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To: JDN who wrote (26037)	1/10/2000 3:28:00 PM
From: briank	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 64865

Sorry in advance if this has been posted already. BTW, Jim K. I hope you've covered your short. The train just left the station and we've heard reports that you were standing on the track. Hope you don't meet the same fate as Dale J. SUN MICROSYSTEMS: Sun Microsystems and Telia to develop a '.com' home environment in Europe JAN 7, 2000, M2 Communications - LAS VEGAS -- Telia and Sun Microsystems, Inc., today announced an agreement to jointly develop and demonstrate home gateway software to deliver a constant Internet connection into homes. Telia is currently working to roll-out the concept to a small collection of homes in Europe and will conduct initial field trials in select areas of Scandinavia during the year 2000. This connected home initiative involves collaborating on the development of network-delivered services via networked devices in the home using Sun's Java and Jini technologies. The initiative will involve typical products and services for the home including kitchen appliances, interactive entertainment center, home control and security system and home office. An example of this technology effort is being shown in Sun's '.com' Home at the Consumer Electronics Show (Room N242, 2nd level, Las Vegas Convention Center). The collaborative effort between Telia and Sun demonstrates remote access to interactive home security systems. Utilizing several networked technologies, the demonstration illustrates how a homeowner can see, talk to, and let a repairman or family member into their home remotely via a cell phone. Telia plans to aggressively rollout broadband services to the household market in Sweden. Telia plans to reach 1 million homes in the next 2 years after investing 1.4 billion SEK in the year 2000 alone. The connected home initiative needs to be seen in this context as the entire infrastructure for delivering services to the mass market will change radically both over the fixed and mobile networks. "The Scandinavian region of Europe is one of the most wired regions in the world. A connected home is the next step in the European continent's technology evolution," said Scott McNealy, chairman and chief executive officer, Sun Microsystems, Inc. "This initiative is a great way for companies, such as Telia and Sun, to bring affordable, easy-to-use Internet connected services to the home, and allow consumers to take advantage of the '.com' phenomena." According to Stig-Arne Larsson, president of Telia AB, "With 60 percent of all Swedes having a PC and 50 percent of the entire population having a mobile phone Swedes are almost always online. Telia's connected home initiative is a way to leverage that fact as broadband services are being rolled out en masse in the Scandinavian marketplace. Working together with companies like Sun gives us an edge on the competition." About Telia Telia is the leading supplier of telecom-based information services in the Nordic/Baltic region. At the same time, "seamless" pan-European and global services are being realized through powerful alliances and partnerships in Europe and around the world. Annual turnover 1998 reached 51,240 MSEK and the number of employees amounted to approx. 30, 600. telia.com About Sun Microsystems, Inc. Since its inception in 1982, a singular vision -- The Network Is The Computer -- has propelled Sun Microsystems, Inc. (Nasdaq: SUNW), to its position as a leading provider of industrial-strength hardware, software and services that power the Internet and allow companies worldwide to ".com" their businesses. With $12.4 billion in annual revenues, Sun can be found in more than 170 countries and on the World Wide Web at sun.com. Sun, the Sun logo, Sun Microsystems, Java, Jini, HotJava and The Network Is The Computer are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. in the United States and other countries. Netscape Navigator is a trademark or registered trademark of Netscape Communications Corporation in the United States and other countries. -0-