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To: ksuave who wrote (58)	2/9/1999 10:32:00 AM
From: GARY P GROBBEL	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 306

Stock 2.50/2.75...this out this am: Datalink.net Expands Web-to-Wireless Services -- Offers 25 New Broadcast Channels to SkyTel Customers New FYI Infocast Channels Include Financial News, Industry News, Sports Entertainment and General Information NEW ORLEANS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 9, 1999-- Datalink.net (OTC:NETD - news), a Silicon Valley Internet-based company, today announced the availability of its newest product, FYI Infocast, which consists of 25 new wireless broadcast channels. FYI Infocast is available free to any of SkyTel's customers who have advanced messaging pagers with guaranteed delivery and two-way messaging. SkyTel advanced messaging paging customers can receive any or all of the 25 FYI Infocast channels for free as part of their pager service. The initial release of FYI Infocast channels is all free, and Datalink.net is planning to add additional premium fee-based channels in the near future. The customer can sign-up for new channels or make any subscription changes quickly and easily on the Web site. FYI Infocast channels include financial news (Winners and Losers, for all major U.S. stock exchanges, Commodity reports for Agriculture, Metals & Energy), Industry news (Service, Internet, Communications, Business, Healthcare), general information (Word of the Day, World Headlines, Weather, Trivia Challenge), sports (Sports News, MLB Sports, NHL Scores, College Sports) and entertainment (Movie Channel, Video Channel, Music Channel, New Book Reviews). ''We are very pleased to offer our SkyTel messaging customers a new, wide range of broadcast channel options,'' said Datalink.net Chairman and CEO Anthony LaPine. ''The FYI Infocast services further strengthen Datalink.net's unique Web-to-Wireless platform designed to deliver instant, personalized Internet content to people on the move.'' Datalink.net - Where the Web Meets Wireless Datalink.net is the first Internet-based company to deliver premium, personalized financial and lifestyle information to wireless devices. Its Web-to-wireless platform combines real-time data feeds, the World Wide Web and wireless communications. These services deliver individually tailored information customers want, when they want it. Datalink.net is rated the number one choice for wireless financial information by SmartMoney magazine. Company services are marketed through Datalink.net's e-commerce Web site at datalink.net. Statements in this release that are not strictly historical are ''forward-looking statements'' and subject to risk and uncertainty. Factors that affect actual events or results materially include, but are not limited to: (i) the Company's ability to obtain adequate financing to further its current and future business strategies; (ii) the Company's ability to attract and retain its employees; (iii) the Company's success against competitive products and services and (iv) the effects of business and economic conditions generally. Contact: Datalink.net Paul Roberts, 408/367-1724 p_roberts@datalink.net or Simon/McGarry Public Relations Michael Adler, 650/596-5877 madler@shandwick.com