Opera Software and QUALCOMM Sign Distribution Agreement
opera.com
Oslo, Norway
Jan. 15, 2001
Opera Software and QUALCOMM Incorporated (Nasdaq: QCOM), a leader in digital wireless communications and advanced electronic messaging solutions for the Internet, today announced that they have reached an agreement on mutual distribution of the Opera browser with the Eudora email client for the Windows® and Macintosh® platforms.
The agreement calls for Opera and QUALCOMM to distribute each other's products through their respective distribution channels, as well as promote each other's products on the Opera and Eudora Web sites.
"Today the world's leading independent browser maker and the developer of the world's premier email client join forces in distributing their popular products to as many of each other's existing and new users as possible," says Rolf Assev, Executive Vice President Sales & Marketing, Opera Software, "I am confident that this will fuel the growth of both Opera and Eudora users."
Opera Software AS is an industry leader in the development of Web browsers for the desktop and device markets. The Opera browser has received international acclaim from end-users and the industry press for being faster, smaller and more standards-compliant than other browsers. Opera Software AS is a privately held company headquartered in Oslo, Norway. Learn more about Opera at www.opera.com
QUALCOMM's Eudora email software offers three user-selectable modes, including a sponsor-supported mode that provides the full-featured program to consumers free of charge. The software displays static onscreen advertisements that do not interfere with the user's email workspace or appear in the body of email messages. U.S. consumer email volume is expected to increase from 132 billion messages in 1999 to almost 432 billion in 2003, according to Jupiter Communications. To handle this growing email traffic volume, free Eudora email software in Sponsored mode offers industrial-strength features such as automatic peer-to-peer file sharing and syncing, powerful filtering and search capabilities, flame email detection, and the ability to manage multiple accounts within the single program.
QUALCOMM Incorporated (www.qualcomm.com) is a leader in developing and delivering innovative digital wireless communications products and services based on the Company's CDMA digital technology. The Company's business areas include integrated CDMA chipsets and system software; technology licensing; Eudora® email software for Windows® and Macintosh® computing platforms; digital cinema systems; and satellite-based systems including portions of the Globalstar™ system and wireless fleet management systems, OmniTRACS® and OmniExpress™. Headquartered in San Diego, Calif., QUALCOMM is included in the S&P 500 Index and is a 2000 FORTUNE 500® company traded on The Nasdaq Stock Market® under the ticker symbol QCOM. |
