Wireless Knowledge Reaches Into Australia With Cable & Wireless Optus; Wireless Carrier To Market, Sell And Use Wireless Knowledge's Workstyle Software

Business Wire, July 16, 2001

Business Editors and High-Tech Writers

SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 16, 2001

Wireless Knowledge, Inc. a Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq:MSFT) and QUALCOMM Inc. (Nasdaq:QCOM) company, today announced it is joining forces with Cable & Wireless Optus, Australia's second-largest mobile carrier, to jointly market and sell Wireless Knowledge's enterprise-grade packaged applications for mobile business.

Under the terms of the agreement, Optus will market and resell Workstyle(TM) to its installed corporate customer base -- in all Australian territories and possessions -- as a bundled offering with Optus WAP and GPRS services.

In addition, Optus will use the enterprise solution to mobilize its own work force, keeping business moving by connecting employees to corporate e-mail, calendar and contacts from any Internet-enabled device.

"Workstyle offers our mobile professionals and enterprise customers a proven and compelling wireless-data-access solution," said Finola Thompson, director mobile Internet & data, Optus. "Subscribers gain a competitive advantage by remaining connected to their critical corporate data via any Optus GPRS-enabled device."

"The Australian market is asking for mobile-business solutions that can improve productivity and speed collaboration," said Harry Schultz, vice president global sales and services for Wireless Knowledge.

"Through Optus' sales force and established customer base, we are able to penetrate another global market and distribute our industry-leading solutions to meet mobility needs. It is always a compliment to have partners not only selling, but also using our m-business applications in-house."

Wireless Knowledge's mobile solutions -- Workstyle, Anystyle(TM), and Echo(TM) -- allow enterprise professionals to securely access Microsoft Exchange- or Lotus Domino-based systems and other strategic Web-based applications within the enterprise.

Workstyle provides business users with mobile access to e-mail, calendar and contacts from any Internet-enabled device, such as mobile phones, PDAs and wired or wireless laptops. Anystyle software extends those capabilities to wireless devices with offline storage, such as RIM handhelds, Palms, and Pocket PCs.

Echo, a high-performance mobile enablement engine, dramatically simplifies the process of creating mobile versions of either new or existing Web-based applications -- rendering information from other strategic applications, such as CRM, ERP, supply chain, or even proprietary applications, appropriately for the device making the request.

Optus will commence selling Wireless Knowledge mobile-business solutions this month and will distribute through its existing fulfillment channel.

About Cable & Wireless Optus

Cable & Wireless Optus is Australia's leading integrated communications company -- serving around 5 million customers each day. The company provides a broad range of communications services including mobile, national and long distance services, local telephony, business network services, Internet and satellite services and pay television.

Since commencing operations in 1992, Cable & Wireless Optus has invested more than $7 billion in the construction of fixed, mobile and satellite networks, including central business district and suburban local access networks. These networks provide the company with an advanced technology platform capable of delivering integrated communications, information and entertainment services.

Cable & Wireless Optus is a member of the Cable & Wireless Group, a leader in global communications operating in more than 70 countries around the world.

About Wireless Knowledge

Wireless Knowledge, a Microsoft and QUALCOMM company, is a leading provider of enterprise-grade software and services for companies looking to mobilize their information. Through the company's packaged products, custom application development, and mobility consulting services, it turns e-business into m-business.

The company's Workstyle, Anystyle, and Echo software products give mobile professionals handheld-device access to their most-utilized corporate information. Visit the company at: http://www.wirelessknowledge.com

Note to Editors: Wireless Knowledge is a registered trademark in the United States and Workstyle, Anystyle, and Echo are trademarks of Wireless Knowledge, Inc. in the United States and other countries. Other product and company names herein may be trademarks of their respective owners.