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To: DaveMG who wrote (95)	5/24/1999 9:09:00 AM
From: DaveMG	Respond to of 426

Wireless Knowledge Teams With Metricom to Offer Revolv Powered by Ricochet Announces Expected Summer Availability of the Revolv(SM) Service Via Ricochet(TM) Giving Mobile Professional Access to Microsoft(R) Exchange SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 24, 1999-- Wireless Knowledge LLC, a joint venture company between Microsoft Corporation (Nasdaq:MSFT - news) and QUALCOMM Incorporated (Nasdaq:QCOM - news), and Metricom, Incorporated (Nasdaq:MCOM - news), the leading provider of mobile data networking and technology, today announced expected summer availability of Wireless Knowledge's premier wireless data access service, the Revolv service via Metricom's Ricochet 28.8 kbps service. The companies also announced plans to jointly develop additional applications for the upcoming Ricochet 128 kbps service that is currently undergoing field trials. ''Today's busy professionals can't afford to be tethered to their desks,'' said John Major, president and CEO of Wireless Knowledge. ''Mobility and unrestricted access to corporate information and Internet content is key for those who need to be as productive on the road as they are in the office. This partnership allows us to leverage Metricom's proven mobile data network access technology to expand the speed of delivery and accessibility of the Revolv service for mobile professionals.'' ''Metricom provides mobility to professionals who want the added productivity of replicating their office desktop in a wireless environment, with access to personal, competitive, industry and corporate data -- anytime, anywhere,'' said Roger Nolan, vice president of strategic alliances at Metricom. ''Our alliance with Wireless Knowledge will allow both companies to concentrate on their core competencies to provide mobile professionals with high-performance access to key corporate data and applications like Microsoft Exchange.'' Wireless Knowledge is focused on accelerating the adoption of wireless communications and computing by providing mobile professionals with secure access to key corporate information from any wireless or mobile device, over any airlink, and from anywhere they travel. The Revolv service is the first offering in a series of services that will enable mobile professionals to remotely tap into their Microsoft Exchange collaborative environment and have immediate access to email, contacts, calendar, news and other important data. Metricom's technology will expand and enhance the Revolv service by offering it via Ricochet, which combines wireless modems, radio frequency transmission and a packet-switched network running at the highest speeds available for wireless data access. Ricochet offers users a flat ''all you can use'' monthly fee with no roaming charges and ''always on'' connections to the Internet and corporate LANs. Ricochet currently serves 27,000 customers in the San Francisco Bay Area, Seattle, Washington, D.C. and parts of NYC. The service is also accessible in 12 national airports. Commercial end-user availability of the Revolv service through Metricom's Ricochet is expected in summer 1999. The Revolv service is available now on an OEM basis to wireless carriers, mobile data providers and strategic partners. Wireless Knowledge has working relationships with a portfolio of leading wireless carriers and is currently pursuing other strategic alliances with computing, software and telecommunications companies. Commercial end-user availability from the first carrier partners is expected in summer 1999. About Wireless Knowledge Wireless Knowledge LLC, a Microsoft Corporation and QUALCOMM Incorporated company based in San Diego, enables wireless carriers to deliver on the convergence of wireless communications and information technology with the delivery of productivity and information services in an airlink- and device-independent environment. Microsoft is the worldwide leader in software for personal computers. QUALCOMM is a leader in developing and delivering innovative digital wireless communications products and services based on the company's CDMA digital technology. For more information on Wireless Knowledge, visit the website at www.wirelessknowledge.com. About Metricom Metricom, Inc. is the world's leading provider of mobile data networking and technology. The company's Ricochet service provides mobile professionals with high-performance, cost-effective untethered access to the Internet, private Intranets, local-area networks, e-mail and other online services. Ricochet is generally available in the greater San Francisco Bay Area, Seattle and Washington, D.C. metropolitan areas; in select areas of New York City; on corporate campuses; and at gate areas at major airports throughout the United States. For more information, call 800/Go-Wireless, or visit Metricom's Web site at metricom.com. Note to Editors: Microsoft, Windows, BackOffice and Windows NT are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corp. in the United States and/or other countries. Metricom and Ricochet are registered trademarks of Metricom, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. Revolv is a service mark of Wireless Knowledge LLC.

