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To: John Biddle who wrote (33099)	3/4/2003 5:32:21 PM
From: John Biddle	Respond to of 196656

Content companies push forward with deals, releases March 04, 2003 1:15 PM EST rcrnews.com RALEIGH, N.C.—News on the wireless content and application front continues to pour in, with a variety of companies announcing new deals and product releases. Wireless content company Summus Inc. said it scored a deal with board game company TriBond Enterprises to make wireless versions of its line of games. Those in the industry have said such brand-name licensing deals will be key to selling new wireless content. “TriBond’s popularity and relevance to wireless make this an exciting venture,” said Chris Kremer, executive vice president of sales and business development for Summus. “Games are a very important category for industry revenues and profits at this stage.” TriBond Mobile will run on Summus’ BlueFuel application platform and will be available for both Qualcomm Inc.’s BREW application download service and Sun Microsystems Inc.’s Java technology, as well as the Symbian operating system. Separately, Qualcomm announced two new deals for its BREW technology, further efforts by the company to expand its lineup of BREW-capable content. Application developer and publisher Dwango Wireless said it will make a range of BREW games, including a top-down vertical shooting game called Star Exceed. And M7 Networks Inc. said it launched a BREW technology extension that will allow developers to create applications that include high scores from competing users. Qualcomm recently announced a system for companies to make and charge for technology extensions to the BREW service. Those in the industry have said high-score capabilities for wireless games will be important in the market. Qualcomm’s BREW has been deployed by Verizon Wireless and Alltel in the United States, KTF in South Korea, KDDI in Japan and China Unicom in China. More than 40 BREW-enabled handsets are commercially available. Finally, wireless entertainment company Digital Bridges said it created a new distribution service for Java game developers. The company said the distribution system will help connect developers with carriers and retailers.