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To: JGoren who wrote (3027)	11/7/1999 10:27:00 PM
From: Bux	Respond to of 13582

Bell Atlantic deploys wireless data. nytimes.com November 7, 1999 Bell Atlantic To Unveil Wireless Web -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A.P. INDEXES: TOP STORIES \| NEWS \| SPORTS \| BUSINESS \| TECHNOLOGY \| ENTERTAINMENT -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Filed at 6:06 p.m. EST By The Associated Press 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.

To: JGoren who wrote (3027)	11/7/1999 10:36:00 PM
From: Mike Buckley	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 13582

The long-term implications are to restrict the actions of Gorillas and perhaps even to cripple them from ever reaching Gorilla status. Nobody appreciates the value of Gorillas more than me but Gorillaness or pursuit of it doesn't give a company the right to violate the law. If the long-term implication is to restrict Gorillas and wannabe Gorillas from acting illegaly, I can live with it. --Mike Buckley

To: JGoren who wrote (3027)	11/8/1999 9:09:00 AM
From: Art Bechhoefer	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 13582

Did softie go too far? Maybe there are remedies other than the long, drawn out antitrust litigation. For example, why couldn't the companies who believe they have been harmed simply file complaints against softie for interfering with their business in a manner that caused them to lose business? While the amounts to be recovered from this approach might be less, the time for recovery might also be less. None other than the conservative Judge Bork (rejected for the Supreme Court because many conservative senators thought he was far too conservative even for them) believed there were clear precedents justifying the government claims. Comparing the differences in approach to gaining market share used by MSFT and QCOM, one can readily draw a conclusion, especially from the evidence presented at trial, that the strategy chosen by MSFT wasn't even in its own shareholders' best interest.