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To: MrGreenJeans who wrote (44)	2/9/1999 10:28:00 AM
From: David Wiggins	Respond to of 109

Thanks a bunch! Regards, Dave

To: MrGreenJeans who wrote (44)	2/23/1999 9:20:00 PM
From: MrGreenJeans	Respond to of 109

Motorola and Vodafone Announce Collaborative Agreement On Third Generation Mobile Communications UK-Based Development Trials for Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) CANNES, France--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 23, 1999-- Motorola and UK GSM network operator Vodafone Limited today announced a collaborative agreement to foster the implementing of third generation mobile communications - the Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS). UMTS is expected to provide a rich technology foundation from which customized communications services and applications, such as multimedia and Internet access, can be delivered to wireless devices. These future services will be both simple and flexible to help meet the unique needs of individual users. There are expected to be two primary areas of alliance. First, Motorola is prepared to provide subscriber terminal equipment for Vodafone's UMTS field trials, which is planned to take place near its headquarters in Newbury, UK. In addition, Motorola expects to work with Vodafone to simulate UMTS network deployment, using Motorola's Static System Simulator (SSS). This provides network dimensioning based on traffic data provided from Vodafone's existing UK GSM digital cellular network. The wideband CDMA (W-CDMA) based terminal devices are expected to be based on NTT DoCoMo's W-CDMA specification, and are designed to provide capability for ISDN and packet data at 64Kbs as well as basic call functionality. Motorola expects to deliver the initial prototype units to Vodafone in June this year. The Static System Simulator has been developed using Motorola's expertise in CDMA. Based on network data gathered by Motorola's 'Link Layer' simulator, the SSS will help provide the network operator with a highly accurate method of system dimensioning. This in turn enables the operator to perform cost modeling to assess the impact of deploying different services, and to analyze the possible revenue streams for a variety of traffic scenarios. This collaboration with Motorola represents a major step in Vodafone's plan to implement a UMTS network in the UK. Vodafone has already announced its intention to bid for a UMTS license when auctions take place in the UK next year. ''Vodafone was the first UK network to announce UMTS trials and this collaboration on Third Generation mobile terminals represents a major step forward in our trials programme,'' said David Channing-Williams, managing director of Vodafone Limited in the UK. ''This will provide high quality voice and data services to our corporate, business and consumer markets in the UK while helping to ensure our strategic position in the global wireless market.'' ''Motorola is delighted to be working with Vodafone on this important initiative,'' said Merle Gilmore President, Motorola Communications Enterprise. ''This is another example of Motorola's continued commitment to best serve the consumer.'' Vodafone Group plc is a leading global provider of mobile telecommunications services. Vodafone owns interests in mobile operations in the UK, Australia, Egypt, France, Germany, Greece, Malta, Netherlands, New Zealand, Fiji, South Africa, Sweden, and Uganda, and has more than nine million customers worldwide. For further information on Vodafone, please visit the Vodafone website at http:www.vodafone.co.uk. Motorola is a global leader in advanced electronic systems and services. It liberates the power of technology by creating software-enhanced products that provide integrated customer solutions and Internet access via wireless and satellite communications, as well as computing, networking, and automotive electronics. Motorola also provides essential digital building blocks in the form of embedded semiconductors, controls and systems. Sales in 1998 were $29.4 billion. For further information on Motorola, please visit the Motorola website at www.mot.com. Editors' note: UMTS - Universal Mobile Telecommunications System UMTS is the European member of the IMT2000 family of third generation cellular mobile standards. The goal of UMTS is to enable networks that offer true global roaming and can support a wide range of voice, data and multimedia services. These new UMTS networks will build on the success of GSM, and on the GSM operators' existing investment in infrastructure. The first stage of service and network evolution is from today's GSM systems, through the implementation of GPRS, to commercial UMTS networks expected from 2001. Many of the original goals of UMTS are being met by the evolving GSM standard such as global roaming and personalized service features. The major differentiators of UMTS are: a new air interface operating at around 2GHz which will offer superior performance to GSM in terms of higher data rates and capacity, and a packet-based network architecture which supports both voice and data services.

To: MrGreenJeans who wrote (44)	2/23/1999 9:30:00 PM
From: MrGreenJeans	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 109

From the Financial Times Vodafone By Nicholas Leonard The rapid growth in demand for mobile phones in the UK has led Merrill Lynch to lift its projected penetration for December 2004 from its previous estimate of 60 per cent to a revised figure of 70 per cent. Against that background of sustained volume expansion, Merrill Lynch retains its enthusiasm for Vodafone ahead of the merger later this year with AirTouch Communications. Merrill rates Vodafone as an accumulate and its share price target at £15 for December 1999 is more than 20 per cent above their level on Tuesday.