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To: Andy Leskowitz who wrote (22170)	2/7/1999 10:05:00 PM
From: puborectalis	Respond to of 77397

Cisco-Motorola venture aims for Internet world without wires New York Times CHICAGO -- In what is being billed as the next giant step in the Internet revolution, the Motorola Corp., the maker of wireless communications products, and Cisco Systems Inc., which provides Internet equipment, plan to form an alliance that would build the world's largest wireless Internet system. The project is the most ambitious effort yet to build a global network that would enable businesses and consumers to have high-speed Internet access to e-mail and faxes without the burden of wires, cables or even walls. The plan, which is expected to be announced Monday at a cellular telephone conference in New Orleans, makes Motorola and Cisco Systems the latest communications and networking giants to join forces in an attempt to capitalize on the increasing popularity of the Internet and the rapid growth of wireless communications products. Over the next four or five years, Motorola and Cisco say they plan to invest more than $1 billion to create a system capable of transmitting voice, data and video over existing cellular telephone stations directly to wireless telephones, laptop computers and other devices. The system would create a new line of products for Motorola, a new generation of wireless networking gear for Cisco and perhaps even signal the convergence of several existing communications products, like pagers, cellular telephones, televisions, radios and computers. The two companies also plan to open four joint research and development centers, two in the United States and two abroad. A critical piece of the puzzle, Motorola and Cisco say, is that the wireless transmissions would be delivered using an Internet Protocol platform that is compatible with all wireless formats. Unlike analog or digital platforms, the companies say that the Internet Protocol, or IP platform, will be able to deliver and bundle voice, data and video feeds through cellular stations. TOP OF PAGE ©1999 Mercury Center. The information you receive online from Mercury Center is protected by the copyright laws of the United States. The copyright laws prohibit any copying, redistributing, retransmitting, or repurposing of any copyright-protected material. Silicon Valley News \| In Time For... \| Columns \| Companies \| Personal Computing Commerce \| Promotions \| Tools \| Help

To: Andy Leskowitz who wrote (22170)	2/7/1999 10:09:00 PM
From: jach	Respond to of 77397

<On a hunch, I asked my 6 year old nephew to read your posts figuring that maybe he could understand them. Nope, no clue. Said he'd never read anything so lame in his life. So I showed them to my dog. Nope, no luck there either.> Really, looks like runs in the family, even the doggie. More sad.