"Phone.com has successfully created the leading Internet-based application platform for wireless telecommunications," said Alain Rossmann, chairman and chief executive officer of Phone.com. "We now significantly broaden our target markets and product offerings with Onebox.com's advanced Unified Messaging applications. Together we will provide telecom and Internet-based service providers a time-to-market advantage in deploying the next-generation killer applications as the convergence of the Internet and wireless telephony accelerates. I am pleased to welcome Onebox.com's experienced team to Phone.com, and to announce that Onebox.com's chief executive officer, Ross Bott, will join Phone.com as chief operating officer for our product groups."

"The demand for unified messaging solutions is robust, as evidenced by Onebox.com's success in adding 2.5 million subscribers in just six months," said Ross Bott, chief executive officer of Onebox.com. "Users enjoy universal access to email, voicemail, and faxes from their phone, Internet-connected PC, or browser-enabled mobile phone. Onebox.com's offerings combined with Phone.com's extensive footprint of over 50 wireless operators and powerful sales channels should accelerate the deployment of these advanced unified messaging solutions. I am delighted to assume my new responsibilities at Phone.com."

Based on a highly scalable and reliable IP infrastructure, Onebox.com has designed its architecture to deliver high-quality carrier class services that scale to support millions of subscribers and to support future innovations in communications technology. Phone.com will offer Onebox.com's applications by providing state-of-the-art unified messaging solutions as an outsourced service or as standalone products. This choice gives telecom and Internet-based service providers the ability to rapidly deliver the messaging services consumers demand.

"Over the past two months we have executed a strategy to acquire the best-of-breed applications for next-generation communication services," said Alan Black, chief financial officer of Phone.com. "With the acquisition of @Motion, Paragon, and now Onebox.com, Phone.com has raised the bar yet another level and has re-written the competitive landscape in the wireless Internet industry. In addition to strengthening our competitive position at the infrastructure level, we have now leapfrogged our competitors at the applications layer. These acquisitions expand our target markets and are expected to fuel revenue acceleration."

In connection with the acquisition, Onebox.com's shareholders will receive a fixed number of approximately 6.5 million shares of Phone.com common stock. The stock-for-stock transaction will be accounted for using purchase accounting and closing is anticipated to occur during Phone.com's fourth quarter of fiscal 2000. The acquisition is subject to customary closing conditions and regulatory approval. Integration of the two companies and their products is expected to occur rapidly. Onebox.com's 70 employees will be fully integrated into Phone.com.

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