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biz.yahoo.com Wednesday July 7, 8:30 am Eastern Time Company Press Release SOURCE: Phone.com, Inc. Phone.com Signs Reseller Agreement With CTC CTC Will Resell Phone.com's UP.Link Server Suite Platform to Japanese Wireless Network Operators REDWOOD CITY, Calif., July 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Phone.com, Inc. (Nasdaq: PHCM - news) today announced it has signed an agreement with Itochu Techno-Science Corporation (CTC) to resell the Phone.com(TM) UP.Link(TM) Server software and applications to Japanese wireless network operators. Phone.com's UP.Link Server Suite and UP.SDK software development kit, is an open and robust system that enables interactive Internet information services and telephony applications on wireless handsets running the UP.Browser(TM) microbrowser. Under the terms of the agreement, CTC will provide network operators with localized installation, developer training, marketing, sales and technical support for the UP.Link Server wireless Internet platform. (Photo: newscom.com ) "We have elected to resell Phone.com's carrier-class wireless Internet platform because it meets a strategic need for our carrier customer," said Hiroo Satake, president of CTC. "The UP.Link Server Suite is a proven technology solution. We are confident that it will consistently deliver the same level of high-quality service that our customers have come to expect from CTC." "Our reseller relationships are essential to rapidly deliver Phone.com's market-leading WAP-based solutions to network operators around the world," said Alain Rossmann, president and chief executive officer of Phone.com. "We plan to work closely with local industry leaders such as CTC to ensure that our expanding base of network customers worldwide can reap the benefits presented by the convergence of the wireless and Internet industries." About CTC CTC is a subsidiary of Itochu Corporation, one of the largest Japanese sogo sosha (general trading companies), consistently ranking among the four largest companies in the world. CTC is now promoting and focusing on the networking and Internet business opportunities in Japan. They are the largest distributors in the world for UltraSPARC from Sun Microsystems and for Cisco, Netscape and Oracle. About Phone.com Phone.com, Inc. (formerly Unwired Planet, Inc.), is a leading provider of software that enables the delivery of Internet-based 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 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 the company's operating results, uncertainties related to the company's long sales cycle and reliance on a small number of customers, the company's dependence on the acceptance of its products by network operators and wireless subscribers, the company'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 prospectus dated June 10, 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 Rights Reserved. All other company, brand and product names may be marks that are the sole property of their respective owners. SOURCE: Phone.com, Inc.