unday November 14, 10:00 pm Eastern Time
Company Press Release
SOURCE: Phone.com, Inc.
Ericsson Licenses Phone.com Up.Browser for
Use in World's Smallest Mass-Market
'Quad-Mode' Phone With Fast Wireless Internet Access
REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Nov. 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Phone.com, Inc. (Nasdaq: PHCM - news) and Ericsson
(Nasdaq: ERICY - news) announced today that Ericsson has licensed the Phone.com Wireless Application
Protocol-compliant (WAP) UP.Browser(TM) microbrowser for use in its new R280LX which, according to
Ericsson, is the world's smallest mass market ``quad-mode' phone with fast Internet access. The Phone.com
UP.Browser microbrowser will enable R280LX users to view text from Web pages specifically designed for the
screen of handheld devices, as well as access email and Internet content such as news briefs, stock quotes,
airline schedules, sports scores, weather and traffic reports, and national white and yellow pages directories.
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``Ericsson's new R280LX with our microbrowser is another step forward in bringing wireless Internet capabilities
to the mass market,' said Ben Linder, VP of Marketing at Phone.com. ``The robust capabilities of Phone.com's
UP.Browser microbrowser coupled with the size and speed of Ericsson's R280LX will create a truly unique
mobile experience. The biggest winner in this licensing agreement is going to be the end-user.'
The R280d will be unveiled at Comdex, November 15, 1999 and is expected to commercially ship in Q1, 2000.
The R280LX delivers quick access to breaking news, sports, weather, financial and other Web data. CDPD
(Cellular Digital Packet Data), is an open, non-proprietary standard that allows data to be transmitted across a
wireless network at up to 19.2 kbps. Beyond CDPD, this Quad Mode phone, also supports digital and analog
voice services (analog 800 MHz, digital TDMA 800 MHz and PCS 1900 MHz) for seamless voice clarity and
reach even in rural areas.
``The Phone.com UP.Browser microbrowser delivers a proven solution for the rollout of this new innovative
handset,' said Jeffrey R. Mandell, vice president of marketing for Ericsson Mobile Phones/Region Americas.
``The R280LX is an ideal mobile Internet companion for both business and personal use and is great example in
a long line of wireless products manufactured by Ericsson.'
About Ericsson
Ericsson is the world's leading supplier in telecommunications. Headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden, it
produces advanced systems and products for wired and mobile communications in public and private networks.
Two out of five mobile calls are handled by Ericsson equipment. Since 1876, Ericsson has been active worldwide
and presently has more than 100,000 employees working in 140 countries. In the United States, Ericsson Mobile
Phones is co-located in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, and Miami, Florida. The company has had a
presence in the U.S., its largest market, since 1902. More information on Ericsson in the U.S. is available at
www.ericsson.com/us/consumer.
About Phone.com
Phone.com, Inc. is a leading provider of software and services that enable the delivery of Internet-based
information services to mass-market wireless telephones. Using its software, wireless subscribers have access
to Internet- and corporate intranet-based services, including Email, news, stocks, weather, travel and sports. In
addition, subscribers have access via their wireless telephones to network operators' intranet-based telephony
services, which may include over-the-air activation, call management, billing history information, pricing plan
subscription and voice message management. Phone.com is headquartered in Silicon Valley, California and has
regional offices in Belfast, London and Tokyo. Visit phone.com for more information.
Except for the historical information contained herein, the matters discussed in this news release are
forward-looking statements involving risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially
from those in such forward-looking statements. Potential risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to,
Phone.com's limited operating history, potential fluctuations in Phone.com's operating results, uncertainties
related to the Phone.com's long sales cycle and reliance on a small number of customers, Phone.com's
dependence on the acceptance of its products by network operators and wireless subscribers, Phone.com's
ability to adequately address the rapidly-evolving market for delivery of Internet-based services through wireless
telephones, the need to achieve widespread integration of Phone.com's browser in wireless telephones,
competition from companies with substantially greater financial, technical, marketing and distribution resources
and the ability of Phone.com to manage a complex set of engineering, marketing and distribution relationships.
Further information regarding these and other risks is included in Phone.com's Form 10-K dated September 24,
1999 and in its other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
NOTE: The Phone.com name and logo and the family of terms carrying the ``UP.' prefix are trademarks of
Phone.com, Inc. All other company, brand and product names may be marks that are the sole property of their
respective owners.
CONTACT: Rowan Benecke of PR21, 415-439-8811, or rowan_benecke@pr21.com, for Phone.com, Inc.; or
Vicky Ryce of Text 100 Ltd., +44 (0) 181 242 4248, or vickyr@text100.co.uk, for Phone.com (Europe) Limited; or
Hiroko Kimura of Phone.com Japan K.K., +81 3 5325 9204, or hiroko@corp.phone.com.
SOURCE: Phone.com, Inc.
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