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To: gdichaz who wrote (24316)	5/7/2000 5:08:00 PM
From: Ruffian	Respond to of 54805

5/05/00 - Holding Company Seeks To Ignite Growth Of Wireless May. 05, 2000 (InformationWeek - CMP via COMTEX) -- The wireless market got a boost in March with the debut of Ignition Corp., a Bellevue, Wash., holding company that's poised to invest in wireless Internet startups. Ignition, founded by eight former Microsoft and two former McCaw Cellular senior executives, already has $140 million to spend from a team of strategic investors, including Madrona Venture Group, Qualcomm, and Softbank Venture Capital. Brad Silverberg heads the efforts as Ignition's chairman and CEO. He ran Microsoft's Windows business from 1990 to 1995 and then became a key player in the software maker's Internet efforts. Ignition's immediate goals are "to identify and invest in high-quality wireless companies and entrepreneurs," says managing director Jonathan Roberts, who adds that the company already has reviewed more than 100 business plans. "We believe wireless data access will become as essential and commonplace as cell-phone usage is today." At least one analyst sees Ignition adding a valuable service to venture capital. "Ignition is moving up the value chain to choose better companies and to assist companies as they evolve," says Herschel Shosteck, president of Herschel Shosteck Associates, a consulting firm. Roberts notes that the growth of Wireless Application Protocol is fueling the wireless industry. "There will simply be too many WAP-enabled devices to ignore," he says. Roberts sees WAP gaining influence as it evolves and has to coexist with Internet standards around the world. Some people wonder whether there will be a streaming-media variant or whether WAP will simply adopt existing standards. Roberts says the existing Internet and WAP standards may converge. "We don't have the answers," he says, "but we'll be diligent in asking the questions." iweek.com -0- By: MARY RYAN GARCIA Copyright 2000 CMP Media Inc.

To: gdichaz who wrote (24316)	5/8/2000 4:38:00 PM
From: Eric L	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 54805

Cha2, Re: Spectrum Allocation Issues & 3G (Qualcomm Impact?) You and I have been dialoguing over the last several months about spectrum allocation. Potentially the outcome of meetings going on currently in Istanbul have some impact on Qualcomm, indirectly, if not directly. I have posted 3 reasonably informative articles from different perspectives on various threads on the topic. The links are here for anyone interested: Message 13633868 Message 13633934 Message 13634093 - Eric -

To: gdichaz who wrote (24316)	5/12/2000 5:48:00 PM
From: Eric L	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 54805

Cha2, * OT * I don't know yet know whether or not to wildly celebrate or just breath a sigh of relief about DDI's decision to adopt cdma2000. Either way, the decision is VERY Qualcomm and CDMA positive, so since "Happy Hour" approaches here on the east coast, I would like to propose a toast to Dr. Irwin Jacobs, the technology he commercialized, and yet another milestone for CDMA. Please all join me in that toast (whatever your chosen poison) and enjoy the weekend all! - Eric - PS: Thanks to Ruffian for the early break of the story this morning.