["The new version integrates the Wireless Application Protocol (WAP), and is the first solution allowing users to access their corporate intranet from Internet enabled mobile phones and the 3Com(R) Palm VII(TM)." ]

BERKELEY, Calif. -- In an effort to augment communications with corporate portals for small- and medium-sized businesses and divisions within large corporations, zap business communication systems, Inc. today announced version 1.1 of its (ucone) communications portal. The new version integrates the Wireless Application Protocol (WAP), and is the first solution allowing user s to access their corporate intranet from Internet enabled mobile phones and the 3Com(R) Palm VII(TM).

Wireless technology is the infrastructure behind the handheld Internet appliance movement. WAP is an open, global standard for the delivery of wireless information and telephony services to mobile phones and other wireless appliances. WAP enables the use of World Wide Web capabilities on the limited screen space of Internet-enabled devices with a reduced amount of key input. According to the Strategis Group, there will be more than 530 million wireless subscribers by the year 2001. WAP capabilities include the ability to retriev e Email, and push and pull information from the Internet. Understanding that access to information is the key to today's business environment, (ucone) users can now connect to th eir corporate communications portal in and out of the office.

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WAP utilizes standard Internet markup language technology (XML). The user will log onto the Internet via a WAP link server that acts as a gateway from the wireless telecommunicat ions network to the Internet. As users update and modify content on the (ucone) communications portal, wireless users can receive and respond to their corporate environment

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