Sprint Announces Plans to Expand its Wireless Corporate Email Offering with a Network-Based Solution for Enterprise Customers

Sprint PCS Business Connection Enterprise Edition Provides Enterprise Customers Secure Mobile Access to E-mail and PIM via Sprint's Nationwide PCS Network

OVERLAND PARK, Kan. - (April 29, 2002) - Sprint (NYSE: FON, PCS), which operates the largest all-digital, all-PCS nationwide network in the United States, announced plans to expand its wireless corporate email portfolio by developing Sprint PCS Business Connection Enterprise Edition, a service providing enterprise customers wireless access to corporate e-mail via their Sprint PCS Phones or handheld computers. The new network-based solution is designed to help enterprise customers increase productivity by providing employees secure, real-time mobile access to e-mail and PIM information, including calendar, contacts and tasks. The service, which is part of the Sprint PCS Clear Wireless Workplace, is expected to be available mid-2002. The plans were announced in conjunction with the first-ever Sprint PCS User Conference for corporate decision makers being held in Las Vegas on April 28 to May 1, 2002.

Sprint PCS Business Connection Enterprise Edition is designed to offer a secure, network-based service that can be easily deployed across the enterprise and managed by the enterprise IT department. As a network-based solution, there is no costly middleware or hardware for customers to install behind the firewall, and employees are not required to install software onto their desktops. Enterprises can self-provision the service within minutes, add new users, track usage, and manage the service using a web-based administrative interface. The service will be hosted in a Sprint carrier grade E|Solutions Center, ensuring secure handling of corporate data, with availability and reliability backed by comprehensive service level agreements. Sprint plans to bundle several security options with the product including SSL (secure socket layer), VPN (virtual private network) and frame relay to provide a complete end-to-end Sprint solution for enterprise customers.

"Whether you're an individual business customer looking for wireless access to corporate e-mail or an enterprise looking to deploy company-wide wireless data access, Sprint can address those needs," said Jay Highley, vice president, business marketing, Sprint's wireless division. "Sprint PCS Business Connection Enterprise Edition and Personal Edition both offer secure, cost-effective and easy-to-install solutions that keep business customers connected to their corporate information, helping them to increase productivity, reduce costs and gain a competitive advantage. Our Business Connection offering is another market leading, end-to-end wireless business solution of the Sprint PCS Clear Wireless Workplace designed to increase productivity, reduce costs and create a competitive advantage."

The new corporate wireless solution follows the launch of Sprint PCS Business Connection Personal Edition earlier this year. Personal Edition provides individual subscribers with secure mobile access to their corporate email by downloading software directly onto their PC. Compatible with both Microsoft Outlook and Lotus Notes, the software is designed to allow individual customers to quickly and easily register for real-time mobile access to their corporate applications from a Sprint PCS Phone or other wirelessly enabled device connected to Sprint's nationwide PCS network. Personal Edition software can be downloaded at http://businessconnection.sprintpcs.com.

The core components of Sprint PCS Business Connection Enterprise Edition were developed by SEVEN, a global wireless software company based in Redwood City, Calif. "Sprint PCS Business Connection Enterprise Edition is ideal for enterprises looking for a secure, affordable, easily managed mobile data access service," said Bill Nguyen, founder and CTO of SEVEN. "Because Sprint PCS Business Connection Enterprise Edition is zero-footprint - no additional hardware or software installation required - enterprises save time and resources, while quickly capitalizing on their ROI."

Sprint PCS Business Connection Enterprise Edition is compatible with Sprint's Third Generation Network so enterprise customers will not be required to purchase new software once Sprint's 3G services launch nationwide in mid-2002. New 3G mobile devices will be needed to take advantage of the enhanced speeds of 3G.

In addition to the Business Connection line of products, Sprint also offers a customer premise-based service to enable wireless access to Microsoft Exchange- and Lotus Domino-based systems behind the corporate firewall with Wireless Knowledge Workstyle. The companies began offering the secure enterprise solution in September 2000 with the launch of the Sprint PCS Wireless Web for Business.

The Sprint PCS User Conference is the first ever user conference for senior level executives charged with developing effective wireless enterprise strategies. The sold out conference offers a comprehensive agenda featuring noted industry experts and analysts, with opportunities to learn more about Sprint's migration to 3G services, the current wireless landscape, the latest voice and data solutions for business, and how to maximize return on wireless investment.

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About Sprint

Sprint is a global communications company serving more than 26 million business and residential customers in over 70 countries. With approximately 80,000 employees worldwide and more than $26 billion in annual revenues, Sprint is widely recognized for developing, engineering and deploying state of the art network technologies, including the United States' first nationwide all-digital, fiber-optic network. Sprint's award-winning Tier 1 Internet backbone is being extended to key global markets to provide customers with a broad portfolio of scalable IP products. Sprint's high-capacity, high-speed network gives customers fast, dependable, nonstop access to the vast majority of the world's Internet content. Sprint also operates the largest 100-percent digital, nationwide PCS wireless network in the United States, already serving the majority of the nation's metropolitan areas, including more than 4,000 cities and communities.

About SEVEN

SEVEN enables mobile operators to offer turnkey mobile data access services to their enterprise customers. The company's patented System SEVEN architecture provides secure, manageable, real-time mobile access to enterprise applications. SEVEN is a global company headquartered in Redwood City, CA. For more information, please visit www.seven.com.

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