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 Wireless Services Corporation Selected to Provide Two-Way Messaging Services for Nextel

Demand for wireless messaging growing exponentially as customers seek innovative solutions for two-way communication

BELLEVUE, Wash., June 20, 2000 — Wireless Services Corp., an application service provider for mobile Internet applications, today announced that it has been selected by Nextel Communications to provide the two-way messaging capabilities for the Nextel Online™ wireless Internet service for businesses.

The company has been providing Nextel with its text and numeric messaging services since their first availability in 1998 and currently sends more than 11 million messages per quarter to Nextel subscribers. Over the past year, the number of wireless messages being delivered by Wireless Services to Nextel customers has grown by more than 536 per cent.

With the new two-way capabilities, Nextel Online subscribers can not only receive critical time-sensitive messages, but also originate and reply to those messages directly from their Nextel phone.

“We’ve been with Nextel since the beginning and have witnessed first hand the exponential growth of their messaging traffic,” said Steve Wood, CEO and president of Wireless Services Corp. “Finding innovating and unique ways to help people communicate has been a hallmark of Nextel’s service and one we’re proud to support through our wireless messaging capabilities.”

"We selected Wireless Services over several other competitors in the wireless messaging arena because of their proven technology platform and reliable track record of providing customer service on a 24 by 7 basis,” said Greg Santoro, vice president web-based services, Nextel Communications. “Nextel Online Two-Way Messaging^sm, in combination with Nextel Direct ConnectÒ, will allow us to continue leading the industry in providing our customers with truly unique communication capabilities."

According to telecommunications analyst firm IDC, the number of wireless device users with access to inbound and outbound information services and Internet messaging will increase by 728 per cent from 7.4 million in 1999 to 61.5 million by 2003 in the United States alone.

About Wireless Services Corp.

Founded in 1996, Wireless Services Corporation (http://www.wirelesscorp.com) is a leading Application Service Provider for mobile Internet applications. Wireless Services' unique expertise is its ability to provide universal wireless data communications between the Internet and all wireless networks. The company’s intelligent wireless transport capabilities enable the pinpoint delivery of email, commerce services, and proprietary data to virtually any wireless device in America. The company is headquartered in Bellevue, Washington. 

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