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Friday, 10/21/2005 8:42:49 AM

Friday, October 21, 2005 8:42:49 AM

Taiwan market: Qualcomm signs first BREW partner for 3G services

Daniel Shen and Yinxuan Wang, Taipei; Adam Hwang, DigiTimes.com [Friday 21 October 2005]

http://www.digitimes.com/news/a20051021A6031.html

Qualcomm Taiwan and Asia Pacific Broadband Wireless Communications (APBW) on October 20 announced that Qualcomm’s BREW (binary runtime environment for wireless) platform would be the basis for various 3G services on APBW’s CDMA 2000 1X infrastructure. APBW is the first 3G operator to adopt BREW in Taiwan.

The BREW platform, unlike a Java-based platform, allows compatibility among different 3G systems and among 3G handset models equipped with Qualcomm chips and those without such chips, emphasized Qualcomm Taiwan president Tony Li.

APBW will offer BREW-enabled 3G services including downloading of ring tones, mobile on-line games, office tools and information services, according to APBW CEO James Jen.

Of the other four 3G licensees in Taiwan, two to three are expected to adopt BREW in the first half of next year, local industry experts pointed out.