New Netscape AOL Instant Messenger 2.0 Features 'Buddy Chat' for Private Group
Communications
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Feb. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Netscape Communications
Corporation (Nasdaq: NSCP) today announced it will offer consumers a new and
better way to communicate on the Internet, via its fast growing Internet
portal, Netscape Netcenter. With Netscape AOL Instant Messenger 2.0,
Netcenter offers a fast and easy way to engage friends, family members or work
teams anywhere in the world in a private, real-time 'Buddy Chat' or in a one-
to-one conversation. In addition, anyone who signs up for Netscape AOL
Instant Messenger 2.0 automatically becomes a Netcenter member and gets access
to a host of powerful Internet content and communications services including
fax services, conference calling, calendaring, free email and more.
"With a growing community of over 35 million users in AOL's Buddy List
Network, AOL Instant Messenger is one of the most popular ways to get in touch
instantly with anyone in the world -- no matter what country they're in or how
they're connected to the Web," said Mike Homer, executive vice president and
general manager of Netscape's Netcenter division. "AOL Instant Messenger is
the perfect complement to Netscape Contact, our suite of integrated
communications services where, in addition to sending instant messages,
Netcenter members can easily access and manage their free personalized address
book, calendar and email account."
Netscape AOL Instant Messenger 2.0 offers several powerful communications
features including:
- Buddy Chat, which allows users to send real time text messages and Web
links to friends either on a one-to-one basis or as a group;
- Search, to help individuals easily search the Web and locate friends,
family and business associates by name, email address or common interest; and
- Neighborhood Watch, privacy controls for sending private messages while
choosing who can "see you" online.
Netscape also announced today its "Get in Touch, Stay in Touch"
sweepstakes, a Netscape AOL Instant Messenger 2.0 promotional campaign
offering Netcenter subscribers the chance to win a free resort vacation for
four. To participate in the contest, individuals can visit Netscape Netcenter
and register for Netscape AOL Instant Messenger 2.0 via the promotional links.
One winner will receive a trip for four, co-sponsored by Travelocity.com, to a
choice of three locations: Resort Hotel in Orlando Florida, Moon Palace
Resort in Cancun, Mexico, or The Hotel Del Coronado in San Diego, California.
The grand prize drawing will be held on March 31, 1999. To enter by mail,
people can hand print your name, complete address, telephone number and the
words Netscape Netcenter "Get in Touch Stay in Touch" on a plain piece of
paper in a stamped envelope to: Netscape Netcenter Sweepstakes, P.O. Box
11318, Chicago, IL 60611. Write-in entries must be postmarked by March 23,
1999 and received by March 29, 1999. More information on the sweepstakes can
be found at http://home.netscape.com/promotions/acqams4.html.
Netscape AOL Instant Messenger 2.0 and Netscape Contact are available
today on Netcenter at http://home.netscape.com and are scheduled to be
integrated with Netscape's browser software to provide consumers with new and
dramatically easier ways to manage every day communications. Netscape Contact
offers consumers free services such as calendaring, address book, email and
instant messaging. It also offers premium services including long distance,
conference calling, faxing and Internet access.
Netscape Netcenter is Netscape's leading portal site that provides users
with a home base on the Internet. From Netcenter, users can navigate the
Internet, access a broad range of consumer and business content and services
and communicate with others online. The site includes eighteen content
channels, a set of leading-edge services including the new Netscape-branded
Search, Netscape Contact, Netscape SmartUpdate, Software download, member
Directory, My Netscape personalization service and WebMail.
Netscape Communications Corporation is a leading provider of software and
services for businesses that want to transform the way they create and keep
customers in the emerging Net Economy. The company offers a full line of
enterprise software solutions, professional services, and a leading Internet
portal to help companies build, buy, or outsource Internet applications that
drive revenue growth, build customer loyalty, and create new levels of
business efficiency. Traded on Nasdaq under the symbol NSCP, Netscape
Communications Corporation is based in Mountain View, California.
NOTE: Additional information on Netscape Communications Corporation is
available on the Internet at http://home.netscape.com, by sending email to
info@netscape.com, or by calling 650-937-2555.
Netscape, Netscape Navigator and the Netscape N and Ship's Wheel logos are
registered trademarks of Netscape Communications Corporation in the United
States and other countries. Other Netscape logos, product names, and service
names are also trademarks of Netscape Communications Corporation, which may
be registered in other countries. Other product and brand names are trademarks
of their respective owners.
SOURCE Netscape Communications Corporation
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