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To: johnd who wrote (38726)	2/28/2000 3:17:00 PM
From: TechMkt	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74651

Microsoft extends Web presence By Corey Grice Staff Writer, CNET News.com February 28, 2000, 11:50 a.m. PT update NEW ORLEANS--In a move that both expands Microsoft's Internet reach and underscores its recent embrace of the communications industry, the software giant today announced a new version of its wireless Web portal technology. Microsoft executives, including chairman and chief software architect Bill Gates, unveiled MSN Mobile 2.0, the latest iteration of Microsoft's portal Web site, which has been customized for wireless Net connections. As previously reported by CNET News.com, Microsoft also announced agreements with Nextel Communications and AirTouch Cellular, two of the nation's largest wireless carriers, as well as with WebLink Wireless and Totally Free Paging, to offer the updated portal to their subscribers. Microsoft apparently was not able to bring several other pending deals to fruition. The MSN Mobile 2.0 service, expected to be available in April, will for the first time offer two-way functions that will allow users to both send and receive information from their Internet-enabled phones and handheld computing devices, as well as make Internet purchases. Microsoft's first version of the special wireless portal only offered one-way information, and did not allow users to access their Hotmail email accounts, one of the most popular Web-based email services on the Net. "They needed to add two-way features. It is very key to have those kinds of features over the next three months as the (wireless Net access) market takes off," said Eddie Hold, principal wireless industry analyst for Current Analysis, a market research firm.