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To: DMaA who wrote (12881)	2/17/1998 8:41:00 PM
From: Glenn D. Rudolph	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 22053

Budweiser frogs ( marketing to children ) could make them a good short. David, Do you believe they are really marketing to children? In either case, you are correct! Glenn

To: DMaA who wrote (12881)	2/18/1998 2:50:00 PM
From: Moonray	Respond to of 22053

ERICSSON MIGRATES U.S. HEADQUARTERS TO FULLY SWITCHED NETWORK BASED ON 3COM LAYER 3 SYSTEMS SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 18, 1998-- New 3Com CoreBuilder 3500 Switches Optimize Network Performance for World-Leading Telecommunications Provider's Preeminent Business Applications 3Com Corporation (Nasdaq:COMS) today announced that Ericsson, Inc., the Sweden-based telecommunications systems leader, is standardizing a fully switched network at its U.S. headquarters in Richardson, TX, on 3Com CoreBuilder 3500 Layer 3 high-function switches. The redundant Fast Ethernet local area network (LAN) today provides 2,000 users at Ericsson's 10-story headquarters facility with faster, more reliable access to a wide range of business information. Ericsson is also deploying CoreBuilder 3500 switches at its Richardson data center serving North and South American users and across its 34-building, 5000-user U.S. central region campus, also in Richardson. The interconnected headquarters, data center and regional office LANs are based on 3Com's Transcend Networking architecture, enabling Ericsson to scale, extend and manage network growth to sustain its business expansion. mktnews.nasdaq.com\www\nasdaq\news\BW\1998\2\18\Bu16106T1434.html&usymbol=COMS o~~~ O

To: DMaA who wrote (12881)	2/19/1998 9:15:00 AM
From: Moonray	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 22053

QUALCOMM and AirTouch Announce Industry's First Trial of CDMA Digital Data Technologies 07:45 a.m. Feb 19, 1998 Eastern SAN DIEGO, Feb. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- QUALCOMM Incorporated (Nasdaq: QCOM) and AirTouch Communications (NYSE: ATI) today announced that they will participate in the wireless industry's first trial of Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) digital data technologies for information services with Lucent Technologies and 3Com. The Companies will test new CDMA data technologies and evaluate CDMA data-capable phones, information appliances and applications. The trial will begin with a validation of a fast wireless Internet access technology, Quick Net Connect (QNC), that was jointly developed by QUALCOMM and 3Com and delivered by Lucent's CDMA infrastructure. QNC technology has the potential to provide faster, more reliable wireless Internet connections with data rates of 14.4 kbps. The companies expect to begin the trial within a month and continue testing throughout 1998. guide-p.infoseek.com o~~~ O