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To: Steve D. who wrote (255)	5/28/1999 2:00:00 PM
From: Steve D.	Respond to of 306

Thursday May 27, 1:46 pm Eastern Time Company Press Release Datalink.net Announces Strategic Partnership With BellSouth Wireless Data Initiatives Part of Company's Strategy to Continually Expand Services To And Affiliations With Leading National Firms SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 25, 1999-- Datalink.net (OTC BB: NETD), formerly DataLink Systems Corp., a Silicon Valley based Internet company, today announced a strategic partnership with BellSouth Wireless Data. The agreement allows for BellSouth Wireless Data to market Datalink.net's products and services directly to all BellSouth Interactive Paging(SM) service subscribers, provides for training of all BellSouth's customer service and sales representatives, and places Datalink.net services directly on the BellSouth Wireless Data Web Page for Information Services making them the first such provider for BellSouth. The new partnership offers BellSouth Interactive Paging service subscribers access to the Datalink.net e-commerce storefront through a hotlink from the BellSouth Wireless Data Web site (www.bellsouthwd.com/infosvcs.html). Once at the Datalink.net e-commerce storefront, subscribers will be able to register for a variety of information services individualized to their specific needs. The information is then delivered to BellSouth Interactive Paging service subscribers via the RIM Inter@ctive(TM)Pager 950. Anthony LaPine, Chairman and CEO of Datalink.net, said ''Wireless Data's leadership in technology, marketing and customer service is a perfect match for Datalink.net's extensive product line. Datalink.net is excited to add BellSouth Wireless Data to its group of wireless carrier partners, and we look forward to benefiting from their cutting-edge technology and market leadership. We are extremely pleased about the new alliance with BellSouth Wireless Data.'' ''Our partnership with Datalink.net brings to BellSouth Interactive Paging service subscribers one of the richest and most complete portfolio of information service offerings in the industry today,'' said Jim Kelly, Vice President of Interactive Paging for BellSouth Wireless Data. ''Datalink.net's services provide real added value for our subscribers and are a key component in the continued expansion of the breadth and functionality of our feature-rich BellSouth Interactive Paging service.'' The agreement enhances the development of Datalink.net's interactive two-way paging products and its wireless enabling technology for Web sites as both may be marketed by BellSouth and its partners. All nine Datalink.net services are now available to BellSouth Interactive Paging service customers. Among these services are the award winning real-time stock quote service for wireless devices, QuoteXpress®, and the newest service offered by Datalink.net, InfoXtra2(SM), offering the subscriber up to 50 free sports, weather or other lifestyle information related updates. Datalink.net service offerings begin as low as free/$2.95 per month, depending on offering. About BellSouth Wireless Data BellSouth Wireless Data, L.P., headquartered in Woodbridge, N.J., is an expert in providing proven wireless data communications solutions that eliminate the barriers between critical information and mobile users. The company, a winner of the prestigious Sears Innovation Source of the Year and Partners in Progress awards, delivers a competitive advantage and increases personal productivity for aggressive, innovative companies and individuals leveraging communications technologies to meet their strategic goals. BellSouth Wireless Data operates its wireless data service throughout the United States, covering more than 93 percent of the urban business population located in 492 Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs) and non-MSAs with a total population of 200 million people. BellSouth Wireless Data is a subsidiary of BellSouth Corporation. BellSouth Corporation provides telecommunications, wireless communications, cable and digital TV, directory advertising and publishing, and Internet and data services to nearly 34 million customers in 19 countries worldwide. E-mail: Bellsouthwd.info@bellsouthwd.com. Web site address: www.bellsouthwd.com. (www.bellsouthwd.com/infosvcs.html) Datalink.net - Where the Web Meets Wireless(SM) Datalink.net is the first Internet-based company to deliver premium, personalized financial and lifestyle information to wireless devices. Its Web-to-Wireless(SM) 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 effect 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 Pamela LaPine, 408/367-1707 E-mail: pamela@datalink.net or Simon McGarry Public Relations Michael Adler, 650/596-5877 E-mail: madler@shandwick.com --------------------------------------------------------------------------------