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To: Jon Koplik who wrote (21886)	1/25/1999 9:41:00 AM
From: Ruffian	Respond to of 152472

Q Announcement> Monday January 25, 6:00 am Eastern Time Company Press Release Wireless Knowledge Strengthens Management Team With Three Key Executive Hires SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 25, 1999--Wireless Knowledge LLC, a joint venture company between Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT - news) and QUALCOMM Inc. (NASDAQ:QCOM - news), today announced the addition of three new members to its management team. David Whalen joins as vice president of sales, Rhonda Wagner to the position of vice president, general counsel and secretary, and Chris McGuire as the director, Eastern regional sales. ''We are very pleased to announce these three additions to our management team,'' said John Major, CEO of Wireless Knowledge. ''They bring unique experience and insight to Wireless Knowledge, and will help support and deliver on Wireless Knowledge's vision of bringing true convergence to the wireless communications and computer industries.'' Whalen previously served as vice president of business development at Philips Consumer Communications, a Lucent Technologies and Philips Electronic venture. At Philips, Whalen managed the wireless, paging and fax/data groups and was responsible for the Company's overall convergence strategy within North America. Prior to Philips, Whalen was vice president of sales and marketing at Sony Wireless Telecommunication Co., where he was responsible for the launch and growth of the CDMA business within North America. Wagner joins Wireless Knowledge from QUALCOMM, Inc. where she last served as vice president and legal counsel. While at QUALCOMM, she headed the legal group that provided support for the Wireless Infrastructure Division, primarily negotiating and drafting international commercial contracts, and structuring and negotiating international joint venture and secured financing agreements. She previously supported corporate finance and QUALCOMM's Technology Transfer and ASICs Business Units. Prior to joining QUALCOMM, Wagner was a partner of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. McGuire previously served as director of business development for Philips Consumer Communications. While at Philips, he managed the wireline business development group and provided strategic direction and input on new and existing wireline products. Prior to Philips, McGuire was the first manager hired for Sony Electronics' Personal Mobile Communications to help build the CDMA sales organization. During his tenure at Sony, he helped build the Sprint PCS account team, served as the director of the AirTouch account and was named Regional Manager of the Year. About Wireless Knowledge Wireless Knowledge LLC, a Microsoft Corp. and QUALCOMM, Inc. company based in San Diego, 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. Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT - news) is the worldwide leader in software for personal computers. QUALCOMM (NASDAQ:QCOM - news) is a leader in developing and delivering innovative digital wireless communications products and services based on the Company's CDMA digital technology. For more information on Wireless Knowledge, visit the website at www.wirelessknowledge.com. QUALCOMM is a registered trademark of QUALCOMM Inc. Microsoft, Windows, BackOffice and Windows NT are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corp. in the United States and/or other countries. Other product and company names herein may be trademarks of their respective owners. Contact:

To: Jon Koplik who wrote (21886)	1/25/1999 9:43:00 AM
From: Eric Daniels	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 152472

The Cover of Qualcomm's '98 Annual Report... At first glance it looks simply like a design, but it's worth a closer look. It captures the underlying strength of the company, and IMO displays a well founded confidence in the future. Eric

To: Jon Koplik who wrote (21886)	1/25/1999 9:55:00 AM
From: Keith Feral	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 152472

Jon: I share your frustration with the price action on QCOM. I was just thinking that the next 2 quarters will be incredibly easy earnings & revenue comparisons vs last year. We are going to be replacing $0.36 & $0.32 quarters for Mar & Jun. I do believe that once we get one of those quarters off the trailing 4, the value of this stock should be more obvious. I have thought for the last 18 mo's that this stock was overdue for a split too. Perhaps the better visibility for handsets & infra will give mgmt the incentive to do a split.