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NEWS FLASH 2000 - 30 (August 2000)
(Updated on August 30, 2000)

PRODUCTS, SERVICES & APPLICATIONS

Sprint Teams Up with Wireless Players For its PCS Wireless Web for Business

The Sprint PCS Wireless Web for Business recently introduced by the U.S. long-distance carrier will provide access to e-mail, intranets, corporate directories, and sales and services eBusiness tools via Web-enabled Sprint phones. The service should be available across the U.S. next month.

To develop and deliver the service, Sprint PCS has formed alliances with application service providers and systems integrators, including Lotus, WirelessKnowledge, Siebel Systems, Sabre Holdings Corporation, and PeopleSoft.

The new business suite will include the following features:

  • Faster and Secure Internet and Corporate Network Connections – A combination of new bandwidth optimization technology on the Sprint PCS Network and Sprint PCS Dialer 2.0 software will provide faster access, which is deemed to be comparable to a 56.6 kbps landline dial-up connection.
  • Corporate E-Mail/Information Management – Wireless Knowledge and Lotus will offer wireless access to Microsoft Exchange and Lotus notes e-mail as well as schedules and contracts.
  • Corporate Directory Service – PeopleSoft will provide access to corporate directories, which can pull information from many sources.
  • Corporate Travel Services – Sabre will offer personalized corporate travel information.
  • Sales and Field Service Applications – Siebel Systems will provide access to customer account information and the ability to review and update sales opportunities, inquire about products, services and order status, and respond to service activities.
  • Custom Solutions – Exiting alliances with IBM, HAHT Software, DataChannel, and Brience will enable businesses to extend existing applications and systems to Internet-enabled Sprint phones, without changing their legacy Web infrastructure.
  • Sprint Wireless Web Modem– Sierra Wireless will supply the modem which is a CDMA digital card allowing users to dial into a corporate network or the Internet without using a handset or data cables.
  • Wireless Connection Card Kit – Socket Communications will provide the Kits that allow handsets to be connected to handheld devices and laptops. Kits will be available for Windows CE devices, Pocket PCs, Windows notebooks and Apple Macintosh portables.

For more information: www.businesswire.com; http://www.sprintpcs.com

Mobileinfo Comments and Advisory: Sprint can move this market forward but should price network services right - keep it affordable but more importantly ensure good customer service and support. The latter is best done by the application vendors. There should be a tight coordination between the two teams even if Sprint owns the subscriber base. Would Sprint be happy being only the front-man? Why not, if counter starts clicking.

Note: This news release may contain forward-looking statements. Readers should take appropriate caution in developing plans utilizing these products, services and technology architectures.

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