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To: Stephen B. Temple who wrote (2308)	11/11/1998 11:01:00 AM
From: Kenneth E. Phillipps	Respond to of 12823

I'm reading a lot lately about wireless access. Is wireless about to really take off? Here is the latest announcement from Sprint. Sprint PCS Announces Strategic Alliance with Wireless Knowledge: A QUALCOMM and Microsoft Company PR Newswire - November 10, 1998 16:25 REDMOND, Wash., Nov. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Heralding a new era in the availability of wireless data services, Sprint PCS(R) today announced plans to partner with Wireless Knowledge, a QUALCOMM Incorporated (Nasdaq: QCOM), and Microsoft Corporation (Nasdaq: MSFT) company, to provide its customers wireless access to vital corporate information and applications using any mobile device from any location in the 100-percent digital, nationwide Sprint PCS network. Sprint PCS expects to offer wireless data services in the first half of 1999. "As the nation's largest all-digital, national PCS network we are proud to be a part of Wireless Knowledge to deliver to our customers a real-time wireless connection to their applications from any device," said Al Kurtze, Sprint PCS chief operating officer. "We believe Wireless Knowledge is well positioned to achieve a true convergence of computing and wireless communications, regardless of technology or device, thereby enabling Sprint PCS to rapidly deliver a broad array of new wireless data services to our customers." Sprint PCS customers will soon be able to access their corporate e-mail, calendars, contact databases and other essential information from anywhere on the extensive Sprint PCS nationwide wireless network. Sprint PCS data-capable CDMA phones, which provide crystal clear voice service, will also act as a data modem, eliminating the need for specialized data devices. To access their data, Sprint PCS customers will use a simple serial cable to connect to any computing device. For carriers, the Wireless Knowledge platform model enables rapid implementation of low-cost, value-added data services and applications, thereby increasing minutes of use and customer loyalty while reducing subscriber churn. Wireless Knowledge services will rollout for beta testing in early 1999, with launches in major North American markets proceeding through the remainder of 1999. Wireless Knowledge, a QUALCOMM and Microsoft company, based in San Diego, California, enables wireless carriers to deliver on the convergence of wireless communications and information technology with the delivery of productivity and information services in an airlink and device independent environment. For more information, please visit wirelessknowledge.com. Sprint PCS has the largest 100 percent digital, 100 percent PCS nationwide wireless network in the United States, already serving 177 metropolitan markets which include more than 4,000 cities and communities across the country. Sprint PCS, together with its affiliates and Sprint Corporation, has licensed PCS coverage of nearly 270 million people in all 50 states, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Sprint PCS is a partnership of Sprint Corporation, Tele-Communications, Inc. (TCI), Cox Communications, Inc. and Comcast Corporation. For more information, visit the Sprint PCS web site at sprintpcs.com. SOURCE Sprint PCS /CONTACT: Tom Murphy, Director of Media Relations, 816-559-6703 or pager 888-347-1660; or Ashley Pindell, Manager of Media Relations, 816-559-6702, or pager 888-661-4589, both of Sprint PCS/ /Web site: wirelessknowledge.com /Web site: sprintpcsnews.com (QCOM MSFT) Headlines Previous Story Next Story QCOM MSFT %TLS V%PRN P%PRN

To: Stephen B. Temple who wrote (2308)	11/11/1998 11:04:00 AM
From: Kenneth E. Phillipps	Respond to of 12823

