Octel and QUALCOMM Agreement Ushers in New Era in Enhanced Mobile Communications; Octel's Voice Messaging Products are the First to Work with QUALCOMM's CDMA Technology

Business Wire, Jan 30, 1996

MILPITAS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 30, 1996--Wireless service providers seeking a more complete solution will soon have a new generation of high-quality, innovative services to choose from as a result of a marketing agreement signed today between telecommunications leaders Octel Communications Corporation and QUALCOMM Incorporated.

Octel and QUALCOMM have agreed that QUALCOMM will act as an authorized sales representative for Octel's Sierra voice processing platform and applications in the global wireless market, allowing QUALCOMM service provider customers to immediately deploy new, revenue-generating enhanced services, such as voice messaging, call message delivery and fax messaging services. The agreement leaves open the opportunity for both companies to pursue other joint activities, such as tighter product integrations and new product development.

Service providers focusing on the emerging PCS market will now be able to quickly develop competitive enhanced services and products using Octel's technology that will run on QUALCOMM's Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) wireless infrastructure equipment. Subscribers will gain the advantages of QUALCOMM's superior voice quality and signal transmission, as well as access to Octel's enhanced voice messaging services. As a result, these new enhanced services will provide incremental revenue opportunities to service providers, as well as reduce wireless subscriber churn rates by increasing customer loyalty.

"Enhanced services are a vital part of our strategy to offer complete digital wireless infrastructure products to our customers worldwide. By partnering with Octel and others, we will be able to offer service providers both superior CDMA wireless technology and revenue-generating enhanced services," said Ron Foerster, senior vice president, Wireless Infrastructure Products for QUALCOMM.

"This partnership provides a foundation upon which both Octel and QUALCOMM can deliver additional services such as short message services and single-number call processing to end users. We see it as a win-win for everyone involved," said Margaret Norton, senior vice president, Voice Information Services, Octel.

About QUALCOMM

Headquartered in San Diego, QUALCOMM develops, manufactures, markets, licenses and operates advanced communications systems and products based on its proprietary digital wireless technologies. The Company's primary product areas are the OmniTRACS system (a geostationary satellite-based, mobile communications system providing two-way data and position reporting services), CDMA wireless communications systems and products and, in conjunction with others, the development of the Globalstar low-earth-orbit (LEO) satellite communications system. Other company products include the Eudora Pro electronic mail software, VLSI components, and communications equipment and systems for government and commercial customers worldwide.

About Octel Communications Corporation

Octel Communications is the voice messaging company. Its worldwide leadership extends to over 40 countries and includes more than 30,000,000 users of Octel voice mail. Octel's products are bought and used by businesses of all sizes, governments, educational institutions, telephone companies and cellular service providers. Through Octel Network Services, the company is the world's largest outsourcer of voice mail providing a wide range of outsourcing services to phone companies and businesses. Founded in 1982, the company is headquartered in Milpitas, Calif. The company has development centers in California, Texas, England, France and Israel and major operations centers in California and Texas.

Additional information is available at http://www.octel.com. -0-

Note to Editors: QUALCOMM's digital CDMA technology greatly expands cellular network capacity -- vitally needed in areas where analog networks are saturated. By using what are called spread spectrum techniques to allow multiple calls on a single 1.25 MHz channel, QUALCOMM's CDMA technology can accommodate a 10- to 20-fold increase in capacity over today's analog cellular system. In addition to capacity benefits, CDMA provides far superior voice quality and privacy, and its digital control channel enables the industry to meet user demands for enhanced services like those offered by Octel.

QUALCOMM and OmniTRACS are registered trademarks of QUALCOMM Incorporated. Globalstar is a trademark of Globalstar, L.P. Eudora is a registered trademark of the University of Illinois, Board of Trustees, licensed to QUALCOMM Incorporated. Eudora Pro is a trademark of QUALCOMM Incorporated.

CONTACT: Octel Communications Corporation

Stuart McFaul/Diane Sink, (Public Relations)

408/324-3245,408/324-3338

stuart.mcfaul@octel.com

diane.sink@octel.com

Greg Klaben, 408/324-6571 (Investor Relations)

gregory.klaben@octel.com

or

QUALCOMM Incorporated

Julie Cunningham, 619/658-4224 or 619/658-1434

juliec@qualcomm.com

Molly Foerster, 619/658-4844 (Investor Relations)