WAP Enabled Phones Give Telecom'99 Delegates Access to the Internet in The Palm of Their Hands

8.10.1999, 19:05

London, England (PROTEXT) - Motorola Inc., MobileCommunications International, and Phone.com Inc. Team To ProvideLatest Innovations in WAP to Telecom 99 Delegates Motorola Inc. and Phone.com, Inc. (Nasdaq: PHCM) together withMobile Communications International (MCI), have joined forces toprovide Telecom'99 delegates live news, email and Internetinformation access using WAP-enabled Motorola Timeport(TM) P7389phones. The programme has been designed to increase awareness ofthe benefits of WAP technology and services to senior telecomindustry executives from across the world attending theTelecom'99 show in Geneva, Switzerland, October 10-17, 1999. Daily industry news and breaking bulletins from MCI'sdedicated Telecom 99 Web site -- http://www.wirelessGeneva.com --will be sent directly to the Motorola handsets. Delegates will beable to send and receive email, as well as access Internetinformation from various WAP-enabled web sites. Telecom 99 is tobe the first of many events at which MCI will offer specialisednews information to wireless executives who need up-to-dateinformation while on the move. The service will be delivered on Motorola Timeport P7389handsets equipped with Phone.com's WAP 1.1 compliant UP.Browser.Phone.com will provide and operate the UP.Link(TM) Server Suite,its full WAP 1.1 server offering. MCI will provide contentfocussed on the needs of the busy wireless industry executivesattending Telecom 99. "Telecom 99 is giving us a tremendous opportunity to showdelegates what the very near future will look and feel like. AtMotorola, we are harnessing the power of the wireless Internet togive consumers fast, convenient access to the information, thepeople and places they want to connect with, when and where theywant to do it," said Frank Lloyd, Senior Vice President andGeneral Manager, Personal Communications Sector, EMEA. "This incentive was designed to clearly demonstrate some ofthe benefits of WAP that are real and available now from Motorolaand Phone.com," said Malcolm Bird, Managing Director and vicepresident, Phone.com Europe. "Delegates will have access tohighly relevant, personalised MCI content making management ofinformation during the show far easier." Phone.com's UP.Link Server Suite, microbrowser and softwaredevelopment kit, is a comprehensive, open and robust system thatenables interactive Internet information services and value-addedtelephony applications on wireless handsets running theUP.Browser microbrowser. Phone.com's UP.Browser is a WAPcompatible microbrowser designed and optimized for mass-marketwireless telephones. Using UP.Browser, wireless subscribers canaccess Web-based information and services. UP.Browser's open andhighly portable architecture can be embedded into differentmodels of mobile phone and utilize each phone's specific displayand input characteristics, giving network operators a way to wayto reach subscribers and add innovative services. About Motorola's Timeport P7389 Phone The Motorola Timeport P7389 phone is the world's first WAPenabled tri-band GSM phone, with the ability to operate on GSMnetworks in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia, the Americasor Australia. The Motorola Timeport P7389 is packed with timesaving features like Voice Activation and TrueSync(R) technologyto synchronise quickly and simply your information across yourphone, your compatible PC and select Digital PersonalAssistants**. With a WAP 1.1 Microbrowser to enable people toaccess and share information while they are on the move, theMotorola Timeport P7389 is the ideal assistant for busy lives. About WAP The Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) defines a standard forthe purposeful retrieval of specialized Web-based information,giving mobile phone users interactive, efficient and simpleaccess to key information services on the World Wide Web. The WAPservices can also be combined with other Intelligent Network (IN)services and provide an excellent compliment to GSM Phase 2+ andGPRS data service enhancements. Phone.com and Motorola are bothmembers of the WAP Forum. About Motorola Motorola is a global leader in advanced electronic systems andservices. It liberates the power of technology by creatingsoftware-enhanced products that provide integrated customersolutions and Internet Access via wireless and satellitecommunications, as well as computing, networking, and automotiveelectronics. Motorola also provides essential digital buildingblocks in the form of embedded semiconductors, control andsystems. Sales in 1998 were $29.4 billion. For furtherinformation, please visit Motorola on the web at www.motorola.com About MCI Mobile Communications International is the wireless industry'sleading publication for news, analysis and information. MCI --and its portfolio titles Mobile Communications Asia, GSM Q, CDMAWorld and PCS Focus -- employs the best specialist writers in thebusiness. The magazine's editorial team will be producing a free,daily online news service during Telecom 99 --www.wirelessgeneva.com. Telecom 99 is to be the first of manyevents at which MCI will offer specialised news information towireless executives who have to have up-to-date information whileon the move. 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's form10-K dated September 24, 1999 and in its other filings with theSecurities and Exchange Commission NOTE: The Phone.com name and logo and the family of termscarrying the "UP." prefix are trademarks of Phone.com, Inc. Allother brands and product names may be trademarks of therespective companies with which they are associated. Motorola and Timeport are trademarks of Motorola, Inc. TrueSync is a trademark of Starfish Software, Inc **Designed to synchronise with basic features of the initialrelease of many popular Personal Information management (PIM)software and hardware products. For more information please contact: Mobile Communications Int. John Foley Mobile Communications International +44-(0)7990-570719 john.foley@ibcbuspub.co.uk Motorola Natalie Link PR Manager, Motorola EMEA Personal Communications Sector +44-1256-790790 Motorola EMEA Press Office Hill and Knowlton +44-171-973-4477 news.mot.emea@hillandknowlton.com Phone.com Japan K.K. Hiroko Kimura Phone.com Japan K.K. +81-3-5325-9204 hiroko@corp.phone.com Phone.com (Europe) Limited Vicky Ryce Text 100 Ltd. +44-(0)-181-242-4248 vickyr@text100.co.uk Phone.com, Inc. Rowan Benecke PR21 +1 415-439-8811 rowan_benecke@pr21.com ots Original Text Service: Phone.comInc. Internet: http://www.newsaktuell.de Contact: John Foleyof Mobile Communications International, +44-0-7990-570719, orjohn.foley@ibcbuspub.co.uk; or Natalie Link, PR Manager,Motorola, EMEA Personal Communications Sector, +44-1256-790790;or Motorola EMEA Press Office, Hill and Knowlton, +44-171-973-4477, or news.mot.emea@hillandknowlton.com; or Hiroko Kimura ofPhone.com Japan K.K., +81-3-5325-9204, or hiroko@corp.phone.com;or Vicky Ryce of Text 100 Ltd., +44-0-181-242-4248, orvickyr@text100.co.uk, for Phone.com; or Rowan Benecke of PR21,415-439-8811, or rowan_benecke@pr21.com, for Phone.com, Inc. Website: http://www.phone.com Web site:http://www.wirelessgeneva.com Web site: http://www.Motorola.com

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