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To: Bux who wrote (35630)	10/18/1999 4:20:00 PM
From: FUZFO	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 45548

Korea Telecom Selects 3Com Total Control and CoreBuilder 9000 Platforms for Internet Access SANTA CLARA, Calif., Oct 18, 1999 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- 3Com Increases Revenues 303 Percent; Leads Korea's Remote Access Market with 53 Percent Share Global networking leader 3Com Corp. (Nasdaq: COMS) today announced that Korea Telecom has selected the 3Com(R) Total Control(R) multiservice access platform and the 3Com CoreBuilder(R) 9000 chassis for an infrastructure upgrade that will enable the simple and scalable deployment of new, converged service offerings for Korea Telecom's customers. Korea Telecom, one of Korea's leading telecommunications companies and Internet service providers, purchased 12,000 Total Control ports and 58 CoreBuilder 9000 switches to benefit more than 1.6 million Korea Telecom customers. With this upgrade, valued at approximately US$10 million, Korea Telecom claims almost 30 percent of the total number of remote access ports in Korea. According to a report released by International Data Corp. (IDC), 3Com in the first half of calendar 1999 registered the highest growth of any company in the Asia Pacific access concentrator market. IDC's figures show that 3Com's Asia Pacific concentrator market revenues increased 157 percent and that the number of ports shipped increased by 215 percent, compared to the first half of calendar year 1998. In Korea, IDC figures show that 3Com further consolidated its leadership in the remote access market with a 303 percent growth in overall revenues for a 53 percent market share. According to a report from Synergy Research Group released in September, 3Com held a 39 percent share of the worldwide Internet service provider access concentrator market for the second quarter of 1999. "As Asia Pacific recovers from the economic downturn, more and more service providers are beginning to invest again in infrastructure and are choosing the 3Com Total Control multiservice access platform as their foundation for scalable, reliable service creation," said Matthew Kapp, president, 3Com Asia Pacific. "Our Total Control family of multiservice access products incorporates the latest technology while ensuring a high level of investment protection for our customers. Our unique approach allows our customers to migrate easily to new services, while minimizing their total cost of ownership." The Total Control platform is the foundation for multiservice, universal access. Today, 3Com offers customers circuit switched data/remote access services, fax-over-IP, voice-over-IP, CDMA wireless, and cable access within the Total Control system. More than seven million Total Control ports are deployed with service providers worldwide. "Korea Telecom is committed to giving our customers world-class telecommunications services," said Soo Hyung Kim, managing director of Network Construction, Korea Telecom. "The combination of 3Com's Total Control and CoreBuilder 9000 platforms provides the best total solution available today. In particular, the Total Control technology is recognized as the leading multiservice access platform on the market, with built-in SS7 and AODI technology support that will enable us to easily and reliably roll out new service offerings such as ISDN, Voice over IP and wireless. The built-in scalability of the Total Control and CoreBuilder solution also provides us with room for expansion as our customer base grows." Matthew Kapp continued: "The Total Control multiservice access platform and CoreBuilder 9000 switch makes for a potent combination that provides excellent access to Internet applications regardless of physical location and delivers the high availability needed to support e-business. The combination gives telecom providers a competitive edge in providing the next-generation converged service offerings that are in increasing demand by their customers." Designed for deployment in the corporate enterprise and metropolitan area network (MAN), the CoreBuilder 9000 system offers industry-leading switching capacity. The CoreBuilder 9000 switch is suitable for the entire range of enterprise applications: high-performance server connections, wiring closet downlink aggregation, high-density wiring closets, and high-speed processing of MAN ATM or Gigabit Ethernet traffic flows. About 3Com Corp. With over 300 million customers worldwide, 3Com Corp. connects more people to information in more ways than any other networking company. 3Com delivers innovative information access products and network system solutions to enterprises, small businesses, carriers and network service providers, PC OEMs and consumers. 3Com -- More connected(TM). -- For further information, visit 3Com's World Wide Web site at 3com.com, or press site at 3com.com. Note to Editors: 3Com, CoreBuilder and Total Control are registered trademarks and More connected. is a trademark of 3Com Corp. All other company and product names may be trademarks of the respective companies with which they are associated. Copyright (C) 1999 Business Wire. All rights reserved. Distributed via COMTEX. CONTACT: 3Com Corp. Steven M. Ostrowski, 847/262-1026 steven_m_ostrowski@3com.com or The Weber Group Jason Glashow, 617/520-7070 jglashow@webergroup.com WEB PAGE: businesswire.com GEOGRAPHY: CALIFORNIA INTERNATIONAL Today's News On The Net - Business Wire's full file on the Internet with Hyperlinks to your home page.

To: Bux who wrote (35630)	10/18/1999 4:53:00 PM
From: Mehrdad Arya	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 45548

Bux, when your partner signs deals with your competitor then you can surmise that the bonds of loyalty are tenuous at best. My extrapolations from Qualcom and Nokia indicate that the Palm OS has a very good chance of being the standard OS of the wireless world. When you consider Phillips dropping CE for PalmOS and the remaining members of the Symbian Group (MOT,ERICY and Matsuchita) entertaining the adoption of the PalmOS you can see why I am predisposed to wager 3Com's success against MSFT. To correct the term jumping ship, lets use the phrase straddling the fence with a intense leaning towards the Palm OS. The way things are going I wouldn't be surprised if they didn't jump ship, but it appears to be more politic to straddle in case you insult your partner.