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To: Jon Koplik who wrote (24425)	3/19/1999 9:45:00 AM
From: straight life	Respond to of 152472

SoloPoint(R) Mobile Phone Companion Products to be Sold Through QUALCOMM's New Internet Web Store LOS GATOS, Calif., March 19 /PRNewswire/ -- SoloPoint, Inc. (Nasdaq: SLPT - news), a provider of advanced personal call management products, announced today that QUALCOMM Incorporated (Nasdaq: QCOM - news) has begun selling SoloPoint's M-200 Mobile Phone Companion product through the Company's new e-commerce QUALCOMM Web Store at qualcomm.com. Introduced in the summer of 1998, the M-200 Mobile Phone Companion is targeted to mobile and virtual office workers who need to be accessible but are often mobile, moving about throughout the day. The M-200 is a small telephone accessory, about the size of a paperback book, that transparently connects your home or office phone number to your wireless phone with a unique feature called ''remote call screening.'' When the M-200 detects an incoming call on the home or office line, it places an outgoing call to the user's wireless phone which will ring simultaneously with the office phone. As a caller begins leaving a voice message, the user can listen in undetected on their wireless phone, deciding whether to take the call and speak with the caller or to allow the caller to simply finish leaving their message, completely unaware the call was being screened. The M-200 will inter-operate with a variety of messaging systems including telephone company Voice Mail, the Voice Mail associated with the user's wireless phone, a corporate Voice Mail system or an answering machine. An added safety and convenience feature of the M-200 makes it possible for the user to return a caller back to Voice Mail after conversing with them so that they can leave additional information, such as directions or a mailing address -- information that might be either unsafe or inconvenient for the user to attempt to write down while driving or walking. ''QUALCOMM is a recognized leader in marketing wireless technology and their new e-commerce site provides an exciting new channel for the M-200,'' said Arthur Chang, president and CEO of SoloPoint. ''This reinforces our recent announcement of our own SoloPoint e-commerce web store.'' About SoloPoint SoloPoint, Inc. is a developer of telephony products for consumer, small business and mobile professionals. For more information on SoloPoint and its products, visit the company's web site at solopoint.com. SoloPoint is a registered trademark of SoloPoint, Inc., Los Gatos, CA. SoloPoint corporate headquarters are located at 130-B Knowles Drive, Los Gatos, CA., 95032, 408-364-8850; fax 408-364-1724; e-mail info@SoloPoint.com. This press release contains forward-looking information. Actual results could differ materially from anticipated results due to the ability of SoloPoint and QUALCOMM to successfully market the M-200 through the QUALCOMM Store. SoloPoint is a registered trademark of SoloPoint, Inc., Los Gatos, CA. SOURCE: SoloPoint, Inc.

To: Jon Koplik who wrote (24425)	3/19/1999 9:46:00 AM
From: straight life	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 152472

BRASILIA, March 18 (Reuters) - The Brazilian government is likely to attract bidders to two remaining concessions to operate fixed-line telephone networks when it attempts to sell them for a second time next month, analysts said. Prospective buyers must put down financial guarantees by Thursday and submit technical proposals on how they will develop the networks on Friday. The winner will be announced on April 23. ''The outlook is much better than it was six months ago,'' Marcelo Mollica, a telecoms analyst at Banco Icatu said. Brazil will be selling concessions to operate a fixed-line telephone company to compete with Telesp Participacoes in Sao Paulo and another to compete with Tele Centro Sul in the country's southern and western states. The two licenses failed to attract any technical proposals when the government tried to sell them in January. Two concessions to operate a fixed-line company to compete with Tele Norte Leste and another to operate a long-distance operator were sold last month. ''I think interest should be bigger now, especially since the concession prices are even cheaper in dollar terms,'' Mollica said. The first two licenses were sold amid the government's failed attempt at a controlled devaluation in mid-January. Brazil has since allowed its currency, the real, to float on the foreign exchange markets, and it has lost about 35 percent against the dollar. Anatel, Brazil's telecoms watchdog agency, and analysts said the government ought to have better luck this time around. ''Today there is no black cloud hanging on the horizon; the devaluation has already happened,'' Mollica said. ''And the recession won't matter for these companies because they won't even start operating until the economy is in full recovery.'' Brazil's privatizations will be closely watched as a gauge of investor confidence in the country's long-term economic outlook. Though winning bidders will not put down much money initially to buy the concession, investments could be hefty. Qualcomm (Nasdaq:QCOM - news) do Brasil, Bell Canada International (Toronto:BI.TO - news), and Brazil's Vicunha -- the industrial group that bought a concession in January to operate a fixed-line service that will compete with Tele Norte Leste -- could compete for the southern region. The guarantees must be submitted to the Rio de Janeiro stock exchange on Thursday. Officials are not expected to provide any information on potential bidders until after the technical proposals are handed in Friday.

To: Jon Koplik who wrote (24425)	3/19/1999 9:46:00 AM
From: marginmike	Respond to of 152472

he improved the filament to the point that it was usable. In the same way Q did not invent, but perfect CDMA. It is usially not the creator but the profector who profits!

To: Jon Koplik who wrote (24425)	3/19/1999 10:35:00 AM
From: J.B.C.	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 152472

>>I wonder if this is another case of the (subtle) difference between "invented" and "perfected" (or made practical) a "thing" (?)<< Could be, I don't think that Bell Labs/ATT began more practical application until the consumer saw it on the retail level in the form of the transistor radio. Although, ATT's application would have been more behind the scene in the form of switches and other infrastructure type items and basically transparent to the average consumer. I did a search and found this site at LUCENT (formerly Bell Labs), I remembered that William Shockly invented it, but I had the wrong year, 1947 is the answer! Forgive me, I wasn't even born yet. lucent.com