Top Wireless Operators (including Vesper) in Latin America Join QUALCOMM's BREW Initiative
[Yes, I am only posting this to try to make sure that SI does not delete this thread any time soon. Jon.]
SAN DIEGO--Dec. 17, 2001--QUALCOMM Incorporated (Nasdaq: QCOM),
pioneer and world leader of Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA)
digital wireless technology, today announced that it has signed
non-binding memoranda of understanding (MOUs) with leading wireless
operators from around the world including BellSouth in Guatemala,
Telcel-Bellsouth in Venezuela, and Vesper in Brazil, to provide
products and services based on QUALCOMM's Binary Runtime Environment
for Wireless(TM) (BREW(TM)) applications platform. Korean device
manufacturer KTF Technologies also signed an MOU to port the BREW
platform to their wireless handsets.
"We are very pleased to add such a significant group of carriers
to the BREW network that stretches across the globe," said Peggy
Johnson, president of QUALCOMM Internet Services. "These companies add
to the growing list of industry leaders working to bring a genuinely
useful wireless Internet to their respective markets. BREW-enabled
products and services will give consumers around the world the ability
to personalize their wireless handsets by downloading -- over the air
-- the applications they want and need, virtually anytime, anywhere."
CONTACT: QUALCOMM Incorporated
Alison Graves, QUALCOMM Internet Services
858/651-4348, Fax: 858/845-1254
agraves@qualcomm.com
or
Patty Goodwin, Corporate Public Relations
858/651-4127, Fax: 858/651-5873
pgoodwin@qualcomm.com
or
Julie Cunningham, Investor Relations
858/658-4224, Fax: 858/651-9303
jcunningham@qualcomm.com |
