[Business users in 10 island nations to enjoy mobile data service.]

Atlanta -- Corporate customers of Cable & Wireless in the Caribbean are able to turn their wireless phones into hand-held mobile offices thanks to a partnership between the wireless carrier and BulletIN.net. Cable & Wireless has selected BulletIN wireless messaging/Internet infrastructure and software products to deliver mobile messaging, localized information content and advanced e-mail services to business users in Anguilla, Antigua, Barbados, the Cayman Islands, Dominica, Grenada, St. Kitts, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Turks and Caicos.

These will be the first such wireless enhanced services available on the islands. Cable & Wireless will market the services, with support from BulletIN.net, as Cable & Wireless MobileMail.

"Adding an industry leader such as Cable & Wireless to our growing list of wireless carrier partners further demonstrates the high-quality messaging solutions and value that BulletIN.net provides," said Marlin Nelson, BulletIN.net president. "In today's business world, time is money, and immediate access to important information is essential. With BulletIN products, Cable & Wireless business users tired of lugging heavy laptops on trips just to dial in for e-mail now have a solution as portable as a pocket-sized wireless phone."

Custom Web sites, developed by BulletIN.net for each island, allow Cable & Wireless customers an online option for subscribing to and personalizing their MobileMail services. Cable & Wireless' customer call center will also enroll subscribers.

BulletIN.net's technology allows standard Internet e-mail messages to be filtered, sent to and accessed via mobile phones using the wireless Short Messaging Service (SMS) capability. Cable & Wireless will be using BulletIN.net's SMS Gateway equipment as well as providing services to its customers using BulletIN Corporate, a software solution that allows users to receive their office/LAN e-mail on their wireless devices, including mobile phones, pagers and palm computers.

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