Data Broadcasting Launches eSignal Mobile for Wireless Real-Time Quotes; Arms Cell Phone Users With Real-Time Quotes, News and Advanced Data Features.

Business Editors

HAYWARD, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 14, 2000

Data Broadcasting Corporation (Nasdaq:DBCC), America's leading provider of real-time financial market data to traders and individual investors, today announced the release of eSignal Mobile, arming the cell phones of road warriors with access to real-time stock quotes and business news headlines.

The new wireless service incorporates WAP (Wireless Application Protocol) technology to provide real-time data from the New York and American stock exchanges, the Nasdaq Stock Market and a wide variety of real-time indices. eSignal Mobile also gives subscribers easy access to news headlines from the past 24 hours.

With demand for mobility growing, the estimated number of cell phone users by the year 2002 will be around 530 million, with almost 50% of them using WAP by the end of 2001. Mobile Internet will not only make the current Internet available from a mobile terminal, but also create a whole new set of services that will be available anytime, anywhere for many users.

"If our subscribers have access to a cellular signal, they can now have access to the crucial data they need to make investment decisions from the road," said Chuck Thompson, senior vice president and managing director of DBC. "With each new product addition and enhancement, we are providing our customers with the best systems for their financial information and trading needs. We are excited about the accessibility, flexibility and ease of use of eSignal Mobile as this is so important in today's virtual trading space."

Thompson added: "eSignal Mobile extends Data Broadcasting's leadership in wireless data transmission from our popular wireless laptop services and delayed cell phone quotes. Now we can link the power of real-time, actionable data with the convenience of our subscribers' cell phones so they can keep in touch with market-moving information throughout the day in a virtually borderless environment."

With eSignal Mobile, users can customize their portfolio on the web and access it in real-time right on their cell phone. eSignal Mobile currently has direct links to the financial menus of web-enabled cell phones from AT&T Pocketnet (NYSE:T), BT Cellnet (NYSE:BTY) and Nextel (Nasdaq:NXTL). For more information on eSignal Mobile, please visit us at http://mobile.esignal.com.

About WAP:

WAP (Wireless Application Protocol) is an open, global specification that empowers mobile users with wireless devices to easily access and interact with information and services instantly. A large number of device manufacturers and software developers have agreed on this common standard for small devices to communicate. Access to eSignal's WAP-enabled financial protocol is a result of using Phone.com's (Nasdaq:PHCM) embedded mini-browser in a wireless phone.

WAP-compatible phones are now available from more than 20 handset manufacturing companies worldwide including Qualcomm (Nasdaq:QCOM), Nokia (NYSE:NOK), Motorola (NYSE:MOT) and Ericsson (Nasdaq:ERICY). Carriers offering WAP compatibility include AT&T, BT Cellnet, Sprint PCS (NYSE:PCS) and Nextel.

Other companies offering similar access to wireless data include Aether (Nasdaq:AETH), SmartServ (Nasdaq:SSOL) and Datalink (Nasdaq:DLK).

About eSignal:

eSignal delivers vital streaming real-time financial data over the Internet to active traders and individual investors. The eSignal application includes a portfolio manager, a Nasdaq Level II display, fundamental data, intraday and interday charts, analytics, full-text news & research, customized tickers, time & sales and an options montage window. eSignal also provides full text news from CBS MarketWatch (Nasdaq:MKTW), Dow Jones News Service (NYSE:DJ) and Comtex, and can deliver limit alerts via pager, cell phone or e-mail. eSignal supports Windows(R) 95/98/2000/NT and is available for downloading at http://www.eSignal.com.

About Data Broadcasting Corporation

Data Broadcasting Corporation is a leading global provider of financial and business information to institutional and individual investors. The company supplies time sensitive pricing, dividend, corporate action and descriptive information for more than 3.5 million securities traded around the world including hard-to-value, unlisted fixed income instruments. At the core of the business are its extensive database expertise and technology resources.

DBC delivers real-time, end-of-day and historically archived data to customers through a variety of products featuring Internet, dedicated line, satellite and dial-up delivery protocols. Through a broad range of partnerships and alliances, the company provides links to most of the world's best-known financial service and software companies for trading, analysis, portfolio management and valuation. The company owns approximately 34 percent of MarketWatch.com (Nasdaq:MKTW), which it founded and joint ventured with CBS (NYSE:CBS), now part of Viacom Inc. (NYSE:VIA).

DBC, with approximately 1,700 employees, is headquartered in Bedford, Massachusetts and has more than 20 offices in North America, Europe, Asia and Australia including the world's key financial centers of New York, London and Tokyo.