UNWIRED PLANET AND REUTERS TO PROVIDE INTERNET INFORMATION SERVICES TO WAP-ENABLED WIRELESS HANDSETS

Joint efforts bring real-time information to WAP wireless networks and devices

CANNES, France (22 February 1999) ¾ GSM World Congress ¾ Reuters,® the world's leading financial information and news Group , and Unwired Planet, Inc., (UP) a leading supplier of Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) software products, today announced that Reuters has developed a wireless version of their wide-ranging information service, which will give users of WML-enabled mobile phones access to a variety of services, including world and financial news, and stock quotes and indices.

This partnership will provide the growing worldwide community of wireless subscribers with access to real-time information services. With Unwired Planet™ technology, content providers, such as Reuters, can enable popular Web sites with WML (Wireless Markup Language), to optimize content for the constraints of wireless phones. A demonstration of the Reuters service is available at GSM World Congress '99 in the Reuters Exhibit (Booth # I 14).

"Unwired Planet is pleased to be working with Reuters to deliver high quality optimized information services," said Alain Rossmann, chairman and chief executive officer of Unwired Planet. "Reuters is the unrivalled source for accurate and unbiased news and information around the globe and this partnership will give WAP-enabled mobile phone users access to the up-to-date information they seek."

Reuters WML content was developed using the Unwired Planet Software Development Kit (UP.SDK™), an indispensable tool for content providers wishing to develop applications optimized for mobile phones.

"We are very pleased to be working with Unwired Planet to develop and format key Reuters financial information and news for the next generation of microbrowser-equipped mobile phones" said Jonathan Baile, managing director of Reuters Wireless Services.


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