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To: qdog who wrote (37931)	8/11/1999 11:48:00 PM
From: CDMQ	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 152472

The picture in the insert is a phone with "Qualcomm" clearly visible on it. Sprint PCS Announces Launch Of Wireless Web Service Launch Will Bring Business To Local Handset Makers By DAN GALLAGHER San Diego Daily Transcript Aug. 11, 1999 Sprint PCS, one of the nation's largest wireless carriers, is planning a massive launch later this year of products and services designed to provide Internet access over wireless phones. The company detailed its plans for the launch to reporters on Wednesday. According to the current plans, the Sprint PCS Wireless Web service will become available in more than 280 markets nationwide, including San Diego, by the end of September. The service will allow Sprint PCS subscribers to hook up to the Internet via a wireless phone and download limited forms of data -- mostly text -- directly from the Web. The launch will be a boon for a handful of local firms who are building specialized handsets to accommodate Internet traffic. Qualcomm Inc., one of San Diego's largest companies, recently struck a deal to sell $400 million worth of digital wireless phones to Sprint PCS. A large part of the order includes Qualcomm's new Thin Phone and pdQ smartphone models, which are designed to handle Internet traffic as well as voice calls. Two other smaller firms also will see large benefits from the launch. Denso Wireless, a privately held Carlsbad firm, manufactures the dual-band TouchPoint phone exclusively for Sprint PCS. The handset, which has been on the market since last year, includes the specialized software and circuitry necessary to pull down and display content from the Internet, and can work on both analog and digital networks. "It's like the switch a couple of years ago from analog to digital wireless," said Jamison Ross, marketing manager for Denso. "We feel that once people start using wireless data, it will be a huge change for the industry." Another local firm, La Jolla-based NeoPoint Inc., announced a deal Wednesday to sell $90 million worth of its new NeoPoint 1000 smartphone to Sprint PCS. The phone, which will hit stores in connection with the Wireless Web launch later this year, features an extra-wide viewscreen designed for viewing Internet content. The device also hooks into personal computers and can act as a personal digital assistant similar to the popular Palm Pilot. "For NeoPoint, it is a very exciting moment for us to be featured as the top product for Sprint PCS in this nationwide campaign," said William Son, CEO of NeoPoint. Internet access is seen as the next evolution in the wireless services industry. The move toward digital technologies, such as the code division multiple access pioneered by Qualcomm, allows data to be sent along with voice signals over a wireless network quicker and cheaper than possible with traditional cellular systems. Although similar wireless Internet services have been or currently are being tested in limited markets, Sprint's will be the first nationwide wireless Internet service. "We knew what we wanted when we built our digital network from the ground up, and we built it specifically to handle things like this," said Scott Malone, director of field marketing for Sprint PCS in the San Diego/Las Vegas region. "This is a huge differentiating factor for Sprint PCS." Several carriers are testing such systems for deployment later this year or early next. Qualcomm, as part of a joint venture with Microsoft, is performing field tests of its own Revolv service, which is designed to allow mobile users to connect with their office computers with a wireless phone or other device. Under the Sprint PCS service, users will need a wireless phone with a special "microbrowser" in order to access information directly from the Web. Through a partnership with Yahoo! and several other Internet content providers, users will be able to call down data such as stock quotes, airline flight times and weather reports for display on the handset's screen. The four different handsets being marketed for this particular service range in price from $179 to $399. Other parts of the Wireless Web service will allow laptop users to connect to the Internet via wireless phones using a special cable and software available through Sprint. In addition, most Sprint PCS users will be able to purchase a service for an additional $9.99 per month that will allow them to have personalized "updates" -- weather, sports, stocks, etc. -- from Yahoo! automatically sent to their phones in the form of text messages.

To: qdog who wrote (37931)	8/12/1999 10:01:00 AM
From: SKIP PAUL	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 152472

Hmmm... Let us see, Europe as delegated additional B/W ( bandwidth for those that don't get it) and the FCC has done nothing to address it. IS that as simply as I can get it for you and the rest??? Trust me, if I can't get it for you to grasp this SIMPLE concept about bandwidth, then I'm a complete failure. I still don't get it but It's OK. Don't get down on yourself, maybe its me. But I for one would appreciate it if you don't make sweeping statements if you are not willing to explain them. I would hold myself to the same standard.