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To: bananawind who wrote (26398)	4/7/1999 1:53:00 PM
From: 2brasil	Respond to of 152472

--OT Sprint and Samsung Announce Availability of Dual-Band, Voice-Activated Dialing PCS Phone KANSAS CITY, Mo., April 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Sprint and Samsung Telecommunications America (STA), Inc. today announced the availability of the SCH-1500 PCS phone providing callers a new way to enjoy the clarity and sound quality of digital wireless service with the assurance of uninterrupted coverage no matter where they travel. The SCH-1500 is a dual-band, dual-mode handset that combines voice-activated dialing (while in digital mode) to give callers the greatest level of calling ease possible. The phone will be available this month at RadioShack stores nationwide. The SCH-1500 is packaged with a standard lithium ion battery and dual-slot desktop charger and has a suggested retail price of $129.99. Sprint PCS (NYSE: PCS - news) is the nation's largest 100 percent digital, 100 percent PCS network already serving more than 280 metropolitan markets nationwide. ''We're pleased to add another innovative, feature-rich Samsung phone to our product line,'' said Charles Levine, chief sales and marketing officer for Sprint PCS. ''The Samsung SCH-1500 offers the convenience of Samsung's innovative voice-activated dialing feature. When combined with the benefits of the Sprint PCS nationwide network, the dual-band SCH-1500 is sure to be a hit with consumers.'' ''At Samsung, we build phones to fit lifestyles, and that means giving callers all of the features they need to make their lives easier,'' said Peter Skarzynski, vice president of wireless sales and marketing at STA. ''Customers trust Samsung to deliver the highest quality for the best value.'' In the digital mode, the SCH-1500 allows callers take advantage of Samsung's innovative voice-activated dialing feature for up to 20 numbers. The SCH-1500 includes one-touch dialing for nine numbers, two-touch dialing for 90 numbers and a scratch pad for storing numbers quickly. With this phone, customers can receive all of the benefits of the Sprint PCS nationwide network, including short messaging services, Caller ID and Voicemail. The SCH-1500 is loaded with many feature-rich functions including vibrating alert, ringer mute and nine ringing tones and four melody tones. The phone's large buttons and five-line LCD screen -- four text lines and one icon line -- make input exceptionally easy. In digital mode, the SCH-1500's standard lithium ion battery provides approximately three hours of continuous talk time or 50 hours of stand-by time. In analog mode, the battery provides approximately two hours continuous talk time or 14 hours of stand-by time. The optional extended lithium ion battery (purchased separately) provides approximately four hours of continuous talk time or 95 hours of stand-by in digital mode; or 2.5 hours of talk time or 19 hours of stand-by time in analog mode. The compact, lightweight phone weighs 7.7 ounces with the standard lithium ion battery and 7.9 ounces with the extended lithium ion battery. Its dimensions are 5.7''H x 2.1''W x 1.0''D. Samsung Telecommunications America, Inc., a Dallas-based subsidiary of Samsung Electronics Company, Ltd., researches, develops, and markets hardware for telecommunications and data communications systems and products throughout North America. STA has five main business groups: Wireless Terminals, Wireless Systems, Networks, Business Communications, and Office Automation. Samsung Electronics Company, Ltd., a $13 billion flagship company of the Korean-based Samsung Group, is a world leader in electronics, with operations in more than 60 countries. Sprint PCS operates the largest 100 percent digital, 100 percent PCS nationwide wireless network in the United States, already serving the majority of the nation's metropolitan areas including more than 4,000 cities and communities across the country. Sprint PCS has licensed PCS coverage of nearly 270 million people in all 50 states, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. For more information, visit the Sprint PCS web site at sprintpcs.com. Sprint PCS is a wholly-owned tracking group of Sprint Corporation trading on the NYSE under the symbol ''PCS.'' Sprint is a global communications company at the forefront in integrating long distance, local and wireless communications services and one of the world's largest carriers of Internet traffic. Sprint built and operates the United States' only nationwide all-digital, fiber optic network and is the leader in advanced data communications services. Sprint has $17 billion in annual revenues and serves more than 17 million business and residential customers. SOURCE: Sprint PCS More Quotes and News: Sprint Corp (NYSE:PCS - news) Related News Categories: telecom Help Copyright © 1999 PRNewswire. All rights reserved. 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To: bananawind who wrote (26398)	4/8/1999 12:30:00 AM
From: Mike Buckley	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 152472

Jim, Q's value as a business did not triple in the last ninety days, although the stock price did. Mike B's response re analysts changing their estimates indicates that he is not really on the same page in understanding this. Not speaking for Dave, but I infer from his post that the analysts were late to raise estimates because they were not fully appreciating the locked in value of the company. I agree that the company's value hasn't tripled in the last ninety days. The corollary could be argued that the stock was two-thirds undervalued or more ninety days ago. I do think, however, that when there is a confluence of events including a change in investors' and analysts' perceptions regardless of how late they are to come to that perception, that confluence is in itself a change very much worth noting. --Mike B(uckley)