A similar announcement from Bell South BellSouth Partners With Wireless Knowledge to Offer Expanded Wireless Access to Internet, Corporate Networks PR Newswire - November 10, 1998 16:56 REDMOND, Wash., Nov. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- BellSouth (NYSE: BLS) will join with Wireless Knowledge, LLC, a partnership between Microsoft Corporation (Nasdaq: MSFT) and Qualcomm Inc. (Nasdaq: QCOM), to provide business customers using Microsoft BackOffice(R) with wireless access to vital corporate information and applications using a wide range of mobile devices, the company announced today. With Wireless Knowledge services, BellSouth customers using Microsoft BackOffice(R) will be able to access a wide range of information and applications, including e-mail, calendars, contact databases and other essential information, regardless of their location and type of mobile device used. End users will be able to connect to the Internet and their own business networks using digital phones, interactive pagers, Web access terminals and computers running the Windows(R) CE, Windows(R) 98 or Windows(R) NT operating systems. As one of Wireless Knowledge's original carrier partners, BellSouth expects to offer the joint venture's services to its wireless customers as soon as those services are commercially available. BellSouth will offer the services nationwide through the BellSouth Wireless Data network and in its cellular and PCS markets through BellSouth Cellular. "This partnership with Wireless Knowledge will enable us to add this important new service to our existing wide array of wireless data solutions serving over 140 Fortune 1000 companies. Wireless Knowledge, with Microsoft's involvement, will further accelerate the broad-based acceptance and utilization of wireless data solutions that are rapidly being embraced by the enterprise and SOHO markets," said William F. Lenahan, president and CEO of BellSouth Wireless Data. BellSouth Wireless Data is the BellSouth subsidiary that offers nationwide wireless data services over a network covering 93 percent of the U.S. urban business population. At a press conference today announcing the venture, the promise of the Wireless Knowledge service was demonstrated over the BellSouth Wireless Data network using the RIM Inter@ctive Page 950 with Bellcore-developed HDML browser and AirBoss(TM) middleware solution. "In its non-proprietary approach to wireless networks and devices, Wireless Knowledge is acknowledging that no single technology and no single device will dominate the wireless space, which is consistent with BellSouth's strategy of providing a portfolio of solutions to end-users. The use of open, network-neutral protocols will benefit the entire wireless industry. Using Wireless Knowledge services will enable our customers to access their corporate information and applications from next-generation smart phones and mobile computing devices," said Mark Feidler, president of BellSouth Mobility, Inc, the BellSouth subsidiary providing cellular services in eight Southeastern states. Wireless Knowledge, a Qualcomm and Microsoft company based in San Diego, enables wireless carriers to deliver on the convergence of wireless communications and information technology in an air link- and device- independent environment. Wireless Knowledge expects to roll out services for beta testing in early 1999, with launches in major North American markets proceeding through the remainder of 1999. BellSouth is a $22 billion communications services company. It provides telecommunications, wireless communications, directory advertising and publishing, cable and digital TV, Internet and information services to nearly 33 million customers in 19 countries worldwide. For more information: Kevin Doyle, 404-249-2793 John Kampfe, 732-602-5476 Jeff Battcher, 404-713-0274 SOURCE BellSouth Corporation /CONTACT: Kevin Doyle, BellSouth, 404-249-2793; John Kampfe, 732-602-5476 or Jeff Battcher, 404-713-0274, all of BellSouth/ /Company News On-Call: prnewswire.com or fax, 800-758-5804, ext. 095650/ /Web site: bellsouth.com (BLS MSFT QCOM) Headlines Previous Story Next Story BLS MSFT QCOM %TLS V%PRN P%PRN

To: Stephen B. Temple who wrote (2308)	11/11/1998 11:08:00 AM
From: Kenneth E. Phillipps	Respond to of 12823

A similar announcement from US West U S WEST Partners with Microsoft, QUALCOMM to Allow Customers to Receive E-Mail and Other Internet and Data Services Directly to Wireless Phones PR Newswire - November 10, 1998 17:41 REDMOND, Wash., Nov. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- For years, experts have predicted that one day customers would be able to receive data, e-mail and other vital services directly to their wireless phones. Now, that day is here. U S WEST today announced that it is joining Wireless Knowledge, a QUALCOMM and Microsoft company focused on providing customers with wireless access to business, sports and other information and communications tools, available to select wireless phones across the country. "For the first time, our customers will be able to access corporate e-mail, calendars, contact databases and other essential information whether inside or outside the office," said Sue Schaefer, vice president-Marketing, U S WEST Wireless. "We believe Wireless Knowledge will be one more way that U S WEST(R) Advanced PCS(TM) will make life simpler and better for our customers." Wireless phone users will be able to connect to the Internet and their own business networks using digital phones, pagers, web access terminals and computers running the Windows CE, Windows 95/98 or Windows NT operating systems. For wireless carriers, the Wireless Knowledge platform enables rapid implementation of low-cost, value-added data services and applications, increasing customer loyalty and providing unprecedented increases in communications capabilities. Wireless Knowledge services will roll-out for beta testing in early 1999, with launches in major North American markets proceeding through the remainder of 1999. In U S WEST's territory, the service will be available wherever U S WEST has deployed its Advanced PCS wireless service. U S WEST Advanced PCS, the nation's first digital wireless phone service that combines the features and benefits of home or office phones with the freedom of portable wireless phones, is now available in Oregon, Washington, Minnesota, Arizona and Colorado. By the end of 1998, U S WEST plans to deploy the service in more than 20 cities in its 14 states and currently has roaming agreements in more than 1700 cities nationwide. U S WEST (NYSE: USW) provides a full range of telecommunications services -- including wireline, wireless PCS, data networking, directory and information services -- to more than 25 million customers nationally and in 14 Western and Midwestern states. More information about U S WEST can be found on the Internet at uswest.com. Wireless Knowledge, a QUALCOMM and Microsoft company, based in San Diego, California, enables wireless carriers to deliver on the convergence of wireless communications and information technology with the delivery of productivity and information services in an airlink and device independent environment. For more information, please visit wirelessknowledge.com. SOURCE U S WEST /CONTACT: Emily Harrison of U S WEST, 303-965-3235, or Janine Liscic of U S WEST Wireless, 303-294-4528/ /Company News On-Call: prnewswire.com or fax, 800-758-5804, ext. 103985/ /Web site: wirelessknowledge.com /Web site: uswest.com (USW QCOM MSFT) Headlines Previous Story Next Story USW QCOM MSFT %TLS %JVN V%PRN P%PRN

