ADVISORY/TAG Meeting Topic: Future of Wireless, Broadband.

Business Editors

ADVISORY...for Wednesday (Sept. 27)

ATLANTA, Ga.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 12, 2000

Where will wireless meet the Internet? The September quarterly Technology Association of Georgia (TAG) meeting takes a closer look at the world of wireless communications and how it affects the Internet. Well-known and respected speakers will form a panel to discuss how the hottest sector within the industry is making it easier and cheaper to communicate.

TAG will hold its quarterly meeting on Wednesday Sept. 27 at the Cobb Galleria Centre from 6:30 p.m. - 8 p.m. The meeting will feature a panel of four speakers who will take a closer look at the growing number of companies delving into the wireless and broadband market, and how it affects people in the business world.

The panel:

Chuck Parrish, founder of phone.com: Before joining phone.com, Parrish was vice president of marketing for GTE Mobile Communications and general manager of Mobile Data for GTE Mobile Communications. Phone.com is a leading provider of software that enables the delivery of Internet-based services to mass-market telephones.

Barry Berkowitz, president of OmniSky: Berkowitz has extensive senior management experience along with broad marketing and strategic leadership. OmniSky combines comprehensive service, unlimited wireless access, and an exclusive OmniSky Minstrel V wireless modem, OmniSky frees participants to take advantage of the Internet anytime, virtually anywhere. Prior to joining OmniSky, Mr. Berkowitz was with Infoseek, where he was senior vice president and general manager of the Go Network.

Thomas Johnson, CEO of AnyDevice, Inc.: Johnson is a veteran of product development with several startups under his belt. Before AnyDevice, he led product development at Premiere Technologies. AnyDevice, Inc. focuses on areas such as user interfaces, screen sizes and the types of information required by users while mobile.

Phil Holden, director of marketing for Microsoft Corporation, is responsible for marketing a range of new intelligent mobile computing devices in the Mobile Devices Division. Phil has been with Microsoft for over 7 years and has worked within a number of product groups such as Windows 98, Windows NT Workstation, BackOffice and Windows NT Server.

Gerry Purdy, CEO, of Mobile Insights, Inc. will moderate the discussion panel. Mr. Purdy has focused on mobile markets and products since 1986 and has become recognized as an industry authority in the mobile computing industry. He has been quoted in such publications as The Wall Street Journal, Business Week, PC Week, The San Jose Mercury News, InfoWorld and the New York Times. He has appeared on CBS Radio Business Report and Voice of America.

The Technology Association of Georgia (TAG) is a member-based organization serving Georgia's rapidly increasing number of technology professionals and businesses. TAG is an umbrella organization for six technology-focused business organizations: Business & Technology Alliance, the Southeastern Software Association and Women in Technology, the Technology Marketing Association, The Interactive Media Alliance, the Business Education & Technology Alliance in Savannah, GA., and 11 special interest groups. For e-mail: [e-mail] or visit: www.tagonline.org.