Friendlyway and HP - mutual developments in the area of wLAN / Public systems solutions planned

Munich, Germany (PROTEXT) - Today, friendlyway Europe and HPGermany signed an agreement covering planned mutual developmentsin the area of wLAN integration in public systems. The aim ofthis development partnership is to link POI technologiesdeveloped on the basis of friendlyway with HP wLAN components. In future, these mutual solutions will allow public customersto call up information on the friendlyway AG Point ofInformation systems and download this to their mobile computerusing the HP solution. Examples of concrete locations for thesesystems are trade fairs or airports and railway stations (so-called Hot Spots). At these new information stations the newtechnology will enable visitors to obtain all sorts ofinformation such as train or bus timetables. "This mutual initiative with Hewlett-Packard is an importantstep for us in expanding, friendlyway's position as the leadingmarket innovator in the public information industry," says KlausTrox, CEO and co-founder of friendlyway AG. About the company (http://www.friendlyway.de) friendlyway has concentrated on the interface between the twomega trends "online/offline" and "mobile/stationary". In themega trend "online/offline" banks and commercial customers willbring eCommerce into the traditional branch offices. In theother mega trend "mobile/stationary" it will be possible tocontrol and call up these eCommerce services from mobileterminals. For instance, customers will download productinformation on to their mobile computers and take it home withthem. For this purpose friendlyway develops technologicalsolutions and markets these via the friendlyway partner networkthroughout the whole of Europe and Asia and also in the US viaits own subsidiary, friendlyway Inc. in San Francisco. Because of this positioning, in spring this year "Netinvestor"magazine voted friendlyway as one of the most innovativecompanies in Germany. Within just 24 months friendlyway was ableto improve its market position from number 13 to number 2 (seei-Business August edition 2001, published by Hightext Verlag).Just last year friendlyway won the highly respected StartUpcompetition organised by McKinsey, the German Savings Banks andStern magazine and took second place among 1300 competitors fromthroughout Germany. About the company (http://www.hewlett-packard.de) HP is a worldwide leading provider of products, solutions andservices in the field of information and image processing andmakes this accessible and useful for all walks of life. In the2000 financial year HP posted sales of USD 48.8 billion.Information about the company and its products can be obtainedon the Internet at www.hewlett-packard.de. Press information can be obtained in a chronological andtopical sequence at www.hewlett-packard.de/presse

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Further information for the press:friendlyway AG Muenchner Str. 12-16 85774 Unterfoehring,Germany (++49) (0)89 95 97 91 55 (++49) (0)89 95 97 91 40 e-Mail: andreas.stuetz@friendlyway.com

Further information forend customers:

Hewlett-Packard GmbH Customer InformationCentre Tel. +49 (0) 180 532 62 22 Fax +49 (0) 180 531 61 22Eleonore Koerner HP Press and PR Officer: Tel. +49 (0) 7031 14-62 60 Fax +49 (0) 7031 14-36 82 E-Mail:eleonore_koerner@hp.com

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