My Way and Frontier Communications Solutions Team to Provide World-Class Portal Services
Posted on: Thursday, 23 February 2006, 12:00 CST
OAKLAND, Calif. and STAMFORD, Conn., Feb. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Frontier Communications Solutions, part of Citizens Communications Company and one of the nation's largest independent communications services providers, and My Way, a web property of Ask Jeeves, Inc., a wholly-owned business of IAC/InterActiveCorp, today announced that that they are providing a new portal for Frontier's broadband and dial-up customers. The portal, Frontier.MyWay.com, is immediately available to all Frontier customers.
Now, Frontier customers can personalize an easy-to-navigate portal. The portal provides global, national, and local content, and offers industry- leading search, powered by Ask Jeeves, with an additional option to search via several leading engines. In addition, customers can access yellow and white page directory listings, and manage their Frontier accounts. Free of banners, pop-ups and video ads, this safe, fast and convenient on-ramp to the Web also offers:
-- Content from more than 75 leading providers, giving users the latest news, financial market updates, weather, sports, video from ESPN360, and lifestyle information, including entertainment, fashion, games and daily diversions -- Access to IAC's Web properties via content from best of breed Web sites like Match.com, Gifts.com, and more -- Quick access to FrontierPages for full business and residential listings -- Ability to view and pay Frontier bills online -- My Way's "Choice" program: One-click access to email, portfolio, calendar, groups, and chat services from the sites of your choice
"Frontier.MyWay is a great way for our customers to access the Internet," said Maggie Wilderotter, chairman and chief executive officer of Citizens Communications. "With privacy and security, customers can go to one place to answer emails, access yellow and white page directories, pay bills, or read news from around the world. Connection to the Web is part of everyday life, and we are there to ensure their online experience is convenient and safe."
Powered by Ask Jeeves, one of the most advanced search engines available for searching Web pages and images on the Internet, Frontier.MyWay.com is engineered from the My Way portal platform, a white-label solution that allows businesses like Frontier to strengthen their customer relationships by offering deep portal content and a choice of Web search engines all in one package, without deployment or maintenance costs. According to a study conducted by Hall and Partners in May 2005, the My Way portal has a higher level of customer satisfaction than other portal offerings from Yahoo, AOL, MSN and others.
"We are excited to be extending the capabilities of the My Way portal platform to Frontier," said Steve Berkowitz, president and CEO of Ask Jeeves. "Like Frontier, My Way is committed to customer satisfaction and continuously delivering a world-class portal with leading content and search services to Frontier's customers."
About Frontier Communications Solutions
Frontier is part of Citizens Communications Company, a full-service communications provider and one of the largest local exchange telephone companies in the country. Frontier offers telephone, television and Internet services, as well as bundled offerings, ESPN360 streaming video, security solutions and specialized bundles for small businesses and home offices. Additional information about Frontier's products and services is available at http://www.frontier.myway.com/ and http://www.frontieronline.com/. For more information about Citizens Communications, visit http://www.czn.net/.
About My Way
Launched in October 2002, My Way, a web property of Ask Jeeves, Inc., features full portal functionality and industry-leading search all free of banner advertising, pop-up advertising and direct marketing. My Way's "My Choice" program gives consumers direct, one-click access to competing email, portfolio, calendar and groups services, as well as the ability to import bookmarks, address books or stock portfolios from other sites. In addition to its banner and pop-up free experience, My Way is unique among major portals as it guarantees consumer privacy by not sharing personal information with any third party. The My Way portal has a higher level of customer satisfaction than portal offerings from Yahoo, AOL, MSN and others, according to a study conducted by Hall and Partners in May 2005.
In addition to its flagship site (http://www.myway.com/), My Way also powers a white-label portal platform that allows businesses to strengthen their customer relationships by offering deep portal content and a choice of Web search engines all in one package, without deployment or maintenance costs.
First Call Analyst: FCMN Contact:
My Way, Property of Ask Jeeves
CONTACT: Brigid Smith of Citizens Communications, +1-203-614-5042 orbsmith@czn.com; Patrick Crisp of Ask Jeeves Public Relations, +1-510-985-7696or patrick@askjeeves.com; or Denise Welch, +1-617-269-5969 ordenise@dottedlinecomm.com, for My Way
Web site: http://www.ask.com/
Source: PRNewswire
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