First Competitive IP Approach to Wireless Network

Vodafone AirTouch PLC
16 December 1999

                                
  VODAFONE AIRTOUCH TEAMS WITH CISCO, HYUNDAI ELECTRONICS, AND
    TELOS TECHNOLOGY ON SUCCESSFUL WIRELESS IP DEMONSTRATION

 System is Industry's First Competitive IP Approach to Wireless
                         Network Design
                                
Vodafone AirTouch Plc (LSE: VOD, NYSE: VOD), the world's largest
mobile telecommunications company, has joined with Cisco Systems,
Hyundai ElectronicsT, and TELOS Technology, Inc. on a successful
demonstration of an Internet Protocol (IP) core network for
wireless communications.  This new network is a cost-effective
solution for carriers to offer next generation voice and data
wireless services. The demonstration took place in Reno, Nevada
in the United States.
     
Vodafone AirTouch, a leader in advanced communications
technologies, Cisco Systems, the worldwide leader in networking
for the Internet, Hyundai Electronics, a leading CDMA networks
provider, and TELOS Technology, Inc., an expert in telecom
switching, collaborated on this demonstration to integrate new,
more cost-effective elements for wireless networks.  The program
is part of Vodafone AirTouch's ongoing effort to increase
competition among wireless equipment suppliers.
     
Commenting on the successful trial, Arun Sarin, Chief Executive
of Vodafone AirTouch USA/Asia Pacific Region said, 'The success
of this trial marks a historical event in the development of
wireless Internet technology, potentially offering a cost-
effective way for wireless carriers to provide the next
generation of voice, information and Internet services over a
total wireless IP core network solution.
     
'Working in collaboration with some of the world's most advanced
companies in this field, this represents the type of technical
development being undertaken at the Vodafone AirTouch Global
Technology Headquarters in San Francisco.'
     
Cellular and PCS service providers traditionally transport voice
and data through a circuit switched network and purchase
vertically integrated systems from large infrastructure
manufacturers.  Vodafone AirTouch is taking a different approach.
Rather than using the traditional transport method for a wireless
system, the entire demonstration network is connected through IP.
IP is the fundamental technology enabler that forms the backbone
of the Internet.  The goal is to improve cost, interoperability,
and services between a variety of competitive wireless equipment
suppliers.
     
While the Reno demonstration was completed in the US PCS
frequency bands, Vodafone AirTouch expects multi-supplier IP
wireless systems to become available at other cellular
frequencies as well.  Hyundai Electronics' CDMA Pico Base
Stations (BTS) were used in the demonstration between mobile
subscribers and the IP network.  The IP network transport
capability was provided by Cisco Systems, Inc. and TELOS
Technology, Inc. provided IP-based support for wireless mobility.
     
The voice quality on mobile to fixed and mobile to mobile calls
during the demonstration frequently approached fixedline quality.
The trial system demonstrated that suppliers could successfully
collaborate to generate a total IP core network solution.


For further information please contact:

Vodafone AirTouch:                 Cisco Systems:
Tim Brown, [phone]        Charleston Sin [phone]
Melissa Stimpson [phone]

Hyundai Electronics:               TELOS  Technology, Inc.:
Kelly Joyce [phone]      Michael Harris, [phone]
or
Lulu Bridges
Tavistock Communications Limited
Tel: [phone]