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WirelessDevNet.com Press Release
Kayak Interactive Powers Mobile Multiplayer Games on BREW™-Enabled Handsets
SAN DIEGO — June 8, 2004 — Kayak Interactive, dedicated to making multiplayer gaming a reality in the mobile entertainment industry, announces that it is delivering cross-network multiplayer game play capabilities between BREW-enabled handsets. Support for in-game, multiplayer capabilities to BREW-enabled phones is expected to significantly grow the market for multiplayer wireless games. Kayak Interactive plans to unveil several new game titles at the show. Please visit Kayak Interactive at Booth #3 at the BREW 2004 Developers Conference.
Kayak Interactive's platform delivers this exchange across networks, handsets and international boundaries, allowing mobile gamers all over the world to download and compete against each other in dynamic multiplayer games. The removal of barriers between networks and handsets is helping to set the stage for rapid expansion for mobile multiplayer gamers in 2004.
Most recently, Kayak Interactive showcased its multiplayer game play capabilities at a well-known annual gaming conference with a PubPool Tournament, which featured an eight-player single-elimination tournament with members of the mobile entertainment community competing across networks. The event demonstrated the functionality and the possibilities of multiplayer game play.
“The BREW solution is delivering excellent handset function and performance making the handset gaming experience exciting. We are pleased to deliver multiplayer network game play to BREW-enabled phones,” said Aleta Riccardi, Chief Technical Officer, Kayak Interactive. “The Kayak platform significantly improves the market dynamics for multiplayer games by allowing for a universe of game players independent of the handset technology or network they use. With Kayak’s platform, no one is restricted when developing or playing mobile, multiplayer games.”
“Kayak Interactive's solution opens up a world of possibilities for the wireless gaming space," said Mike Yuen, director of BREW Developer Relations for QUALCOMM Internet Services. “QUALCOMM is pleased to see that the BREW solution is enabling developers to make innovative advancements in wireless gaming, thereby allowing publishers and developers to bring exciting new applications to market.”
QUALCOMM's BREW solution provides products and services that connect the mobile marketplace value chain, which includes publishers, application developers, content providers, device manufacturers, operators and consumers.
Publishers and developers worldwide are generating revenue from BREW-based applications and content, and 26 manufacturers have offered more than 135 BREW-enabled device models to consumers. BREW is successfully enabling the commercial wireless data services of many very successful operators, including Verizon Wireless, ALLTEL, Cellular One, MetroPCS, Midwest Wireless, NTELOS and U.S. Cellular in the United States, China Unicom, KDDI in Japan, KTF in South Korea, Hutch in Thailand, Telstra in Australia, VIVO in Brazil, BellSouth Chile, BellSouth Colombia, BellSouth Ecuador, BellSouth Guatemala, BellSouth Nicaragua, BellSouth Panama, BellSouth Perú, Telefónica Móviles in Peru, Movicom in Argentina, Telcel and Movilnet in Venezuela, Verizon Dominican Republic, Verizon Wireless Puerto Rico, Pelephone in Israel and Zapp in Romania.
About Kayak Interactive
Mobile, multiplayer gaming is interactive, dynamic action between two or more people and devices at the same time. The Princeton, New Jersey-based, Kayak Interactive has created a software platform that supports the technology needed for this type of gaming. It allows for the creation, delivery, management and billing, as well as enhances user experience of mobile multiplayer games and the communities supporting them. Kayak’s unique product delivers true multiplayer functionality across networks, handsets, and international borders, creating a foundation for everyone in the value chain to support their mobile gaming business goals. For more information, please visit www.kayakinteractive.com.
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