To: Stephen B. Temple who wrote (2308)	11/11/1998 6:46:00 PM
From: Hiram Walker	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 12823

Stephen,Edsel will never make it,though there are very few fiber optic lines going to corporations. And I have heard from some CEO's that the reliability issue of fiber optics worries them. It seems to me WCII,and the other LMDS players have a great chance to really dominate this sector if they carry their plans out correctly. High roofs,clear access,and no line of sight issues from the top of the building. Hiram

To: Stephen B. Temple who wrote (2308)	11/13/1998 7:21:00 AM
From: Stephen B. Temple	Respond to of 12823

Epigram and Texas Instruments Integrate High-Speed Home Networking and ADSL Access; Epigram High Speed Home Networking Integrated Into Leading Family of TI Digital Signal Processors November 13, 1998 SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE) Epigram and Texas Instruments (TI) (NYSE:TXN) today announced a multi-faceted relationship to apply Epigram's 10 Megabits-per-second (Mbps) home networking capabilities to TI's world-leading digital signal processors (DSP). The resulting products will provide the end user with high-speed network access, including Internet-based applications, through existing home telephone lines via personal computers, peripherals and consumer electronics devices. This relationship will also yield new networking solutions with Epigram's 10 Mbps home Ethernet networking technology combined with TI's existing products and expertise in broadband access systems for an always-on network connection in the home. This robust connection will dramatically accelerate the way millions of small businesses and consumers communicate. Using Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL) technology as a bandwidth pipeline to the home, Epigram and TI believe that the Internet experience can be significantly enhanced if the consumer is able to view digital information just as they view the television today. Quality viewing would be extended to multiple devices and networked applications distributed throughout the home, enabling the student to attend home-based school sessions, the professional to telecommute, and the new mother to view her sleeping child. Today's partnership includes the integration of Epigram into TI's industry leading DSP-based ADSL solutions. These solutions will be ready to network the more than 18 million multiple PC households (Source: DataQuest), offering consumers high-speed home networking applications including shared Internet access, MPEG video distribution and concurrent phone services using the existing phoneline. TI DSP technology will also find a home in millions of consumer electronics devices easily connecting them to a 10 Mbps Ethernet network. To connect with rising consumer networking interest, Texas Instruments and Epigram join the more than 20 recently announced members of the Home Phoneline Networking Alliance (HomePNA) to promote high-speed home networking. This partnership will produce products that are fully interoperable and backward compatible with the 1 Mbps HomePNA 1.0 specification. Connecting Millions of Copper Miles "With the addition of Epigram innovation, Texas Instruments networking products now provide tailored end-to-end solutions for any Internet Point of Presence," said Jeremy Duke, director of networking research at Cahners In-Stat Group. "The addition of 10 Mbps LAN technology in TI DSPs will provide networking OEMs lower total cost of ownership through a line of complete chipsets and software products." In both small businesses and households there is an aggregate of more than 40 million unconnected miles of phoneline, a copper media previously unable to bear the demands of simultaneous 10 Mbps Ethernet, voice and DSL. Epigram's patent-pending technology delivers 10 Mbps Ethernet to a near infinite number of networked applications with no new wiring. TI ADSL solutions, with embedded home networking from Epigram, will save hundreds of dollars of network installation costs in any household or business. About Epigram Epigram is delivering silicon for 10 Mbps high-speed networking throughout the home using existing phoneline. The company's local area networking technology gives consumers and small business owners a concurrent "digital dial tone " with their telephone service. Epigram's chipset products move 10 Mbps Ethernet over challenging wiring environments including existing phonelines. These silicon devices are easily embedded within a PC, Modem, Cable modem, Set top box, Television or any other products with a thirst for information. Additional Epigram information is available at epigram.com. About Texas Instruments The worldwide leader and pioneer in digital signal processing solutions since 1982, Texas Instruments provides innovative DSP and mixed signal/analog technologies to more than 30,000 customers in the computer, wireless communications, networking, Internet, consumer, digital motor control and mass storage markets worldwide. To help customers get to market faster, TI offers easy-to-use development tools and extensive software and hardware support, enhanced by its extensive network of third party DSP solutions providers that produce more than 1,000 products using TI technology. Texas Instruments Incorporated is a global semiconductor company and the world's leading designer and supplier of digital signal processing solutions, the engines driving the digitization of electronics. Headquartered in Dallas, the company's businesses also include materials and controls, educational and productivity solutions, and digital imaging. The company has manufacturing or sales operations in more than 25 countries. More information is located on the World Wide Web at ti.com CONTACT: Epigram \| Adam Stein, 408/720-3030 \| adam@epigram.com \| or \| Texas Instruments \| Marcia Pickett, 972/480-2050 \| mpickett@ti.com [Copyright 1998, Business Wire]