ONE selects BlueKite.com for delivery of wireless Internet services.

M2 PRESSWIRE-1 March 2000-BLUEKITE.COM: ONE selects BlueKite.com for delivery of wireless Internet services (C)1994-2000 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD

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Cebit 2000, Hannover -- ONE, Austria's fastest growing and most innovative mobile operator, has selected the breakthrough wireless Internet solution from California-based BlueKite.com to boost its high-speed mobile data service. BlueKite's Data Reduxion(tm) technology will enable ONE to offer its customers a reliable service for mobile Web browsing and email access at wireline speed.

"Our extensive tests have shown that BlueKite.com is the leader in wireless Internet software," said Lars Reichelt, Chief Operating Officer of ONE. "The combination of high-speed data and BlueKite's technology positions us as the number one in the Austrian market for mobile Internet services. BlueKite's solution will be a key element in our easy-to-use, innovative mobile Internet product."

ONE will offer the BlueKite software to its subscribers in combination with High Speed Circuit Switched Data (HSCSD) services from mid March. This allows ONE subscribers to surf the web and download large emails at any time, wherever they are.

BlueKite's Data Reduxion(tm) technology extends the wireless bandwidth for GSM, HSCSD and GPRS networks, bringing the full, rich content of the Internet to laptops connected via today's mobile modems. It turbo-charges wireless Internet access while increasing bandwidth efficiency. Wireless Internet services built with BlueKite are 5 times faster and 10 times more efficient. The result is wireless Internet services with wireline performance at a fraction of the cost.

David R. Cox, President and CEO of BlueKite.com said: "This new service gives ONE a significant competitive edge with next generation speeds today.

BlueKite's technology makes wireless web surfing fast and easy, with hassle-free mobile connections. The possibilities are limitless."

About BlueKite.com

BlueKite.com, making the wireless Internet a reality, is a California-based corporation with its headquarters in Silicon Valley, its engineering and design centre in southern California's Orange County and European headquarters in Copenhagen. Founded with venture funding in January 1998, the company has worked closely with network operators, systems administrators, and corporate end users to develop its mobile computing software solutions. BlueKite develops software solutions to enable network operators to provide end users with high-performance and cost-effective access to critical data such as corporate intranets, the Internet, and e-mail via notebook computer or handheld device, connected via a mobile phone or integrated terminal. For more information on BlueKite.com, please visit us at www.bluekite.com.

About ONE

In October 1998, the communications company ONE launched Austria's only nation-wide GSM-1800 mobile telephony network. 14 months later - by the end of 1999 - ONE had 1,000 employees and 500,000 customers producing an annual turnover of ATS 2 billion. ONE has a population coverage of over 96 %.

Besides mobile telephony, ONE also offers the Internet product i-ONE, the fixed-line solution ONE 1069, and - together with Priority Telecom - the convergence product Take Two. ONE has already invested ATS 15 billion in Austria, in the year 2000 another 3 billion will flow mainly into new technologies. Shareholders of ONE / Connect Austria are the German VIAG (36.34%), the Austrian RHI Telekom (24.35%), the Norwegian Telenor (21.14%), and Tele Danmark (18.17%).

BlueKite.com is a registered trademark of BlueKite.com. All other product names or company names are mentioned for identification purposes only and may be trademarks of their respective owners.

CONTACT: Simon Lloyd, Companycare Communications Tel: +44 (0)421 002468 e-mail: simon@companycare.com Taeke Castelein, BlueKite.com Tel: +31 (0) 629 070 459 e-mail: tsc@bluekite.com

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