To: DaveMG who wrote (95)	5/24/1999 9:14:00 AM
From: DaveMG	Respond to of 426

QUALCOMM CDMA Technologies Announces World's First Third-Generation Chip for Base Station Equipment - CSM5000 Cell Site Modem Provides IS-95 CDMA Infrastructure Manufacturers with a Clear Migration Path to Third-Generation, High-Data Rate Networks - SAN DIEGO, May 24 /PRNewswire/ -- QUALCOMM Incorporated (Nasdaq: QCOM - news), pioneer and world leader of Code Division Multiple Access digital technology, today announced the introduction of the world's first third-generation solution for CDMA digital infrastructure and test equipment products. The CSM5000(TM) Cell Station Modem (CSM(TM)) represents the first of a family of chipset and system software solutions to support cdma2000(TM), the third-generation (3G) air interface standard that has been submitted by the U.S. Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) to the International Telecommunications Union (ITU). In a separate announcement, QUALCOMM also introduced the MSM5000(TM) Mobile Station Modem (MSM(TM)) digital baseband solution for application in CDMA digital consumer devices. Both the MSM5000 and the CSM5000 are compliant with spreading rate 1 of cdma2000 Phase One and will begin field trials in early 2000 with commercial production following the trials. ''The CSM5000 is our most advanced Cell Site Modem to date and leads the wireless industry in supporting the highest network data rates,'' said Don Schrock, president of QUALCOMM CDMA Technologies. ''This major advancement will provide wireless infrastructure companies with the core technology they need to further accelerate the deployment of CDMA networks worldwide.'' Compliant to cdma2000 Phase One, the CSM5000 solution provides operators up to a doubling of overall capacity of voice users over IS-95A and IS-95B systems. The CSM5000 supports up to 32 simultaneous users on a single chip, a four-fold increase over the previous generation CSM and exceeds the ITU's 144 kilobits per second (kbps) requirement for data rates in full wide area mobility by enabling data rates of 307.2 kbps on both the forward and reverse links. ''With capacity that provides for up to 32 simultaneous calls on a single chip, the CSM5000 will enable design of new, much smaller and more versatile base station equipment,'' said Johan Lodenius, vice president of marketing of QUALCOMM CDMA Technologies. ''Network operators will also benefit from the cost efficiencies and the rapid time to market that the solution delivers for next-generation services.'' The flexible architecture of the CSM5000 provides resource mapping of up to 64 forward link channels and 32 reverse link channels and provides base station manufacturers with an increase in the number of possible simultaneous calls per channel card. In addition, the channel card power consumption per call is greatly reduced, enabling design of very compact base stations. Each channel element performs CDMA searching, CDMA modulation and demodulation and Viterbi and Turbo decoding. The CSM5000 represents a new modem architecture for the CSM family, enabling an increase in integration, while reducing host processor loading and system power consumption. The CSM5000 integrates an ARM7(TM) microprocessor for reverse link processing and provides a PowerPC(TM) compatible synchronous interface. To support cdma2000 Phase Two, a follow-up chip is planned for introduction subsequent to the CSM5000, which will be fully backward compatible with cdma2000 Phase One, and IS-95A and IS-95B systems. CSM5000 Features Features of the CSM5000 chip include: -- RTT: Supports Radio Configurations one through five of cdma2000 (1-5 forward link, 1-4 reverse link); . -- Six-Sector Support: Increases the number of sectors supported from three to six, with support for six transmit antennae and up to 12 receive antennae; . -- Orthogonal Transmit Diversity Support: Support for three sectors with Orthogonal Transmit Diversity (OTD); . -- Increased Cell Radius: Accommodates cell radius up to 125 km; . -- Turbo Code Support: Allows Turbo codes or convolutional codes to be selected on a per-user basis; . -- Fast Power Control: Supports 800 Hz power control on both the forward and reverse links; . -- Quick Paging Channel: By transmitting a Quick Paging Channel on the forward link, the Quick Paging Channel increases the amount of time a mobile unit can stay asleep while in slotted paging mode, improving standby time of the mobile unit; -- Integrated RISC Processor: Includes an ARM7 processor, used for many of the low-level reverse link tasks including searching, multi-path tracking and finger assignment, and frame rate and length determination thereby drastically reducing the load on the host processor; . -- Device Driver Software: Runs on the host processor and abstracts the low-level hardware details from the upper-layer CDMA applications. The software provides the following functions: download ARM firmware; run CSM5000 self-test functions; CSM5000 timing management; sector management; and drivers for Pilot, Sync, Paging, Access, and Forward and Reverse Link Traffic Channels; . -- 2.7v-3.3v I/O; . -- Available in a 352-pin Ball Grid Array package.

