Sprint and HitHive, Inc. Partner to Offer Digital
Music Network
Service Gives Consumers Anytime, Anywhere Access to Digital Music Collections
KANSAS CITY, MO & SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 1, 2000--Sprint PCS (NYSE:PCS - news), the nation's
fastest growing wireless service provider, and HitHive, Inc, a leading provider of private-labeled digital music networks to
Fortune 500 companies, today introduced a long term partnership to provide Sprint PCS customers with a digital music
service called Sprint PCS My Music(sm).
The Sprint PCS My Music service gives customers the ability to create, store, organize and manage their digital music
collections online. The Sprint PCS My Music service, supplied and managed by HitHive, delivers music to customers using a
secured delivery system.
``By partnering with HitHive, we're bringing a powerful new digital music service to our customers -- Sprint PCS My Music,''
said John Yuzdepski, vice president of Sprintpcs.com. ``HitHive has created a network of syndicated music access points
that give our customers nationwide clear access to their digital music collections.''
``Sprint PCS is pioneering a new market through its wireless network. Using wireless phones for music delivery will
revolutionize the way people experience and purchase music. Their network facilitates the use of digital music in a manner that
will expand the market for music,'' said Mark Tucker, CEO, president and co-founder of HitHive. ``Our syndicated music
network gives Sprint PCS customers new ways to access their digital music and provides them with a powerful set of music
management services.''
About Sprint PCS
Sprint PCS operates the largest all-digital, all-PCS, nationwide wireless network in the United States. Sprint PCS already
serves the majority of the nation's metropolitan areas, including more than 4,000 cities and communities across the country.
Sprint PCS has licensed PCS coverage of nearly 270 million people in all 50 states, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
For more information, visit the Sprint PCS Web site at www.sprintpcs.com. Sprint PCS is a wholly-owned tracking group of
Sprint Corporation and trades on the NYSE under the symbol ``PCS.''
A global communications company, Sprint is at the forefront of integrating long-distance, local, and wireless communications
services, and is one of the largest carriers of Internet traffic. Sprint built and operates the United States' first nationwide
all-digital, fiber-optic network and is a leader in advanced data communications services. Sprint has $20 billion in annual
revenues and serves more than 20 million business and residential customers.
About HitHive, Inc.
HitHive is a leading supplier of custom digital music networks for Fortune 500 businesses. HitHive provides business partners
with the infrastructure, technology, and content needed to seamlessly incorporate digital music into their collection of services.
The company is creating a network of syndicated music access points that gives consumers anytime, anywhere access to their
music collections from the Internet, Wireless Web, SMS, voice channel and other network interfaces. For more information
about HitHive, Inc., visit www.hithive.com or call 206/283-5001.
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