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To: JMD who wrote (5663)	7/12/1999 10:26:00 AM
From: djane	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 29987

Interesting links between Yahoo, Mannesmann and VOD [How about a Yahoo/GSTRF relationship? Not to start a rumor during options week :-)) djane] Yahoo goes mobile in Germany By Reuters Special to CNET News.com July 8, 1999, 9:15 a.m. PT LONDON--Yahoo has joined forces with German mobile telephone operator Mannesmann Mobilfunk to deliver Internet services to telephone handsets. In a statement late yesterday, Yahoo said subscribers with a correctly enabled mobile phone would have quick and easy access to Yahoo Germany's Internet programming. Access would be free of charge except for the cost of the call. The agreement marks the first of Yahoo Europe's local ventures to use a delivery platform other than personal computers, the statement said. Mannesmann Mobilfunk is a joint venture between Mannesmann and U.S.-based AirTouch Communications, recently acquired by Britain's Vodafone Group. Yesterday Yahoo and British pay-TV broadcaster BSkyB said they agreed to a broad-based marketing deal spanning TV and the Internet in Britain and Ireland. The agreement extends the alliance announced earlier this year between Yahoo and Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation, which owns 40 percent of BSkyB. Story Copyright © 1999 Reuters Limited. All rights reserved. Related news stories • Short Take: BSkyB, Yahoo in marketing deal July 7, 1999 • Yahoo, Sprint put the Web in your pocket June 2, 1999 • Yahoo buys Online Anywhere June 2, 1999 • Yahoo targets handhelds, WebTV April 5, 1999

To: JMD who wrote (5663)	7/12/1999 10:28:00 AM
From: Sawtooth	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 29987

<<I presume that the primary customer contact efforts will remain with the carriers on the front line with LOR/G* 'hiding' in the rear as wholesaler--that does NOT mean that they can sit back and leave the driving to others however.>> Leaving the driving to others sounds like a recipe for disaster to me Mike, as I'm sure it does to you. I expect to see a comprehensive, centralized G* marketing program that also contains well-defined parameters within which each of the partners can customize their own programs. I can hardly imagine it being any other way and trust (hope?) that this is the G* plan. ...Tim

To: JMD who wrote (5663)	7/14/1999 9:12:00 PM
From: TMann	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 29987

Globalstars Customer Focus Thanks Mike for the consensus opinion that CUSTOMER RULES. Based on whats happening to Iridium, I fear that G* is not out of the woods until they prove they can supply a reliable, easy to use, cost effective product. Looks like the market is anticipating that they can and I'm elated to see we have the confidence of the street. However the tide can turn quickly on any negative feedback from disappointed customers, or lack of confirmation of market demand. These risks are very real and won't be answered until Sept-Dec as early adopters climb aboard. Hope to have some genuine feedback from SI thread members who become early customers. If we clear performance hurdle and show some firm demand, this BABY WILL SOAR. Strap yourself in, and get ready for the ride of a lifetime.