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Takeataxi.ca, a searchable listing of taxi services in all Canadian cities, has been added to Bell Mobility's Mobile Browser menu. 

Ottawa - April 7, 2001 - TakeaTaxi.ca is a new bilingual wireless website offering users a listing of taxi services for all cities in Canada. The site is accessible through all internet-enabled cell phones, wireless palm pilots, as well as the conventional World Wide Web.  Useful information for organizing a way home after a night out, the taxi listings are sorted by city and province, and have a one-touch dialling feature.  This feature is especially helpful in areas that have recently introduced 10-digit dialling.

Bell Mobility, Canada's leading wireless company, provides wireless communication and data services to more than 2.8 million Canadians.  Bell Mobility's recently introduced Mobile Browser provides cell phone users with access to the wireless internet, offering a variety of useful services including e-mail, the latest news and sports headlines, weather reports and travel information.  Takeataxi.ca has recently been added to the Bell Mobility browser, and is the exclusive site for providing users with taxi service listings for each city in Canada (http://www.bellmobility.ca/ps/wiredat/browser/services/partners_shop.asp).

"Our services allow businesses to offer customers up-to-date information at their fingertips. More and more customers are expecting and demanding this ‘anywhere’ service and are embracing mobile devices to achieve this flexibility and convenience," says Bill Wilson, Director of Operations, SK8 Wireless Technologies.

According to the Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association (CWTA), over 8 million Canadians now use wireless products and services. During 1998 alone, wireless telephony grew by nearly 30% adding over 1 million customers. Today over 41% of Canadian households have access to a mobile phone. The CWTA estimates the wireless industry is a $5 billion industry in Canada. About WAP Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) is an open global standard for communication between a digital mobile handsets and devices and the Internet or other value-added service.

 WAP–based technology enables the design of advanced, interactive and real-time mobile services, such as mobile banking and electronic commerce. The WAP specification enables solutions from various suppliers to work consistently for end-users on the digital networks. For more information about WAP, see www.wapforum.com.

The Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association (CWTA) is the authority on wireless issues, developments and trends in Canada, representing cellular, PCS, paging, mobile radio, fixed wireless and mobile satellite carriers as well as companies developing and producing products and services for the industry.

SK8 Wireless Technologies
Bill Wilson B.Sc.
(613)853-6246
SK8-Wireless@home.com

http://www.wirelesstechnologies.ca

http://www.TakeaTaxi.ca

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