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4thpass Launches Alliance to Showcase Mobile Java Applications
URL(s): www.4thpass.com
SEATTLE, Jan. 14 -- 4thpass Inc. today launched an alliance
for wireless Java developers, giving them access to its Mobile Application
System (MAS (TM)) technology to submit, test and showcase new applications.
The 4thpass MIDlet Alliance ( http://www.4thpass.com/partners ) program
helps developers put their most compelling and powerful applications for next
generation mobile devices in front of wireless operators.
"Mobile Java is clearly the technology carriers are looking to as the next
catalyst for the mobile marketplace," said 4thpass Marketing Director
Javed Chaudry. "Our MIDlet Alliance program is designed to help wireless
operators discover how easy it is to extract value and create new revenue
streams from this technology."
4thpass is looking to populate the Alliance with a limited number of
members who best exemplify what the Java developer community can offer to
mobile service providers. 4thpass takes no share of any revenue a developer
happens to generate by selling his application to a carrier.
"The success of wireless Java largely depends on what offerings carriers
will have for consumers and businesses when they launch mobile Java services,"
added Chaudry who heads the MIDlet Alliance. "From that standpoint it only
makes sense for us to have a close relationship with application developers
and help each other succeed."
Major wireless carriers and device makers worldwide are launching Java
services. Analysts from the ARC Group project more than 100 million
Java-enabled devices on the market this year, and expect by 2006 all handsets
being built will be Java-enabled.
"The 4thpass Alliance can put developers in front of carriers. And if
carriers are putting our applications in front of millions of subscribers,
that means we tap into a vast revenue stream," said president and co-founder
of Mobliss, Brian Levin. Mobliss is a leading wireless media and marketing
company and a charter member of the MIDlet alliance.
When developers submit applications to the MIDlet Alliance, 4thpass Mobile
Application System (MAS(TM)) technology verifies the applications to ensure
they are compatible with mobile device profiles and compliant with various
wireless industry standards. Accepted applications are published to an
electronic catalog accessible to wireless operators.
4thpass builds software for wireless carriers to efficiently manage and
deliver applications over the air to next generation Java-enabled mobile
devices. Through the 4thpass Mobile Application System, carriers can serve
Java applications to devices of different sizes and capabilities.
4thpass has already licensed its Mobile Application System to LG TeleCom
in Korea and has trials underway with major carriers in Europe, China and the
U.S. Major wireless players, Nextel and Motorola, are also investors in
4thpass.
About 4thpass
4thpass (www.4thpass.com) builds software to efficiently manage and
deliver the latest applications over the air to Java-enabled mobile devices.
Through its core products, the Mobile Application System (MAS(TM)) and
KBrowser(TM), 4thpass gives the telecommunications industry the ability to
provide new applications for mobile devices of different sizes and capacities,
without creating new hardware. With MAS, wireless carriers can introduce new
Java applications and services to their customers instantly and safely.
4thpass, founded in 1997, is a privately held company based in Seattle, WA.
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