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To: MrGreenJeans who wrote (2048)	11/8/1999 6:25:00 AM
From: David Wiggins	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 3175

Bell Atlantic To Unveil Wireless Web By BRUCE MEYERSON AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) - Bell Atlantic is set to offer wireless Internet access to its mobile phone subscribers, joining Sprint PCS in the early race to exploit a new market with huge potential. The new service, featuring e-mail and Web sites specially formatted for a mobile phone, is being launched on Nov. 17 throughout Bell Atlantic's territory, which covers much of East Coast. Bell Atlantic Mobile, which has 6.9 million customers, was expected to announce the new service on Monday at a conference in New York. It wasn't immediately clear whether the coverage area might be expanded to other regions when Bell Atlantic's recently announced partnership with Vodafone AirTouch is finalized. The Wireless Web service introduced by Sprint PCS in late September is available in major markets across the country. Bell Atlantic is charging an additional $9.95 per month to add wireless Web access to any of its mobile calling plans. There will be no distinction between the minutes used for phone use or Web access, both of which will be deducted from the monthly allotment for each calling plan. By contrast, Sprint PCS offers a similarly priced package that adds 50 minutes of Web usage to any monthly calling plan, as well as 50 ``Web Updates' with information such as stock quotes, sent automatically to a user's phone at predetermined times. Sprint also offers monthly packages, starting at $59.99 for 300 minutes and 200 updates, where the usage time is interchangeable for calling or Web access. The wireless Internet phones used by Bell Atlantic and Sprint can also double as a modem for a laptop computer with an attachment that's sold separately. For the forseeable future, Web browsing via wireless phones will be extremely limited compared with the way people access the Internet through computers. The new wireless services typically include news updates, stock quotes, phone listings and travel directions, as well as flight and weather information. But despite the current limitations, the market for wireless data services with phones and other devices is expected to grow from $1.8 billion this year to $13.2 billion by 2003, according to the research firm Yankee Group.