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WirelessDevNet.com Press Release
TAITO to Publish Top Titles for QUALCOMM's BREW(TM) Platform
TOKYO, Oct. 20 -- TAITO Corporation, a leading wireless entertainment content provider in Japan, announced that it has signed an agreement to publish games for QUALCOMM's Binary Runtime Environment for Wireless(TM) (BREW) platform. The company plans to provide several titles for BREW-based operators in the United States as well as other operators around the world.
TAITO's first BREW-based game to be released in the United States will be the venerable classic Space Invaders which is celebrating its 25th anniversary and is currently a hit with KDDI subscribers in Japan. Other titles TAITO plans to release, include "Arkanoid," focused on the challenge of moving a paddle to hit various colored bricks, "Puzzle Bobble," the objective of which is bursting three or more bobbles and "Qix," a game in which users must draw a line to escape without touching any enemies.
"TAITO is attracted to QUALCOMM's BREW system because it is a complete end-to-end business and technical solution," said Yukiharu Sambe, director, TAITO. "We believe the BREW solution will make it much easier for TAITO to expand and generate revenues in regions such as the U.S., Brazil, and Australia. Thanks to the BREW system, people throughout the world will soon enjoy world-famous TAITO games on their mobile phones."
"QUALCOMM is pleased to have TAITO join the BREW family of content partners," said Mike Yuen, director, BREW Developer Relations, QUALCOMM Internet Services. "We look forward to working with TAITO to assist them with expanding their market opportunities to a broader global audience."
QUALCOMM's BREW system provides products and services that connect the mobile marketplace value chain, which includes application developers, publishers, content providers, device manufacturers, operators and consumers.
Publishers and developers worldwide are generating revenue from BREW-based applications and content, and 19 manufacturers have offered more than 90 BREW- enabled device models to consumers. BREW is successfully enabling the commercial wireless data services of many very successful operators, including Verizon Wireless, ALLTEL, Midwest Wireless and U.S. Cellular in the United States, China Unicom, KDDI in Japan, KTF in South Korea, Telstra in Australia, VIVO in Brazil and BellSouth International in Colombia.
About TAITO Corp.
TAITO CORP. ( www.taito.co.jp ) is a leader in operating Amusement space, business/family use game, innovative telecommunication Karaoke in Japan.
Nowadays TAITO is focusing on moving aggressively into Mobile content business in overseas market as well as Japanese market. Because of 25th anniversary of Space Invader, TAITO is conducing and holding wide variety of promotions and programs.
QUALCOMM is a registered trademark of QUALCOMM Incorporated. BREW and Binary Runtime Environment for Wireless is a trademark of QUALCOMM Incorporated. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
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