Are You and Your Mobile Ready for Bluetooth? 3Com And 02 Team Up To Offer 3Com-R- Wireless Bluetooth-TM- PC Card And Wireless Bluetooth USB Adapter.

Business and Technology Editors

HEMEL HEMPSTEAD, England--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 14, 2002

3Com Corporation and mobile data market leader 02 have teamed up to offer the latest in Bluetooth accessories to mobile users across the UK. Dialling up to connect your PC or laptop to the Internet straight from your mobile with no need for cumbersome cables couldn't be easier with 3Com's Wireless Bluetooth(TM) PC Card or Wireless Bluetooth USB Adapter.

"We are delighted to be able to offer our customers Bluetooth wireless accessories from 3Com," said Mike Reid from 02. "Mobile users want the freedom and flexibility to be fully connected wherever they may be. With a Bluetooth enabled phone, users can easily hook up their laptop or PC to the Internet or their corporate network without the need for carrying cables. They can share files among devices, or even print to a Bluetooth-enabled inkjet printer without logging onto the local network."

Phones stocked by 02 that support Bluetooth include:

- Nokia 6310, Nokia 7650 and Nokia 8910

- Ericsson R320, Ericsson R520, Ericsson T28, Ericsson T39,

Ericsson T68 and Ericsson T68i

The combination between GPRS (General Packet Radio Service), a wireless service that enables access from your mobile to emails and the Internet together with 3Com's Bluetooth solutions will simultaneously offer users the benefits of true mobility.

Pricing and Availability

Phones and Bluetooth accessories are available online from from www.O2.dextra.co.uk or from stores nationwide. Pricing of 3Com's Bluetooth accessories:

3Com Wireless Bluetooth PC Card - pound sterling99.99 3Com Wireless Bluetooth USB Adapter - pound sterling99.99

About 3Com Corporation

3Com is a tier-one provider of innovative, practical and high-value networking products for enterprise customers. 3Com is also a leader in Internet protocol (IP) service platforms and access infrastructure for the network service provider market. For further information, please visit www.3com.com, or the press site www.3com.com/pressbox.

About 02

- The business operations of mmO2 plc are branded O2.

- O2 (UK) Ltd has nearly 11.2 million customers (end June 2002), of which 33% are contract and the remainder pre-pay. The proportion of service revenues generated by data usage has doubled in the last year, with 14.1% achieved for the three months to end June 2002. The number of SMS messages handled on by O2 UK has more than doubled year on year to 3.9 billion.

- O2 UK's GSM network, including GPRS capability, covers over 99% of the population and approximately 90% of the UK by land area, and comprises over 9,000 base stations.

- O2 UK was the first mobile network in the world to have launched and rolled-out commercial GPRS services. Work is underway to develop its future 3G network capability, including a special agreement with T-Mobile for constructive infrastructure sharing for the roll-out of 3G coverage.

- The company has 211 O2 retail stores located across the UK, plus a 40% shareholding in The Link Stores Limited.

- International roaming agreements with 319 networks allow our customers to receive and make calls in 138 countries.

Additionally, O2 customers are now able to roam with GPRS in15 countries.

3Com and the 3Com logo are registered trademarks of 3Com Corporation. The Bluetooth trademark is owned by the Bluetooth SIG, Inc. and used by 3Com Corporation under license. All other company and product names may be trademarks of the respective companies with which they are associated.