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To: Boplicity who wrote (4977)	1/10/2000 8:07:00 AM
From: RocketMan	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 13582

Here is a quote from the AOL/Time Warner merger that relates to cellular and wireless: Late last year, AOL agreed to acquire digital-map company MapQuest.com Inc. for about $1.1 billion in stock. AOL executives said the Mapquest.com acquisition will bolster its efforts to provide information access from cellular phones, handheld computers and a variety of emerging personal devices. AOL, meanwhile, has undertaken a broad campaign dubbed "AOL Anywhere" to extend elements of its flagship service beyond the confines of personal computers. MapQuest will fit neatly into this strategy, since it has partnerships with Nokia Corp. and Sprint Corp. to deliver travel directions to users of Internet-enabled phones. MapQuest is also developing a service that uses telephones to verbally dictate-driving instructions to users. Now AOL will be part of those ventures. Sounds to me like this will be a big boost for CDMA build-out, particularly once HDR happens. The Nokia and Sprint relationships may put some pressure on Nokia as well on the CDMA front, IMHO.