Microsoft's WindowsMedia.com Mobile to Offer Rich Media Content Portal Accessible Wirelessly Via Ricochet

Metricom, Inc. (NASDAQ:MCOM), a leading high-speed wireless data services company, today announced that its Ricochet(R) 128 kbps mobile access is enabling WindowsMedia.com Mobile, a new wireless digital media guide made available yesterday from Microsoft Corp. The rich media content portal is based on Microsoft Windows Media Technology and can be accessed wirelessly using a Ricochet high-speed modem in conjunction with any handheld computing device running the Pocket PC operating system and the new Windows Media Player 7.1 for Pocket PC.

Metricom and Microsoft are working together to realize the goal of delivering digital media any time, any place and on any device. The relationship allows mobile Pocket PC users the ability to enjoy rich media content by combining Ricochet, the only high-speed wireless offering commercially available today, with Microsoft's pioneering Windows Media Technologies for delivering rich content solutions over high-speed wireless.


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