U S WEST LICENSES PHONE.COM'S WIRELESS INTERNET PLATFORM

Scalable, Efficient and Robust UP.Link Server Suite Offers Carriers Unique Innovations

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. (May 10, 1999) ¾ Phone.com, Inc. (formerly Unwired Planet, Inc.) today announced that U S WEST has licensed the Phone.com? UP.Link? Server Suite to enhance its wireless data infrastructure. The UP.Link Server Suite, comprised of server, microbrowser and software development kit, is a comprehensive, open and robust system that enables interactive Internet information services and value-added telephony applications on wireless handsets running the UP.Browser? microbrowser.

U S WEST's PCS CDMA data infrastructure enhanced with the UP.Link Server Suite is a complete wireless voice and data network solution. The UP.Link Server Suite is the key enabling technology for the new U S WEST data infrastructure, which U S WEST plans to launch in mid-1999. The UP.Link Server Suite allows U S WEST to generate information to support billing and customer care applications, as well as improve existing services to subscribers.

"U S WEST is dedicated to providing its subscribers with integrated communications solutions that simplify life at home, work, or on the go," said Ray Wendell, executive director, new product management for U S WEST. "Phone.com's UP.Link Server Suite is one of the best solutions for U S WEST to cost-effectively reach this new level of customer satisfaction."

"By using Phone.com software, U S WEST subscribers will have access to Internet information sources, Email and faxes via the mobile handset," said Alain Rossmann, chairman and chief executive officer for Phone.com. "Phone.com's experience and commitment to deploy Internet standards and the WAP standard make the UP.Link Server Suite a comprehensive solution for carriers that want to offer wireless Internet and other value-added services."


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