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                                                               Exhibit 99.1


Dobson Communications Announces Agreement With
Phone.com, GiantBear.com

May 10, 2000  7:34 PM EDT

OKLAHOMA CITY, May 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Dobson Communications Corporation
(Nasdaq: DCEL) today announced it has purchased equipment and developed a
strategic alliance in anticipation of launching wireless Internet services
later this year. Dobson will use infrastructure software and applications
developed by California-based Phone.com-TM- (Nasdaq: PHCM) to provide network
capabilities for its WAP (Wireless Application Protocol) products, a company
spokesperson said. Phone.com will supply Dobson a WAP gateway that will
provide the protocol translation and optimization, security, activity
tracking and administration tools needed to implement a basic wireless
Internet solution.

In addition, Dobson has entered into an agreement with GiantBear.com to
provide content exchange and an information management portal for its
customers. A full range of content services are planned, including personal
information management tools such as e-mail and address books, and a large
assortment of information services such as news, weather, travel, financial,
entertainment and sports. All information will be available via a handset
that can be customized by the user on a Dobson-branded web site.

GiantBear.com also will provide hosting services for one-way and two-way
(mobile originate) short message service applications that will provide
Internet content to digital handsets. Dobson plans to market two WAP phones
-- the Mitsubishi T-250 and the Ericsson R280LX.

Sun Microsystems and Cisco Systems are among vendors supplying additional
network infrastructure necessary to support Dobson's wireless Internet
services that will supplement the company's existing network of Nortel
Networks and Lucent Technologies cell site and switching equipment.

"A comprehensive wireless Internet offering is one of our top priorities,"
said Dobson President and COO Ed



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Evans. "We view this to be the next logical step in the evolution of our
company."

Dobson provides rural cellular telephone services and is headquartered in
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Through it subsidiaries, Dobson owns or manages
cellular operations in 18 states located throughout the United States and
covers a population base of 8.8 million proportionate pops.

About GiantBear.com

Headquartered in White Plains, N.Y., GiantBear.com was founded by Steven
Price and Stuart Rosenstein, seasoned wireless industry executives who ran
PriCellular Corporation, a rural wireless carrier -- and created LiveWire --
a diversified software and Internet company focused on business-to-business
and mission critical software products and services for media, telecom and
new media companies. The management team includes numerous wireless and
Internet industry professionals with extensive wireless carrier as well as
web development and back-end integration experience.

GiantBear.com's investors and strategic partners include Thomas H. Lee
Partners, L.P.; Blackstone Capital Partners; Reuters Group PLC, the world's
leading electronic news and information provider; H.O. Systems, a leading
provider of Internet-based customer management and billing software for
wireless carriers; LiveWire Labs, an early stage Internet investor and
incubator; and certain private individuals. GiantBear.com is one of the first
web-to-wireless information service providers featuring an all IBM technology
solution, from hardware and software and hosting services to around-the-clock
support. For more information about GiantBear.com and its products, visit
http://www.giantbear.com.

About Phone.com

Phone.com is a leading provider of software that enables the delivery of
Internet-based services to mass-market wireless telephones. Its software
gives wireless subscribers access to Internet-based and corporate intranet-
based services as well as telephony services, which may include over-the-air
activation, call management, billing history information, pricing plan
subscription and voice message management.

SOURCE Dobson Communications Corporation

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