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To: Paul Reuben who wrote (35220)	12/8/1999 9:32:00 PM
From: John F. Dowd	Respond to of 74651

PR: Thanks- here perhaps is an article that shows just how much practice MSFT has in the field. They will build the best software for the Mobile Communicator business: News To print this story December 08, 1999 05:15 Microsoft Introduces Microsoft Mobile Explorer New Mobile Phone Platform Based on WAP and Other Key Wireless Initiatives Provides Comprehensive Solution for a Range of Wireless Phones REDMOND, Wash., Dec. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Taking another step toward empowering people through great software any time, any place and on any device, Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq: MSFT) today announced Microsoft(R) Mobile Explorer (MME), the company's comprehensive, open software platform designed to power Internet-enabled mobile telephones. Microsoft Mobile Explorer is modular, customizable and flexible, enabling handset manufacturers and wireless carriers to provide their customers with the choice of a broad line of applications and services on today's data-enabled telephones (or "feature phones") and next-generation "smart phones." Microsoft Mobile Explorer is a key component of Microsoft's end-to-end wireless strategy to provide mobile Internet solutions that utilize additional technologies such as Microsoft Exchange Server, the BackOffice(R) family and MSN(TM) Mobile Services. "Microsoft's goal is to enable secure information access any time, anywhere, from the device of the users' choice," said Harel Kodesh, vice president of the Productivity Appliance Division at Microsoft. "Today's launch of the MME platform combined with Microsoft Exchange Server and MSN Mobile Services represents a significant step forward in delivering on that promise through mobile phones." "With this new platform, Microsoft is demonstrating a clear commitment to the work of the WAP Forum," said Gregory G. Williams, chairman of the WAP Forum. "Now Microsoft will be incorporating WAP technology into three core components of its wireless solution: Microsoft Mobile Explorer, Microsoft Exchange Server and MSN Mobile Services. This announcement is another major milestone for the WAP Forum and validates the wireless industry's support for WAP." Microsoft Mobile Explorer is currently being used in the United Kingdom and Norway by British Telecomunications PLC, for corporate customer trials and is under evaluation for current and future networks by Korea Telecom Freetel Co. Ltd. and DeTeMobil Deutsche Telekom MobilNet GmbH. NTT DoCoMo has also expressed strong interest to deploy Microsoft Mobile Explorer-based mobile phones in its networks. Modular Solution The Microsoft Mobile Explorer platform is a modular wireless applications and services platform that allows partners to pick the solution that best fits their needs using one or more of the following components: a dual-mode microbrowser, the Windows(R) CE operating system, applications and server-side components. Microsoft Mobile Explorer is designed to deliver wireless data services such as secure corporate data access, e-mail, the Internet, location-based services and electronic commerce. The following initial configurations will be supported: JFD