3Com Licenses Phone.com's UP.Browser for Use in the Palm

Computing Platform REDWOOD CITY, Calif., A (PROTEXT) - 3Com Corporation (Nasdaq:COMS) and Phone.com (Nasdaq: PHCM) announced today they havesigned a licensing agreement that allows Palm to incorporatePhone.com's Wireless Application Protocol (WAP)-compatibleUP.Browser(TM) in the Palm Computing(R) platform. Leveraging itsleadership in the handheld organizer market, Palm will licensethe industry-leading Palm Computing platform with integrated WAPcapability to wireless handset manufacturers to develop devicesthat deliver superior usability, connectivity, and immediate,reliable access to information for business customers andconsumers. (Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/19990706/PHCMLOGO) "This agreement enables licensees of the Palm Computingplatform to develop outstanding wireless mobile phones with thesmall screens and keypad input for which WAP is optimized. WAPcomplements Palm Computing's web clipping(SM) technology, whichwe are deploying in the Palm VII(TM) connected organizer andwhich is optimized for similar devices from our licensees withlarger screens and pen input," said Rob Hayes, platform productmanager for Palm Computing, Inc., a 3Com company. "We are pleasedto team with Phone.Com to add their market-leading WAP technologyto the Palm Computing platform. WAP has wide support as astandard to deliver Internet information to mobile phones and isan important part of the Palm Computing platform's support formanufacturers in that market." The WAP Forum's global wireless application protocolspecification leverages existing Internet standards such as XMLand IP for all wireless networks. WAP Forum members includeterminal and infrastructure manufacturers; operators, carriersand service providers; software houses; content providers; andcompanies developing services and applications for mobiledevices. Phone.com founded the WAP Forum with Ericsson, Nokia,and Motorola and plays an active role on the WAP board ofdirectors and in leading the technical evolution of thespecification. "The Palm Computing platform is well positioned to partnerwith leading wireless handset manufacturers and developinnovative wireless devices," said Jeff Damir, vice president ofbusiness development for Phone.com. "We look forward to workingwith Palm to enable a new breed of wireless handsets that combineWAP's powerful Internet access capabilities with Palm's provenstrengths in ease of use and connectivity." "3Com's broad licensing approach for the Palm Computingplatform will create a new generation of connected devices," saidBob Egan, research director -- mobile and wireless for theGartner Group. "The mobile phone market will reach 1 billionusers by 2003. 3Com's collaboration with Phone.com will driveinnovation in the high-end smart phone segment." About the Palm Computing Platform With an installed base exceeding four million customers, thePalm Computing platform is the foundation for the world's leadingfamily of handheld computing products from 3Com including thePalm III(TM), Palm IIIx(TM), Palm IIIe(TM), Palm V(TM) and newwireless Palm VII(TM) connected organizers, in addition to abroad range of products from Palm Computing's strategic partners.These products include the IBM WorkPad PC Companion, theFranklin-Covey Electronic DayPlanner, the Symbol SPT 1500 withbuilt-in bar code scanning capabilities for vertical markets, andthe pdQ from QUALCOMM. Palm Computing platform products hold a 72percent market share of the worldwide handheld personal companionmarket (IDC, November 1998). About 3Com Corporation With approximately 300 million customers worldwide, 3ComCorporation connects more people to information in more ways thanany other networking company. 3Com delivers innovativeinformation access to products and network system solutions toenterprise, small businesses, carriers, and network serviceproviders, PC OEMs and consumers. 3Com -- More connected(TM). Formore information, visit 3Com's web-site at http://www.3com.com orthe Palm Computing web-site at http://www.palm.com. About Phone.com Phone.com, Inc. is a leading provider of software that enablesthe delivery of Internet-based services to mass-market wirelesstelephones. Using its software, wireless subscribers have accessto Internet- and corporate intranet-based services, includingEmail, news, stocks, weather, travel and sports. In addition,subscribers have access via their wireless telephones to networkoperators' intranet-based telephony services, which may includeover-the-air activation, call management, billing historyinformation, pricing plan subscription and voice messagemanagement. Phone.com is headquartered in Silicon Valley,California and has regional offices in London and Tokyo. Visithttp://www.phone.com for more information. Except for the historical information contained herein, thematters discussed in this news release are forward-lookingstatements involving risks and uncertainties that could causeactual results to differ materially from those in such forward-looking statements. Potential risks and uncertainties include,but are not limited to, Phone.com's limited operating history,potential fluctuations in Phone.com's operating results,uncertainties related to the Phone.com's long sales cycle andreliance on a small number of customers, Phone.com's dependenceon the acceptance of its products by network operators andwireless subscribers, Phone.com's ability to adequately addressthe rapidly-evolving market for delivery of Internet-basedservices through wireless telephones, the need to achievewidespread integration of Phone.com's browser in wirelesstelephones, competition from companies with substantially greaterfinancial, technical, marketing and distribution resources andthe ability of Phone.com to manage a complex set of engineering,marketing and distribution relationships. Further informationregarding these and other risks is included in Phone.com'sprospectus dated June 10, 1999 and in its other filings with theSecurities and Exchange Commission NOTE: 3Com and Palm Computing are registered trademarks, andPalm, Palm III, Palm IIIx, Palm V, Palm VII and More connectedare trademarks of 3Com Corporation or its subsidiaries. ThePhone.com name and logo and the family of terms carrying the"UP." prefix are trademarks of Phone.com, Inc. All other brandsand product names may be trademarks of the respective companieswith which they are associated. For more information please contact: Phone.com, Inc. Rowan Benecke PR21 415-439-8811 rowan_benecke@pr21.com Phone.com (Europe) Limited Holly James Text 100 Ltd. +44 (0) 181 242 4104 hollyj@text100.co.uk Phone.com Japan K.K. Hiroko Kimura Phone.com Japan K.K. +81 3 5325 9204 hiroko@corp.phone.com 3Com Kristen Garrigus A & R Partners 650-289-3832 kgarrigus@arpartners.com ots Original Text Service:Phone.com, Inc. Internet: http://www.newsaktuell.de Contact:Rowan Benecke of PR21, 415-439-8811, or rowan_benecke@pr21.com,for Phone.com, Inc.; or Holly James of Text 100 Ltd., in theU.K., 44-0-181-242-4104, or hollyj@text100.co.uk, for Phone.com(Europe) Limited; or Hiroko Kimura of Phone.com Japan K.K., inJapan, 81-3-5325-9204, or hiroko@corp.phone.com; Kristen Garrigusof A & R Partners, 650-289-3832, or kgarrigus@arpartners.com, for3Com Corporation Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/19990706/PHCMLOGO PR Newswire Photo Desk, 888-776-6555or 201-369-3467 Web site: http://www.phone.com

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