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To: Caxton Rhodes who wrote (31630)	6/3/1999 2:54:00 PM
From: Ruffian	Respond to of 152472

Q News. From the May 31, 1999, issue of Wireless Week Canada Leads The Data Way By Brad Smith For a vision of the future, one needs to look no further than to the north, where two Canadian wireless carriers, Bell Mobility Inc. and Microcell Solutions Inc., recently launched Internet e-mail and other digital services for their personal communications services customers. The service bureau model is a key part of both announcements. Bell Mobility became the first carrier to trial the Revolv service from WirelessKnowledge LLC. Likewise, Microcell was the first carrier to offer the e-mail services of Saraïde.com, branding it as part of its FidoPro service. Revolv, forged by the partnership of Microsoft Corp. and Qualcomm Inc., provides wireless access to enterprise databases on a Microsoft Exchange serverincluding e-mail, contacts, calendar and Internet content. Saraïde.com, which is partly owned by Microcell, provides wireless e-mail through the Internet. There are obvious differences in their approaches, but the Canadian experiment with both Revolv and Saraïde.com likely will have implications for U.S. carriers as they consider new services to differentiate themselves from the competition. New Jersey's Omnipoint Communications Inc., also a global system for mobile communications carrier, is an investor in Saraïde.com and will be offering the service soon. Analyst Jane Zweig of Herschel Shosteck Associates Ltd. said Canada likely is first country with these value-added services because of the nationwide networks involved. It's more difficult to launch a service that customers want to have "anywhere, anytime" without national availability. FidoPro includes the Fido E-Mail service through Saraïde.com, as well as a voice messaging application that allows subscribers to return a call by hitting one key on their handset. It also includes caller display and text messaging between Fido customers. Bell Mobility's tests for Revolv are under its "Digital Data to Go" package of services announced in mid-May. Bell Mobility's package includes a service called Veev developed with the Bank of Montreal and 724 Solutions Inc. that provides banking and financial portfolio access. Microcell priced FidoPro with a $25 startup, which includes all the software and three months service, followed by a $8 monthly charge. Bell Mobility said users of its Digital Data to Go services pay 15 cents a minute for airtime, billed by the second.