MSNBC is the Anchor News Provider for Wireless Knowledge's Premier Wireless Data Access Service, Revolv
NEW ORLEANS — Feb. 8, 1999 — Wireless Knowledge LLC, a joint venture company between Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) and QUALCOMM Inc. (NASDAQ: QCOM) today announced at CTIA's Wireless 99 an agreement with MSNBC on the Internet (www.msnbc.com) that will allow Wireless Knowledge's wireless carrier partners to deliver real-time news, weather, sports and other information to their subscribers using Wireless Knowledge's first service offering, Revolv. Wireless Knowledge expects the first wireless carriers to deliver RevolvSM services to their customers in early 1999.
"The Revolv service is a breakthrough concept for today's mobile professional, and were thrilled to be a part of it," said John Nicol, general manager of MSNBC on the Internet. "MSNBC.com is the industry's leading content provider for real-time news and information delivery, and now we're helping to take this concept a step further by integrating our offering into the Wireless Knowledge Revolv service."
Wireless Knowledge's Revolv service is the first in a series of services to be offered by the new company. Revolv provides business users with secure access to their important information and Microsoft® Exchange groupware using a variety of wireless and mobile devices from anywhere they travel. It is the first service of its kind to truly untether the business user by providing complete wireless access to e-mail, contacts, calendar, news updates via MSNBC and other data residing on either a Wireless Knowledge hosted server or their corporate Microsoft® Exchange server.
Wireless Knowledge's partnership with MSNBC on the Internet is an important step in our nationwide roll-out of the Revolv service via the industrys top wireless carriers, said John Major, president and chief executive officer of Wireless Knowledge. "Our goal is to offer the richest, most complete mobile computing services possible. We will also be looking at a variety of other opportunities together in the near future, including new content and services with particular value for today's mobile business user, as well as consumer-oriented services."
Wireless Knowledge has working relationships with a portfolio of leading wireless carriers and is currently pursuing other strategic alliances with computing, software and telecommunications companies. The announced carrier partners include:
AirTouch Communications AT&T Wireless Services Bell Atlantic Mobile Bell Mobility (Canada) BellSouth GTE Wireless Leap Wireless International Sprint PCS US West Wireless
Availability Revolv is available now on an OEM basis to carriers. Commercial end-user availability from the first carrier partners is expected in summer 1999. The service will provide wireless services to access messaging, e-mail, calendaring, contact list, news and information delivery via MSNBC, plus access to Exchange-based corporate networks. Additional features and services will be added over time.
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