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To: bananawind who wrote (18220)	11/11/1998 11:48:00 AM
From: JGoren	Respond to of 152472

QUALCOMM-Microsoft Joint Venture Names GoAmerica First Professional Services Partner REDMOND, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 11, 1998-- wirelessKnowledge targets corporate users with wireless data solutions using GoAmerica's industry and integration expertise GoAmerica Communications Corp., the nation's premier Wireless Internet Service Provider, will partner with wirelessKnowledge LLC., the newly-announced Microsoft Inc. (NASDAQ:MSFT) and QUALCOMM Inc. (NASDAQ:QCOM) joint venture created to bring wireless data solutions to wireless carriers and corporations. Under the terms of the partnership, GoAmerica will work with corporations utilizing the wirelessKnowledge Service and assist them in creating corporate data solutions for their mobile workers. Working with wirelessKnowledge, GoAmerica will provide integration services for carrier customers utilizing the wirelessKnowledge Service who require "turn-key" implementations. GoAmerica will manage initial corporate wireless data deployments, and provide custom software development services to develop interfaces between corporate data and Microsoft Exchange servers. In addition, GoAmerica will provide training for those corporations including user orientation sessions and on-site in-depth solutions training. GoAmerica will also work directly with manufacturers of communications products on behalf of wirelessKnowledge to perform hardware testing and establish a certification program to insure compatibility with the service. GoAmerica will help administer and maintain this certification program for wirelessKnowledge. "This is a very exciting and important business partnership for GoAmerica," says Aaron Dobrinsky, president of GoAmerica Communications Corp. "wirelessKnowledge, through the commitment of its founding partners, is destined to accelerate wireless data acceptance in corporate America. Our experience in creating, marketing and implementing wireless data solutions for corporations using popular handheld computing devices will be an important resource in getting the wirelessKnowledge data services established in the market." "GoAmerica has successfully been providing wireless data solutions for corporations and mobile professionals and we welcome their participation in our efforts to bring wireless data services to major corporations." says Thomas Clarkson, Vice President of Marketing for wirelessKnowledge. "Corporations have been looking for industry partnerships like these that enhance their ability to support their mobile workers." GoAmerica Communications Corp., headquartered in Hackensack, NJ, is the nation's leading wireless Internet and intranet service provider. GoAmerica's Web@Hand wireless solutions enable corporations and mobile professionals to cost-effectively and easily access mission critical data and email via corporate intranets and the Internet. GoAmerica runs a fully integrated suite of applications for BellSouth Wireless Data, CDPD, Ardis, GSM, and CDMA wireless data networks, and allows its customers to wirelessly-enable standard Web browsers such as Netscape or Microsoft Explorer version 4.0 using a wireless modem and Windows 95 laptops, Windows CE Handheld PC's, ruggedized laptops, the Palm-size PC and PalmPilot, mininotebooks, and other handheld devices and smartphones. The company's partners include AT&T (NYSE: T), 3Com (NASDAQ: COMS) and BellSouth Wireless Data (NYSE: BLS) as well as several other Fortune 1000 companies. For more information call 1-888-462-4600 or visit www.goamerica.net. wirelessKnowledge, a QUALCOMM and Microsoft company, based in San Diego, California, enables wireless carriers to deliver on a new vision for the convergence of wireless communications access and information technology. wirelessKnowledge extends the reach of corporate groupware offering secure access to productivity and information services for an airlink and device independent end-to-end solution. The mobile professional will experience the freedom to access and exchange information using open Internet and computing standards. For more information, please visit wirelessknowledge.com Founded in 1975, Microsoft is the worldwide leader in software for personal computers. Microsoft offers a wide range of products and services for business and personal use; each designed with the mission of making it easier and more enjoyable for people to take advantage of the full power of personal computing every day. QUALCOMM Incorporated (NASDAQ: QCOM) is a leader in developing and delivering innovative digital wireless communications products and services based on the Company's CDMA digital technology. The Company's major business areas include CDMA phones; Applications Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs); wireless infrastructure; technology licensing; and satellite-based systems including OmniTRACS. CONTACT: GoAmerica Contact: Ann Price 201-996-7304 aprice@goamerica.net or wirelessKnowledge Contact: Tina Whitfield 619-651-5434 twhitfie@wirelessknowledge.com

To: bananawind who wrote (18220)	11/11/1998 11:55:00 AM
From: DaveMG	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 152472

Jim, One of the most interesting things I learned on the call yesterday was something a lot of you probably realize but I hadn't noticed. In a CDMA system one can be constantly "connected", so that data can come and go as required, without eating capacity on the network. This is a significant advantage which CDMA has over TDMA based systems. wK stated that they'll be air interface agnostic, but will they be system agnostic, ie what if it's a SUN network? What happens then. What's to keep AT&T from building a competing center? I have lots more questions of course but I'll save em. Amazingly blasee reaction in the mkt and on the thread. Dave