It reformatted and compressed web content in order to reduce a web page's file size and make the downloaded content easier to view on a small screen.
Skweezer's technology is used to mobilize Web content service by search engines, Web portals, and wireless carriers such as IAC/InterActiveCorp,[2] Bloglines, [3] and Orange SA.
[4] Skweezer was available in English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, and Japanese languages and serves customers in over 175 countries worldwide.
[7] A debate ensued over the legality and propriety of proxy-based services such as anonymizers and transcoders placing ads against other publishers' content and the scope of coverage under "fair use" copyright protection.
While the subject is still under debate, Greenlight Wireless stopped placing ads on transcoded content in early 2005.