Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Strategies & Market Trends : VOLTAIRE'S PORCH-MODERATED -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Dealer who wrote (34117)	3/20/2001 10:34:50 AM
From: Dealer	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 65232

QCOM--AirPrime to Leverage QUALCOMM's BREW Applications Platform to Speed Wireless Solutions Development for OEM CDMA Customers SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 20, 2001--AirPrime, a leading provider of high-speed Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) wireless data and voice solutions to the original equipment manufacturing (OEM) marketplace, today announced an agreement with QUALCOMM Incorporated (Nasdaq: QCOM - news) to support QUALCOMM's Binary Runtime Environment for Wireless(TM) (BREW(TM)), an applications platform for wireless devices. The BREW platform will allow developers to create applications for CDMA devices without having to access the CDMA chip system source code. AirPrime will use QUALCOMM's dynamic software platform for wireless devices to optimize customization of its own CDMA product platforms for carriers, shorten the product development cycle, and speed its customers' time to market for their wireless products and applications. AirPrime's first product platform, the SB3000, is a third-generation (3G) ready, wireless CDMA Springboard(TM) Module for the Handspring(TM) Visor(TM) handheld computer. Based on existing and 3G CDMA technology (cdmaOne(TM), cdma2000 1x/1xEV), the SB3000, will allow Handspring users to wirelessly surf the web, exchange e-mail and make voice calls from a single device at 14.4 kbps. As 3G CDMA digital service becomes available, the SB3000 can be upgraded to support cdma2000 1x with data speeds of up to 153 kbps, power saving and voice capacity enhancements. ``The BREW initiative is a valuable development tool for a number of our platforms,'' said Mark W. Steele, AirPrime's senior vice president of Product and Program Management. ``We believe the BREW platform will help us rapidly customize our embedded CDMA products for OEM customers. Longer term, the BREW initiative is capable of accelerating the development of key strategic applications that will work across multiple OEM platforms.'' ``AirPrime is uniquely positioned to help QUALCOMM quickly expand adoption of the BREW platform in the wireless Internet market segment,'' said Peggy Johnson, senior vice president of QUALCOMM and general manager of QUALCOMM Internet Services. ``We look forward to working with AirPrime to enable valuable applications for their OEM customers.'' About AirPrime Inc. AirPrime Inc. is a leading supplier of high-speed, CDMA wireless access solutions to the OEM market. Working under a full CDMA subscriber license from QUALCOMM Incorporated, AirPrime is focused exclusively on providing the optimal current and next-generation wireless access products to OEMs for use in handheld devices, notebook PCs, and Internet appliances. AirPrime's wireless products will also be used in telemetry and emerging applications. A private, venture-backed company, AirPrime is headquartered in Santa Clara, Calif., with additional development offices in San Diego and a sales presence in existing and emerging markets around the world. For more information please visit airprime.com. About QUALCOMM 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 CDMA integrated circuits and system software; technology licensing; the Binary Run-time Environment for Wireless (BREW) applications development platform; Eudora® e-mail software; digital cinema systems; and satellite-based systems including portions of the Globalstar(TM) system and wireless fleet management systems, OmniTRACS® and OmniExpress(TM). QUALCOMM owns patents that are essential to all of the CDMA wireless telecommunications standards that have been adopted or proposed for adoption by standards-setting bodies worldwide. QUALCOMM has licensed its essential CDMA patent portfolio to more than 100 telecommunications equipment manufacturers worldwide. 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. Except for the historical information contained herein, this news release contains forward-looking statements that are subject to risks and uncertainties, including the Company's ability to successfully design and have manufactured significant quantities of CDMA components on a timely and profitable basis, the extent and speed to which CDMA is deployed, 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 24, 2000, and most recent Form 10-Q. QUALCOMM, OmniTRACS and Eudora are registered trademarks of QUALCOMM Incorporated. cdmaOne, BREW and OmniExpress are trademarks of QUALCOMM Incorporated. Globalstar is a trademark of Loral QUALCOMM Satellite Services, Incorporated. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------