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BELL MOBILITY LAUNCHES REVOLV
TRIALS WITH WIRELESS KNOWLEDGE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact:
Allyson Willoughby, Benjamin Group
(408) 559-6090, ext. 319
allyson_willoughby@benjamingroup.com
First Carrier Partner to Begin Formal Testing of the
Revolv Service
SAN DIEGO – May 13, 1999 - Wireless Knowledge LLC, a
joint venture company between Microsoft Corporation.
(NASDAQ: MSFT) and QUALCOMM Inc. (NASDAQ:
QCOM) , today announced that Bell Mobility, Canada's
leading wireless telecommunications carrier, is the first carrier
to begin comprehensive testing and trials of Wireless
Knowledge's premier service offering, the RevolvSM service.
The Revolv service will allow mobile professionals to securely
tap into their Microsoft® Exchange environment and access
key corporate information, such as email, contacts, calendar
and Internet content, using a variety of wireless or mobile
devices from anywhere they travel.
"We are very excited about the possibilities that the Revolv
service has to offer Bell Mobility customers," said Charlotte
Burke, vice president of services development for Bell
Mobility. "We hope to deliver the Revolv service
commercially in summer 1999, so that our customers are the
first to experience true wireless connectivity to corporate
information and Internet content."
In conjunction with the launch of the Revolv service trials,
Bell Mobility today announced its digital data wireless service,
Digital Data to Go. The service offers Bell Mobility customers
the freedom of wireless communications - anytime, anywhere.
The Revolv service will be offered as an enhanced service to
Digital Data to Go and available to data customers in summer
1999.
"Bell Mobility's digital data wireless service is proof of its
extreme dedication to the advancement of wireless data," said
John Major, president and CEO of Wireless Knowledge. "Its
commitment to wireless data is an important endorsement for
Wireless Knowledge and its services."
Bell Mobility is expected to complete internal testing by June
1999 and expand service to several corporate customers.
MediaServ.com, a products and solutions provider,
specializing in mobile and scalable solutions that enable
customers to extend their corporate reach, will be one of the
first companies to use and benefit from the Revolv offering.
"MediaServ is looking forward to exploring the power of the
Revolv service," said Lalit Canaran, managing architect of
MediaServ. "The Revolv service will enable our employees to
stay in touch with important information even when out of the
office, allowing them to be fully productive."
The Revolv service is available now on an OEM basis to
wireless carriers. Commercial end-user availability from the
first carrier partners is expected in summer 1999. Wireless
Knowledge has working relationships with a portfolio of
leading wireless carriers and is currently pursuing other
strategic alliances with computing, software and
telecommunications companies.
About Bell Mobility
The Bell Mobility family of companies provides a complete
range of wireless communications solutions including cellular,
paging, data, satellite, PCS and airline passenger
communications services to more than 2 million Canadian
customers. Bell Mobility companies are subsidiaries of BCE
Mobile Communications Inc., a publicly traded company
(TSE, ME, NYSE; stock symbol BCX) which is 65 percent
owned by BCE Inc.
About Wireless Knowledge
Based in San Diego, Wireless Knowledge LLC, a joint
venture between , a Microsoft Corporation and QUALCOMM
Incorporated company based in San Diego, enables wireless
carriers to deliver on the convergence of wireless
communications and information technology with the delivery
of productivity and information services in an airlink- and
device-independent environment. Microsoft is the worldwide
leader in software for personal computers. QUALCOMM is a
leader in developing and delivering innovative digital wireless
communications products and services based on the
Company's CDMA digital technology. For more information
on Wireless Knowledge, visit the website at
www.wirelessknowledge.com.
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