To: DaveMG who wrote (95)	5/24/1999 9:15:00 AM
From: DaveMG	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 426

QUALCOMM CDMA Technologies Announces World's First Third-Generation Chip for CDMA Handsets - MSM5000 Chipset and Software Solution Paves the Way for Next-Generation Applications Development With Initial Data Rates of 153 Kilobits Per Second - SAN DIEGO, May 24 /PRNewswire/ -- QUALCOMM Incorporated (Nasdaq: QCOM - news), pioneer and world leader of Code Division Multiple Access digital technology, today announced the introduction of the world's first semiconductor and software solution for the third-generation (3G) air interface standard that has been submitted by the U.S. Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) to the International Telecommunications Union (ITU). The MSM5000(TM) Mobile Station Modem (MSM(TM)) digital baseband solution, QUALCOMM's seventh- generation MSM, is the first of a new family of chipset and system software solutions designed to support the cdma2000(TM) standard. In a separate announcement, QUALCOMM also introduced the CSM5000(TM) Cell Site Modem (CSM(TM)) for CDMA infrastructure and test equipment products. Both the MSM5000 and the CSM5000 solutions are compliant with spreading rate 1 of cdma2000 Phase One and will begin field trials in early 2000 with commercial production following the trials. ''Our commitment is to lead the industry by supplying our partners with a clear roadmap and vision for the future and then delivering on our promise,'' said Don Schrock, president of QUALCOMM CDMA Technologies. ''With this announcement, we will ensure the commercial availability of 3G chipsets, software and design tools in the near term. The MSM5000 solution gives our partner manufacturers a clear path forward to develop next-generation wireless devices while keeping full forward and backward compatibility within their product lines.'' The next-generation chipset solution is fully backwards compatible with existing IS-95A and IS-95B networks, providing a seamless migration path to 3G. Existing IS-95A and IS-95B handsets are also forward compatible with cdma2000 networks, allowing operators to quickly and cost effectively introduce new 3G services for their IS-95 networks while maintaining existing wide area coverage for all subscribers. ''We will de-mystify 3G and provide products that meet the real requirements, including fast time to market, low product cost, low power and the high data rates of 3G, of our customers and wireless consumers,'' said Johan Lodenius, vice president of marketing for QUALCOMM CDMA Technologies. ''The MSM5000 architecture is a natural extension of our leading expertise in CDMA technology, as is our entire worldwide product plan for 3G going forward, making the transition to 3G easy and predictable, while maximizing our customers' investments in any CDMA product development.'' The new MSM5000 chipset and system software solution exceeds the ITU's 3G requirements for data rates in full wide area mobility of 144 kilobits per second (kbps) by enabling data rates of 153.6 kbps on both the forward and reverse links. Compliant with cdma2000 Phase One, the MSM5000 gives operators up to twice the overall capacity of voice users over IS-95A and IS-95B systems through the use of features such as, fast 800 Hz forward power control and new modulation and coding schemes. Featuring support for Quick Paging Channel and a 24x searcher, the MSM5000 solution provides up to a 50 percent increase in handset standby time. The system software will include support for IS-95A, IS-95B and cdma2000 as well as packet data, a full Internet protocol suite, voice recognition and many other features. The New Generation MSM Solution The MSM5000 chipset and system software, QUALCOMM's seventh-generation MSM, builds upon the successful architecture of QUALCOMM's fifth-generation MSM3000(TM). The digital baseband MSM5000 chip enables manufacturers to meet or exceed the specifications of mobile stations for worldwide cdmaOne(TM) and cdma2000 systems, including IS-95A, IS-95B and its variants for PCS in North America, Japan, Korea and South America. Pin-compatible with the MSM3000, the MSM5000 will be available in the same 176-ball Fine Pitched Ball Grid Array (FBGA) package and 196-ball Plastic Ball Grid Array (PBGA) production package. The MSM5000 interfaces to QUALCOMM's RF devices, the Q5312 Analog Baseband Processor (BBA2), along with the Q5500 IF Receive AGC Amplifier and Q5505 IF Transmit AGC Amplifier, or with the IFR3000(TM) and IFT3000(TM) IF to Baseband Converters. These devices perform all of the signal processing in the subscriber unit, from IF to audio for compliance with the third-generation cdma2000 Phase One and IS-95A and IS-95B standards. To support cdma2000 Phase Two, a follow-up chip is planned for introduction subsequent to the MSM5000, this device will be fully backwards compatible with cdma2000 Phase One, IS-95A and IS-95B. MSM5000 Features Key features of the MSM5000 chip include: -- Voice V1 (EVRC, IS96A, PureVoice) on all radio configurations; -- Packet Data P1 using both fundamental and supplemental channels supporting 153.6kbps on both the forward and reverse links; -- Quick Paging Channel and a 24x searcher providing up to a 50 percent increase in handset standby time; -- Support for Fast Forward Power Control for improved voice capacity; -- Quasi-Orthogonal Functions Supported (QOF) increasing the number of available forward channels; -- 2.3-2.7v I/O; -- 176-ball Fine Pitched Ball Grid Array (FBGA) package and 196-ball Plastic Ball Grid Array (PBGA) packages.