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Yahoo! And Nextel Join Forces To Launch Yahoo! Mobile Internet Across Nextel's Digital Wireless

Yahoo!'s Suite of Products Offer Nextel Customers Enhanced Messaging Services on the Go

Hotel Booking Sunnyvale, CA -- December 14, 2004 -- Nextel Communications Inc. (Nasdaq:NXTL - News) and Yahoo! Inc. (Nasdaq:YHOO - News), a leading global Internet company, today announced a new relationship to offer Yahoo! Mobile Internet -- a suite of Yahoo! products and services, including e-mail, instant messaging, games and news content -- on Nextel handheld devices. The availability of core Yahoo! services will allow Nextel customers to take advantage of Yahoo!'s wireless messaging capabilities to stay connected and informed while on the go anywhere on Nextel's nationwide network.
"We are excited to work with Nextel and give their millions of customers new ways to connect to Yahoo! while on the go," said Doug Garland, senior vice president, Yahoo! Mobile. "Our new relationship with Nextel and the launch of Yahoo! Mobile Internet across their network is further proof of Yahoo!'s appeal to our carrier partners, and we are pleased to continue to develop solutions that drive adoption and usability of mobile data services in the United States."

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Travel Agency "The addition of Yahoo! Mobile Internet to Nextel's suite of wireless data services is yet another offering available on Nextel's mobile devices that enable our customers to easily send and receive information while out of the office," said Tim Dunne, vice president of digital media and business development for Nextel. "We are pleased to be working with Yahoo!, as it is a leading Internet company and one that our customers will find useful as they conduct business."

Yahoo! India has established itself as the pioneering and leading Internet portal providing value added services to mobile phone users across the country. Y! India Mobile currently reaches out to over fifteen million mobile subscribers through leading cellular operators in India including Airtel, Hutch, Orange, Idea, RPG, Escotel, Oasis and Spice Telecom. Y! India Mobile will now offer an additional range of value added mobile services to Rediff.com users across the country through the use of the shortcode 8243.

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Flight Booking * Yahoo! Mail -- The number one e-mail service in the country helps consumers stay in touch at home, work or while traveling

arrow Wireless Terms This site is hosted by Yahoo! Store. Yahoo! hosts the store pages, ordering system, and order data. Yahoo! automatically collects order information but may only use this information in the aggregate. If you accessed this store through Yahoo! Shopping, Yahoo! also automatically collects information about your shopping experience. Please see the Yahoo! Privacy Policy for rmation about how Yahoo! uses this information.

Travel Agent * Yahoo! Messenger -- One of the most popular instant messaging services, Yahoo! Messenger allows customers to keep in touch with their "friends" by sending short text messages between wireless devices and PCs, and to see which of their friends are online and ready to chat in real-time

Rediff.com India Limited ( REDF) and Yahoo! India (www.yahoo.co.in), the two leading Internet portals in India, today announced a strategic alliance to jointly promote online shopping and mobile content across both the portals. Under the agreement, Rediff.com will power the Yahoo! India shopping channel while Yahoo! India will showcase their prime content like ringtones, polyphonic tunes, wallpapers and java games among others on the Rediff.com website where Rediff.com users shall be able to download this content through the Yahoo! India shortcode 8243. This content will be in addition to Rediff Mobile premium content currently available on the Rediff shortcode 7333.

Hotel Chicago * Yahoo! Sports -- A fast and interactive experience for sports fans. Users can keep up on breaking news and the latest scores for their favorite teams and sporting events

Online Booking * Yahoo! News -- Customers can stay informed while on the go with access to U.S. and international news, including top stories, breaking business news, and the latest from the world of entertainment

Travel Health Insurance * Yahoo! Games -- Customers will keep entertained with a leading suite of games with even more downloadable games in the future

Hotel Reservation Yahoo! Mobile focuses on extending key Yahoo! services beyond the desktop, providing an integrated PC-to-Mobile experience and making the most of the mobile environment. Yahoo! continues to improve and innovate its offerings for mobile users and works closely with major mobile carriers around the world in order to deliver services to the widest possible audience.

London Hotel Booking Nextel is a leader in the digital wireless industry and offers a suite of products and services to help businesses raise efficiencies and provide mobile workforces with instant communication across a campus or the country. Nextel's all-digital wireless network provides exceptional sound and transmission quality, using state-of-the-art methods that deliver unparalleled Nextel services in Digital Cellular, instant Direct Connect walkie-talkie service, Nextel Mobile Messaging and Nextel Online Service. Nextel's exceptional coverage allows customers to run custom data applications for specialized industry segments from their handsets.

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Nextel Communications, a FORTUNE 200 company based in Reston, Va., is a leading provider of fully integrated wireless communications services and has built the largest guaranteed all-digital wireless network in the country covering thousands of communities across the United States. Today 95 percent of FORTUNE 500 companies are Nextel customers. Nextel and Nextel Partners, Inc. currently serve 297 of the top 300 U.S. markets where approximately 259 million people live or work.

Orlando Hotel About Yahoo!
Yahoo! Inc. is a leading provider of comprehensive online products and services to consumers and businesses worldwide. Yahoo! is the No. 1 Internet brand globally and the most trafficked Internet destination worldwide. Headquartered in Sunnyvale, Calif., Yahoo!'s global network includes 25 world properties and is available in 13 languages.

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