Andrew Seybold's Outlook 4Mobility Publishes Q2 Edition of ``Wireless Roadmap;'' Updates and Projects Status of 3G Wireless Data Uptake.

Business Editors and High-Tech Writers

LOS GATOS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 16, 2002

The Second Quarter Edition of "Wireless Roadmap: When is Wireless Data Coming?" has just been published by Andrew Seybold's Outlook 4Mobility, with new and updated information that will be of significant value to wireless product and services vendors, network operators, and IT executives seeking to break the stand-off between corporate needs to advance wireless data initiatives and insecurity over economic, application, opportunity and technology alternatives, Outlook 4Mobility President Andrew M. Seybold said today.

Researched and written by Outlook 4Mobility Partner Barney L. Dewey, the comprehensive survey and analysis of wireless data focuses intensively on the implementation and application of high-speed data networks and devices around the world, defining current status and offering projections on availability and timelines for 2G and 3G services in the United States, Asia and Europe.

In the paper, Dewey also identifies and analyzes three key factors that he regards as paramount considerations affecting the broad uptake of the technology: pricing, which he regards as still too expensive; applications, which he feels must extend well beyond the traditional email and into high productivity uses of corporate data; and devices, raising questions of form factor, voice-data capability and "value threshold."

"There is no question that high-speed wireless data technology will be a fundamental element of the corporate IT mix," Dewey said. "The questions relate to how and when it gets there. In order for it to be adopted widely, it must be affordable, which currently it is not; useful, an area that needs creative attention; and convenient to use. At Outlook 4Mobility we track these issues on a daily basis and we are assured that business and technology solutions are on the way that are both profitable and of major value to users. Subscribers will read about these developments in future `Roadmaps'."

Along with Dewey's narrative, 17 charts and tables depict the status of wireless implementation by country, network operators by country and worldwide, as well as pricing, population, license, subscriber and device break-outs -- all refreshed with the newest available data so that readers can gain an accurate and clear picture of the subject matter at a glance.

Content includes a three-page Executive Summary and historic information that provides context for the current activity discussed in the body of the report, as well as a comprehensive glossary of wireless technology. Major 3G Wireless issues are further analyzed in a 10-page section.

"Wireless Roadmap" can be purchased on the Web by credit card or company purchase order in three different forms and prices: a single, bound paper copy shipped by first class mail within the U.S. is priced at $499; a single-site electronic license, which includes a downloadable PDF file and a bound copy shipped first class, at $999; a corporate worldwide license, which also includes a downloadable PDF file and a bound copy, at $2,499. Visit www.outlook4mobility.com for downloads.

About Andrew Seybold's Outlook 4Mobility

Andrew Seybold's Outlook 4Mobility is an affiliation of closely held companies founded by wireless and mobility expert Andrew Seybold. Outlook 4Mobility offers unparalleled analyses of technologies and trends impacting the convergence of wireless, mobility and the Internet. In addition to its strategic consulting services, Outlook 4Mobility produces Forbes/Andrew Seybold's WIRELESS OUTLOOK, Wireless Data University, Summit 4Mobility, University 4Mobility and Wireless Roadmap. For information, contact Ruth Johnson at Andrew Seybold's Outlook 4Mobility, 980-A University Avenue, Los Gatos CA 95032; Tel [phone], Fax [phone]; email [e-mail]; or visit www.outlook4mobility.com. To subscribe to Forbes/Andrew Seybold's WIRELESS OUTLOOK, write: Subscriptions, Forbes/Andrew Seybold's WIRELESS OUTLOOK, 60 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10011; or subscribe toll-free at 800 293 3157 or at www.wireless-outlook.com.