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To: Ruffian who wrote (21144)	1/11/1999 5:14:00 PM
From: SKIP PAUL	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 152472

Wireless Data Forum Launches New Initiative in Wireless E-Commerce Monday, January 11, 1999 Washington, D.C. - The Wireless Data Forum (WDF), the leading trade association for wireless data, is developing a multi-pronged program for its members, the wireless community and the computer industry in the emerging wireless e-commerce arena. The WDF has contracted with Wireless Internet & Mobile Computing, a leading consulting firm in Chevy Chase, Md., to create the Wireless E-Commerce Initiative. The Wireless E-Commerce Initiative will focus on two major areas: helping the wireless industry use the Internet to sell existing products and services and helping to spark the development new products and services. The venture will include briefings during mobile communications conferences and a full-day wireless e-commerce track during the WDF's annual meeting in Monterey, Calif., May 3-5. The WDF is establishing a section within its current Web site to provide detailed information on wireless e-commerce. In addition, the WDF is pursuing potential alliances with other wireless and computing organizations in the United States and abroad to help the growth of wireless e-commerce. It's crucial that the wireless industry around the world, including network operators, manufacturers, software developers and distributors, learn how to sell existing products and services via the Internet, the Wireless Data Forum says. Many Wireless Data Forum's members are already using the Internet to sell their products and services. "Through our briefings, conferences and Web content, we aim to help our members enhance their Internet sales," says Mark Desautels, managing director of the WDF. "One of our most important efforts will be to bring together the wireless community with experts in e-commerce from the computer industry," Desautels continues. "A significant part of the future of the multi-billion-dollar global wireless industry will be based upon creating enhanced products and services, and the Internet is a terrific way to sell these products," he says. Although many wireless companies are already creating e-commerce efforts - in North America, Europe and Asia - it's just the beginning, says the WDF. "The Wireless E-Commerce Initiative is unique and the timing is exactly right," says Alan A. Reiter, president of Wireless Internet & Mobile Computing. "When you look at what's available right now - in terms of applications on the Internet and the capabilities of wireless networks - there's simply no doubt that wireless e-commerce will become a significant part of both the computer and wireless communities." New services that could be applicable to wireless e-commerce efforts include highly-targeted competitive information, a wide range of financial products such as banking and stock trading, and a wealth of travel-related services such as making reservations, purchasing tickets and receiving schedule alerts. "We believe 1999 will be a watershed year for the launch of commercial efforts and pilot programs to test to different aspects of wireless e-commerce," says Desautels. "These efforts will likely include a range of free information services as well as advertiser-supported and paid services," he says. About the Wireless Data Forum The Wireless Data Forum is an independent, technology-neutral trade group dedicated to promoting the wireless data industry. WDF's members include wireless operators and equipment providers, application developers and information technology companies working to advance wireless and mobile data products and services. About Wireless Internet & Mobile Computing Wireless Internet & Mobile Computing focuses on jump-starting enhanced products and services in wireless communications, specializing in the integration of the Internet with wireless networks, including the development of wireless e-commerce and "smart" wireless devices and applications. Press Release For Immediate Release January 11, 1998 Contact: Mark Desautels, WDF mdesautels@wirelessdata.org 202.736.3218 or Alan Reiter, Wireless Internet & Mobile Computing reiter@wirelessinternet.com 301.951.0385

To: Ruffian who wrote (21144)	1/11/1999 5:15:00 PM
From: straight life	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 152472

"Who is there within our industry who could really drive it forward, who could communicate the vision to the outside world, who could provide a focal point for the industry's ambitions?" ...sounds like a job for Mqurice... Mquarknice... er, you know who I mean.

To: Ruffian who wrote (21144)	1/11/1999 11:24:00 PM
From: Maurice Winn	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 152472

"...The wireless world is also about globalisation, massive demand and the need for new technologies. But that message has somehow not gotten across. The wireless vision is nowhere to be seen." The wireless vision is to be found hidden away in Q! for U! buildings in San Diego. And in the mountains of Montana [where Klein Gilhousen hides out]. And beavering away in a thousand little nooks and crannies around the world. It is GOOD for shareholders that the WWeb[TM] vision remains obscure for now. QUALCOMM is gaining ground on competitors every day that they carry the vision while Ericy and others sleep on the job, emphasizing, like Tero, that anachronistic, obsolete, GSM last hurrah of the 20th century. By the time they wake up, Q! will have developed mountains of patented technology for WWeb. See what happened with cdmaOne. L M Ericsson claims to have invented CDMA in mobile and spent a decade developing it, ahead of Q! Nevertheless and despite Ericy's vast income and ready built research facilities and staff, Q! went from a standing start to way ahead of them. We can conclude that L M Ericsson is living a fantasy life. It was GOOD that they believed cdmaOne couldn't be done. Suppose they had gone crazy on CDMA in mobile from when it first was hinted at, then Q! would not be likely to have developed a total and complete dominance of the technology. Well, maybe it isn't total and complete, but they have sure got a clear run with sufficient patents to make big headway on cdmaOne and cdma2000. Without Ericsson or anyone else. With luck, they'll get about 3 more years headstart before many people realize just what this WWeb is going to mean to humanity and the market capitalization that is going to surround it. Maybe part of their strategy is to keep a discreet, low profile while they get it all together. Having noise, hype, excitement and a high share price would attract too much attention and competition. Imagine how many people will be looking at Yahoo! right now, drooling and wondering how they might carve out a slice of the action. Yahoo! will have competitors all over it like hagfish at a dead whale party. If they had quietly strengthened their Web presence before anyone realized what was going on, they'd have been better able to handle competition. When the son of pdQ is ready to roll and the WWeb is humming, THEN is early enough for the "WWeb = Q! and U!" hype to begin. By then, Tero, Ericy and others will be thinking that GSM is about to get a second wind. Nokia will bring out a glow in the dark 64xx model with snakes and ladders built in. Q! will bring out pdQ2002 with full blown WWeb, cash transfer by encrypted email, fully voice controlled with small keyboard, full-size radio-linked keyboard optional, GPS, Globalstar link, 3D digital video cam with stereophonic sound and vegemite dispenser. Mqurice PS: How about that plagiarist presenting a paper in March99 about DNA and CDMA with PRN etc! Luckily he didn't get the quarkian connection. Thanks to JPBrody for the information. -------------------------------------------- Maurice, this guy is way ahead of you on the DNA/CDMA connection: aps.org