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Technology Stocks : Wi-LAN Inc. (T.WIN) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Hatim Zaghloul who wrote (891)	11/1/1999 11:00:00 PM
From: P2V	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 16863

Hatim, Can you tell me who the "Transfer Agent" for Wi-Lan stock is, and how I may contact them ? I would like to give a number of my Wi-Lan shares to a new 4 Year Old (future Wi-Lan) Investor. My Broker, Fidelity, informs me that I will need a Transfer Agent to initiate the action. Thanks, Mardy.

To: Hatim Zaghloul who wrote (891)	11/2/1999 6:09:00 AM
From: SurfForWealth	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 16863

Wi-LAN is one of the headline stories today in the Financial Post! Cheers!!! Tuesday, November 02, 1999 Rosy outlook sends Wi-Lan higher Shares up $4.50: Deal on wireless standard uses similar technology Carol Howes Financial Post, with files from Reuters CALGARY - Wi-Lan Inc., a seven-year-old Calgary company, is soaring on speculation that its patented wireless technology is about to become the foundation for the next generation of high-speed Internet access. Shares of Wi-Lan rose $4.50 to close at $23.75 yesterday in Toronto. Wi-Lan's technology was given a major boost with an announcement last Tuesday that Cisco Systems Inc. and several other companies are joining together to develop a standard for high-speed wireless Internet services based on technology similar to Wi-Lan's. Since last Tuesday's close of $13.20, Wi-Lan shares are up 80% on speculation that Cisco will have to license Wi-Lan's technology. Yesterday's close gives Wi-Lan a stock-market value of $487-million. At the same time as the stock is jumping, Wi-Lan is preparing to take on Cisco if the networking giant does not bring Wi-Lan into the fold. Hatim Zaghloul, president and CEO, said yesterday that Wi-Lan has launched an internal investigation to determine if Cisco is preparing to infringe on Wi-Lan's patent. He said Cisco told Wi-Lan in January that the two would talk after a rollout of Cisco's plans. Wi-Lan has yet to hear back. Cisco has declined comment with the media on the matter. "If we deserve royalties -- and we don't know today that we do, we're investigating that -- then we should get it peacefully. If we don't, then we'll get it through court," Mr. Zaghloul said. "We are going to be very shrewd and very fierce in implementing our patent," he said. Michael Fattouche, Wi-Lan's co-founder, said not only did Cisco's announcement validate Wi-Lan's technology, but the scope of the deal with 10 other partners came as a surprise, even to Wi-Lan. "It's impossible to get high-speed wireless data without this technology," he said. "When we invented this 10 years ago, we didn't know it would be the only technology 10 years later. There's no competition." A decade ago, Mr. Zaghloul was an employee of Alberta Government Telephones and Mr. Fattouche was an engineering professor at the University of Calgary. Rob Millham, analyst at Research Capital Corp. in Vancouver, said he does not expect Cisco to fight Wi-Lan over its patent, and will likely resolve the matter more peacefully. He said Wi-Lan stands to gain because of its strength as a potential takeover target. He upgraded Wi-Lan's share target to $30 yesterday from $15. "It's one of the best acquisition targets we've ever seen," said Barry Richards, a Toronto analyst with Sprott Securities Ltd. "It's a small company in a very, very large market." Wi-Lan's stock began trading in March, 1998, at $2.50 a share on the Alberta Stock Exchange. Wi-Lan's patented technology, known as orthogonal frequency division multiplexing technology (OFDM), has drawn interest because it allows wireless networks to carry more data and send it faster on radio frequencies. Wi-Lan's customers include Telia GlobalCast, a Swedish carrier, and Tele2 U.K. Ltd., a subsidiary of Millicom International Cellular SA. Last month Wi-Lan struck a licensing deal with the Philips Electronics unit Philips Semiconductor to include its technology in a set-top box microchip that is being developed.

To: Hatim Zaghloul who wrote (891)	11/2/1999 6:14:00 AM
From: SurfForWealth	Respond to of 16863

Also found this smaller write up in the Globe & Mail! Cheers!!! Wi-Lan (WIN--TSE) Staff and wires Tuesday, November 2, 1999 $23.75, up $4.50 Investors hungry for red-hot wireless technology continued to snap up shares in Wi-Lan Inc. yesterday, the firm's third day of trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange. Shares in the Calgary-based company were up more than 40 per cent from the close of $16.70 Thursday when the firm made its debut on the TSE. The stock began trading last March at $2.50 a share on the Alberta Stock Exchange. Wi-Lan is attracting interest for its patented technology that turbo-charges wireless networks, allowing them to carry more data and send it faster on radio frequencies. The wide-band orthogonal frequency division multiplexing technology (W-OFDM) is also drawing attention from companies including Cisco Systems Inc. and Motorola Inc. Several such firms are banding together to develop a standard for high-capacity wireless Internet services based on OFDM.

To: Hatim Zaghloul who wrote (891)	11/2/1999 10:20:00 PM
From: SurfForWealth	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 16863

Hatim, From this happy investors standpoint you are doing an outstanding job at promoting this company! Many thanks! Cheers!!!

To: Hatim Zaghloul who wrote (891)	11/3/1999 3:32:00 PM
From: r.edwards	Respond to of 16863

Hatim, now is the time to spread your wings over the wireless world and shelter as many deals on (lics.) your technology as possible. What is in the works for this company as far as royalties are concerned ? Thanks, r. edwards