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SmartServ to Introduce Wireless Financial Applications Developed on QUALCOMM's BREW Platform
STAMFORD, Conn., Sept. 17 -- SmartServ Online(TM), Inc. (Nasdaq: SSOL), a leading Web and wireless
application services provider, introduced at CTIA Wireless I.T. & Internet
2001 MobileMarkets(TM) Silver, the first of four applications that SmartServ
will offer to wireless carriers and financial enterprises written to run on
QUALCOMM's Binary Runtime Environment for Wireless(TM) (BREW(TM)) platform.
MobileMarkets(TM) Silver will allow carriers and subscribers to receive quotes
from NASDAQ, NYSE, S & P, market news and indices on a full array of
BREW-enabled mobile devices.
QUALCOMM's BREW platform is a thin applications environment that greatly
simplifies the task of integrating applications onto wireless devices, ranging
from inexpensive mass-market phones, through high-end multi-purpose wireless
devices.
"With the help of QUALCOMM, SmartServ can offer quickly deployed,
carrier-grade applications that drive wireless market data adoption and
generate revenue from wireless financial data services," said Sam Cassetta,
SmartServ CEO.
"We're enthusiastic about the premier financial applications SmartServ has
developed using the BREW platform," said Gina Lombardi, senior vice president
of marketing and product management for QUALCOMM Internet Services.
"SmartServ's expertise in developing wireless applications has already proven
to be successful and we're pleased to help build on that success."
About SmartServ
Founded in 1993, SmartServ (Nasdaq: SSOL) is a B2B wireless technology
leader with a core focus on providing network service providers and financial
institutions with potent applications and infrastructure that integrate
customer-specific data with global financial market data for real-time
delivery to any wireless device, on any platform and over any network.
SmartServ's products include sophisticated engines capable of routing
high-volume transactions, alerts, real-time global market quotes, and news to
multiple destinations; proprietary W2W Middleware(TM) that configures content
and applications for the full array of devices and networks; and a suite of
applications designed so that businesses and their customers can access
information needed to make critical financial decisions.
About QUALCOMM
QUALCOMM Incorporated (http://www.qualcomm.com) is a leader in developing
and delivering innovative digital wireless communications products and
services based on the Company's Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) digital
technology. The Company's business areas include CDMA chipsets and system
software; technology licensing; the BREW applications platform; Eudora(R)
e-mail software; digital cinema systems; and satellite-based systems including
portions of the Globalstar(TM) system and wireless fleet management systems,
OmniTRACS(R) 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 2001
FORTUNE 500(R) company traded on The Nasdaq Stock Market(R) under the ticker
symbol QCOM.
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