounts of cash but who need easy access to local currency as and when required.

When in an unfamiliar location wireless access to the ATM Locator ensures quick safe and convenient access to funds.

Visa is one of the 13 companies providing on-line applications to BTCellnets new internet phone which will access information from BTCellnets Genie portal.

In the future Visas mobile ATM Locator may incorporate Global Positioning System technology whereby the users location is known automatically and the nearest ATMs are found accordingly.