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SPRINT AND INTERACT COMMERCE DELIVER NATIONWIDE WIRELESS DATA ACCESS TO SELLING PROFESSIONALS

Sprint PCS Delivers Access to Interact.com's next generation Internet Service that Integrates 42 Web Services into the Applications and Devices Selling Professionals Use Everyday


FOR RELEASE:
August 8, 2000

Kansas City, MO and Scottsdale, AZ (August 8, 2000) - Sprint PCS (NYSE: PCS), the nation's fastest growing wireless provider, and Interact Commerce Corporation (Nasdaq: IACT), the leading provider of interactive selling solutions (formerly known as SalesLogix Corporation), today announced a strategic partnership that will offer selling professionals access to critical sales information and Web services available through Interact.com by using any of more than 15 Sprint PCS Internet-ready Phones.

By using a Sprint PCS Internet-ready Phone, selling professionals can now access Interact.com's 42 Web services to schedule Web conferences, receive news on clients and prospects, review their calendars and access all the relevant information stored in their contact manager -- including the industry-leading ACT! and others -- in real time. Additionally, business customers can automatically synchronize all changes and updates across a variety of devices, keeping information current virtually anywhere, anytime on the Sprint PCS nationwide wireless network.

"Interact Commerce is a clear leader in interactive sales solutions, making them an ideal partner as we continue to provide a full breadth of wireless data solutions for business customers," said Charles Levine, chief sales and marketing officer for Sprint PCS. "Sprint PCS is providing a truly integrated selling tool combining the benefits of clear voice calling, nationwide coverage and real time access to mission-critical information directly from their Sprint PCS Internet-ready Phones."

"With more than 7.8 million customers including network partners, Sprint PCS is the clear leader and a tremendous partner in the wireless arena," said Pat Sullivan, president and CEO of Interact Commerce. "This is a tremendous step where a wireless provider and a software company have teamed to give wireless users direct access to information normally locked inside an application. Among the biggest potential beneficiaries will be the 3 million individuals and 8,700 companies now using ACT!, the leading contact manager in the world."

Sprint PCS customers can register for Interact.com services by visiting http://www.interact.com/ from a PC. Customers can learn more about Sprint PCS service and products by visiting http://www.sprintpcs.com/.

About Interact Commerce Corporation
Interact Commerce Corporation enables individuals and organizations worldwide to interact more, sell more and grow faster. The company's products include ACT!, the market-leading contact manager used by more than 3 million professionals, SalesLogix, the fastest growing customer relationship management platform used by more than 2700 companies, and the Interact.com business, the premier interactive selling network. Each of these solutions integrates all aspects of the selling process, from mobile sales professionals to support, marketing, accounting and eBusiness partners. Headquartered in Scottsdale, Ariz., Interact Commerce can be found on the World Wide Web at http://www.interactcommerce.com/.

About Sprint PCS Sprint PCS operates the largest 100 percent digital, 100 percent PCS nationwide wireless network in the United States, already serving the majority of the nation's metropolitan areas including more than 4,000 cities and communities across the country. Sprint PCS has licensed PCS coverage of nearly 270 million people in all 50 states, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. For more information, visit the Sprint PCS web site at http://www.sprintpcs.com/. Sprint PCS is a wholly-owned tracking group of Sprint Corporation trading on the NYSE under the symbol "PCS."

Sprint is a global communications company - at the forefront of integrating long-distance, local and wireless communications services, and a large carrier of Internet traffic. Sprint built and operates the United States' first nationwide all-digital, fiber-optic network and is a leader in advanced data communications services. Sprint has $20 billion in annual revenues and serves more than 20 million business and residential customers.

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Interact.com is a trademark of Interact Commerce Corporation. ACT! is a registered trademark under exclusive license to Interact Commerce Corporation by its owner, Symantec Corporation, in the U.S. and other countries. All other trademarks or registered marks are owned by their respective holders.

  For more information, contact media relations:
For Sprint PCS:

Tom Murphy,
Sprint PCS
Director of Media Relations
(816) 559-6703 (O) tmurph01@mail.sprintpcs.com

For Interact:

Kristina Ford,
Public Relations Manager
(480) 444-1317 (O) kford@interactcommerce.com

Mary Osako,
Sprint PCS
Manager of Media Relations
(816) 559-1337 mosako01@mail.sprintpcs.com


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