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AT&T Licenses Electronic Commerce Software From Connect, Inc. MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., May 5 /PRNewswire/ -- CONNECT, Inc. (Nasdaq: CNKT), a leading provider of business-to-business electronic commerce software, today announced that AT&T Wireless Services(TM) has deployed a customer service and electronic commerce system based on CONNECT's application development platform, OneServer(TM). In addition, A&T Wireless also recently licensed additional electronic commerce software from CONNECT. "AT&T Wireless is one of the most sophisticated users of technology in corporate America today," said Craig Norris, CONNECT's president and CEO. "As such, we're gratified the company chose CONNECT's software to automate its electronic commerce operations." Design and construction of AT&T Wireless' electronic commerce application was completed in approximately six months by a team of consultants from CONNECT and Ernst & Young working in concert with AT&T Wireless Services personnel. The system runs on server hardware from Hewlett-Packard Company. "By combining HP's hardware server platform and CONNECT's electronic commerce software, AT&T Wireless is providing its customers with the mission-critical capabilities needed to run powerful business-to-business programs," said Gina Cassinelli, marketing manager of HP's Internet and Applications Systems Division. OneServer is an award-winning, robust software platform used to develop large-scale, full-featured electronic commerce applications. In addition to AT&T Wireless Services, OneServer customers include Fruit of the Loom, Trane, PhotoDisc, Reader's Digest and Colordesk. AT&T Wireless Services, Inc. currently has more than 2.6 million digital PCS customers and more than 8.4 million wireless customers overall. AT&T Wireless Services, Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of AT&T Corp. (NYSE: T), the world's leader in telecommunications services and technology. About CONNECT, Inc. CONNECT provides enterprise-class software for Internet-based electronic commerce. Based on its award-winning OneServer platform, CONNECT's MarketStream(TM), OrderStream(TM) and PurchaseStream(TM) applications allow global companies to automate order capture, improve customer service, and streamline distribution and demand chain processes. CONNECT's end-to-end software solutions are designed to reduce the time and overall cost for businesses to implement and maintain a secure sales, marketing, purchasing and order capture capability on the World Wide Web. For more information, telephone 800-262-2638 or access the CONNECT Web site at www.connectinc.com. Except for the historical information contained herein, the matters discussed in this news release are forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in such forward-looking statements. Potential risks and uncertainties include, without limitation, those mentioned in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1997 and the Company's ability to implement its products, acceptance by the marketplace of the Company's products and services and the Company's ability to develop new products and services. NOTE: OneServer, MarketStream, OrderStream and PurchaseStream are trademarks of CONNECT, Inc. CONNECT is a registered service mark of CONNECT, Inc. All other trademarks are property of their respective holders. SOURCE CONNECT, Inc. CO: CONNECT, Inc.; AT&T Wireless Services; AT&T Corp. ST: California IN: CPR SU: LIC 05/05/98 13:59 EDT prnewswire.com