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To: Boplicity who wrote (67906)	2/24/2000 8:37:00 PM
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Third Generation Wireless Web Cast Series Concludes; Provides Comprehensive Picture of the Future of Wireless Representatives from Cutting-edge Companies Reveal the Facts About 3G Technologies, Products, Services and Applications COSTA MESA, Calif., Feb. 24, 2000 -- Following a successful month of live, interactive, Internet-based Web casts focused on third generation (3G) wireless, the CDMA Development Group (CDG) today announced the conclusion of its month long 3G Digevent Series. Hosted by the CDG, the series received an overwhelming response as it featured leading executives from wireless companies including Bell Atlantic Mobile, NeoPoint, Nortel Networks, Sprint PCS, and Vodafone AirTouch. During the month of February, the CDG conducted live, streaming video and audio Web casts geared toward today's wireless professionals and consumers seeking the facts surrounding 3G wireless technologies, products, services and applications. Beginning with a 1X discussion and evolving to a wireless Internet conversation and on to a 3G technical discussion, the three-part series archives can be accessed via the CDG Web site at www.cdg.org, or by accessing the Digevent archives located at www.digevent.com. "As a 3G organization, the CDG and its members are committed to providing industry professionals with the necessary information to remain competitive in today's mobile economy, as well as giving wireless users insight to the services and products available," said Perry LaForge, executive director of the CDG. "The reality of 3G is one of the most significant milestones achieved by the wireless industry, placing global CDMA operators, manufacturers and application developers well ahead of their competition due to the technology's ability to deliver advanced mobile services today across a variety of devices." Key highlights of the three CDG 3G Web casts include: 1X Discussion: Focused on the technology that will be used to launch the world's first 3G wireless service, this discussion covered a variety of topics related to 1X including the deployment of 3G systems, cost efficiencies, and 1X-enabled applications and services. The seminar was moderated by Jim Takach of the CDG with participation from Gerry Flynn, executive director of technology development for Bell Atlantic Mobile and Yiuman Leung, senior manager of 1XRTT at Nortel Networks. Wireless Internet Conversation: Addressing convergence, the hottest topic in the wireless industry, this conversation answers questions regarding the devices available, the killer applications being developed, the services offered and the infrastructure required to make it all work. Led by Perry LaForge of the CDG, participants included William Son, president and CEO of NeoPoint; Dave Murshige, vice president of wireless marketing for Nortel Networks; and Keith Paglusch, senior vice president of operations for Sprint PCS. 3G Technical Discussion: Featuring wireless pioneer Dr. William Lee, vice president and chief scientist at Vodafone AirTouch, this seminar presents a technical overview of 3G, including future products, applications and network optimization techniques. ***cdmaOne is a trademark of the CDG

To: Boplicity who wrote (67906)	2/24/2000 8:44:00 PM
From: Boplicity	Respond to of 152472

Motorola To Make All Models Web-Ready Get Quote, Company Info: MOT By Brett Young Reuters HANOVER, Germany (Feb. 24) - Motorola said on Thursday it would focus on bringing new Internet services to its customers and by year-end all its new handsets will be able to access the Internet. The world's second largest mobile phone maker also unveiled six new models, including the world's first cellphone using General Packet Radio Services (GPRS) technology allowing faster data transfer speeds and always-on Internet connection. 'We see huge value in the long term for (mobile Internet) applications,' Dominic Strowbridge, Motorola's technology marketing manager for Europe, the Middle East and Africa, told Reuters in an interview at the CeBIT technology fair. 'By the end of the year every phone we build will be Internet-enabled, and in 2001, 100 percent of the handsets we produce will be Internet-enabled,' he said. MOTOROLA LAUNCHES WEB SITES TO ACCOMPANY PHONES The new models for Motorola's three consumer brands -- Talkabout, Timeport and V. series -- will all be Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) enabled. WAP will let Internet content to be viewed on the displays. The company said the GPRS phone will be available in volumes in the third quarter of 2000, with other WAP models to be rolled out through the first three quarters. Motorola also announced content agreements with 19 companies including Amazon.com, saying it aimed to bring this figure to 500 in the near future, and launched three Web sites to cater to each of its brands' new phones. 'We have created companion Web sites for the different phones so we can bring the content providers to the end-user,' Strowbridge said. 'We have 19 partners with loads of applications and our users will have instant access to them,' he said. Strowbridge said Motorola might also in future consider providing its own content for customers, but only if it saw gaps that other providers were not filling. PERSONALIZED APPROACH Strowbridge said Motorola, former world number one in handsets, had learned a lesson from its bruising battle with market leader Nokia. That saw Motorola's global market share fall 2.6 percentage points to 16.9 percent in 1999 according to Gartner Group's Dataquest. Nokia's market share at end-1999 was 26.9 percent, up 3.4 percentage points year-on-year. 'The biggest change is that we have started to build phones for someone, not just anyone,' he said, referring to the wide segmentation in the market. He said the focus on personalizing models led to the drive to boost content, as customers would focus on this rather than the technology behind it. 'The Web without wires is what we are trying to do. WAP is just an enabler,' he said. 'People couldn't give a damn (about the technology), they just want the services.' Reuters 17:28 02-24-00