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WirelessDevNet.com Press Release
QUALCOMM Welcomes Yahoo!(R) Mobile as New BREW(TM) Publisher
SAN DIEGO, May 13 -- QUALCOMM Incorporated
(Nasdaq: QCOM), pioneer and world leader of Code Division Multiple Access
(CDMA) digital wireless technology, today announced that Yahoo! Mobile has
joined the growing global community of BREW publishers. As a BREW Publisher,
Yahoo! Mobile plans to create and offer wireless versions of its products,
such as Yahoo! Messenger for Mobile, to millions of subscribers. Created
specifically for the mobile environment, Yahoo! Messenger for Mobile provides
a PC-like experience that gives BREW-enabled handset users the ability to
instant message anyone on their friends list.
"QUALCOMM is excited about Yahoo!'s plans to provide a compelling
portfolio of mobile communication tools to wireless subscribers around the
world," said Gina Lombardi, senior vice president of marketing and product
management for QUALCOMM Internet Services. "Yahoo!'s commitment to the BREW
solution is a strong endorsement of the solution's growing reach and ensures
that wireless subscribers with BREW-enabled devices remain not only informed
and entertained, but also connected to the people who are important to them."
"We recognize the growing adoption of BREW-based services as a key
opportunity for Yahoo! to extend the availability of our products beyond the
desktop to the mobile devices our customers use everyday," said Doug Garland,
senior vice president, broadband and mobile services at Yahoo! Inc. "Yahoo
has become an essential part of consumers' lives, and we are excited to give
our loyal users a new way to access the products they know and love, whenever
and wherever they need them."
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 26 manufacturers have offered more than 135
BREW-enabled device models to consumers. BREW is successfully enabling the
commercial wireless data services of many successful operators, including
Verizon Wireless, ALLTEL, Cellular One, MetroPCS, Midwest Wireless 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 Peru, Telefonica Móviles in Peru,
Movicom in Argentina, Telcel and Movilnet in Venezuela, Verizon Dominican
Republic, Verizon Wireless Puerto Rico, Pelephone in Israel and Zapp Mobile in
Romania.
Yahoo! Inc. is a leading provider of comprehensive online products and
services to consumers and businesses worldwide. Yahoo! is the No. 1 Internet
brand globally and the most trafficked Internet destination worldwide.
Headquartered in Sunnyvale, Calif., Yahoo!'s global network includes 25 world
properties and is available in 13 languages.
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. Headquartered in San Diego,
Calif., QUALCOMM is included in the S&P 500 Index and is a 2003 FORTUNE 500(R)
company traded on The Nasdaq Stock Market(R) under the ticker symbol QCOM.
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