SAN DIEGO, Oct 19, 1999 / -- QUALCOMM
Incorporated (Nasdaq: QCOM), pioneer and world leader of Code Division
Multiple Access (CDMA) digital wireless technology, today announced
that Oracle Corporation (Nasdaq: ORCL), the world?s leading supplier of
software for information management technology, has chosen QUALCOMM?s
pdQ(TM) smartphone as one of the key platforms for its Customer
Relationship Management (CRM) mobile sales and service applications.
Oracle(R) CRM 3i is a complete suite of products for managing all
aspects of customer relations, from marketing to sales to service.
"Combining the popular Palm Computing platform with CDMA wireless data
access, the pdQ smartphone demonstrates the flexibility to support a
wide variety of business solutions," said Dr. Paul E. Jacobs, president
of QUALCOMM Consumer Products. "With Oracle?s mobile sales and services
applications, the pdQ smartphone provides enterprise companies with a
completely portable management tool, from customer and contact data to
sales forecasting and opportunity tracking -- plus crystal clear CDMA
voice capabilities."
"Oracle?s CRM product suite provides businesses with coordinated
marketing, selling and support across all customer interaction channels,
" said Mark Barrenechea, senior vice president, CRM Products Division,
Oracle. "Using QUALCOMM?s pdQ smartphone as a wireless platform, Oracle
CRM offers a simple, intuitive solution for sales force and mobile
service automation that allows anytime, anywhere synchronization with
the corporate office."
Oracle CRM 3i, a suite of 35 integrated modules, provides companies
with marketing, sales, service, call center and electronic commerce
solutions. Additionally, Oracle CRM provides out-of-the-box integration
between CRM applications and back-end ERP applications. Integration
makes key business processes much simpler and provides a complete view
of all customer interactions, whether they occur through direct sales
contact, customer access over the web, through a call center or
indirectly through partner channels.
QUALCOMM?s pdQ smartphone combines the popular Palm Computing(R)
platform with a CDMA digital wireless phone that supports wireless
Internet access and e-mail while giving customers access to the more
than 1,000 applications available for the Palm Computing platform. The
pdQ smartphone offers businesses and consumers end-to-end security for
sensitive transactions through the use of standard Internet protocols.
Users can input data three ways: through Palm Computing?s Graffiti(R)
power writing software, the on-screen keyboard, or through a personal
computer?s keyboard when connected to the pdQ smartphone with the
included HotSync(R) technology.
Oracle Corporation is the world?s leading supplier of software for
information management, and the world?s second largest software
company. With annual revenues of more than $9.1 billion, the company
offers its database, application server, tools and application
products, along with related consulting, education and support
services, in more than 145 countries around the world. For more
information about Oracle, please call (650) 506-7000. Oracle?s World
Wide Web address is (URL) oracle.com.
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
major business areas include CDMA phones; integrated CDMA chipsets and
system software; technology licensing; and satellite-based systems
including OmniTRACS(R) and portions of the Globalstar(TM) system.
Headquartered in San Diego, Calif., QUALCOMM is included in the S&P 500
Index and is a 1999 FORTUNE 500(R) company traded on the Nasdaq under
the ticker symbol QCOM.
Except for the historical information contained herein, this news
release contains forward-looking statements that are subject to risks
and uncertainties, including timely product development, the Company?s
ability to successfully manufacture significant quantities of CDMA or
other equipment on a timely and profitable basis, and those related to
performance guarantees, change in economic conditions of the various
markets the Company serves, as well as the other risks detailed from
time to time in the Company?s SEC reports, including the report on Form
10-K for the year ended September 26, 1999, and most recent Form 10-Q.
QUALCOMM and OmniTRACS are registered trademarks, OmniTRACS is a
service mark and pdQ is a trademark of QUALCOMM Incorporated. Oracle is
a registered trademark of Oracle Corporation. Palm Computing, Graffiti
and HotSync are registered trademarks of Palm Computing, Inc., 3Com or
its subsidiaries. Globalstar is a trademark of Loral QUALCOMM Satellite
Services, Incorporated. All other marks are the property of their
respective owners.
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