ACCESS NetFront Browser: 150 mn Deployments Worldwide
ACCESS NetFront Browser: 150 mn Deployments Worldwide

ACCESS NetFront Browser: 150 mn Deployments Worldwide

ACCESS NetFront Browser: 150 mn Deployments Worldwide

ACCESS announced that its market leading NetFront(tm) browser has surpassed 150 million deployments worldwide. Widely recognized as one of the most advanced Internet browsers in the world, NetFront now also stands as the most widely deployed and actively used browser in the beyond-PC market, which includes mobile phones, PDAs, Digital Televisions, set-top boxes, digital televisions, automobile telematics, game consoles, Internet kiosks, email terminals, and many other Internet devices. 

NetFront is an ideal browser solution for Internet devices like mobile handsets, delivering a full Internet browsing experience that’s fast, versatile, powerful, and easy to use.

NetFront is a proven browser solution with successful deployments throughout the world, including the most advanced mobile markets, all backed by ACCESS’ world-class, global engineering resources that help streamline integration, accelerating time-to-market and reducing overall costs. With its modular and scalable architecture and its exceptionally small footprint, NetFront is the ideal solution for Internet device manufacturers requiring optimum browser performance in resource-restricted environments.

NetFront is also an optimum solution for mobile operators who require not only the best browser technology but also a vendor partner with the resources and the experience to seamlessly deliver multiple deployments on schedule.

ACCESS’ NetFront browser provides a comprehensive feature set that supports the latest Internet standards like WAP 2.0, WML, HTML 4.01, and cHTML as well as unique technologies that make mobile Internet browsing highly responsive and intuitive. Key among these technologies are Smart-Fit Rendering(tm), a technology that intelligently renders full Web pages to fit the screen width of mobile devices, eliminating the need for horizontal scrolling, and Rapid-Render(tm), a progressive rendering technology that significantly accelerates the presentation of Web page data. NetFront browser also provides mobile professionals with unique business productivity features, like integrated support for Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) files via Adobe® Reader® software, a first for mobile browsers.

“Years ago, ACCESS envisioned a world powered by a ubiquitous Internet where we would all be living, working, and playing through Internet devices not yet invented,” said Toru Arakawa, president and CEO of ACCESS. “Reaching our 150 Million global deployment milestone confirms that ACCESS is helping make the ubiquitous Internet a reality, and we look forward to achieving future deployment milestones.”

About NetFront Browser
NetFront browser recently surpassed over 150 million deployments globally that include 342 unique devices ranging from mobile phones and PDAs to digital televisions, gaming consoles, and automobile telematics systems from 90 major Internet device manufacturers. NetFront supports a wider range of operating systems than any competing browser including solutions for Palm® OS, Symbian OS, Linux OS, Windows Mobile/PocketPC and mobile handset environments like BREW(tm). NetFront browser technology is used by the world’s leading mobile operators, software providers and electronics manufacturers including Adobe, Alpine, Amoi, AT&T Wireless, Casio, Epson, Hitachi, Hutchinson 3G Group, IBM, KDDI, NEC, NTT DoCoMo, Mitsubishi, palmOne, PalmSource, Samsung, SANYO, Sharp, Sony, Telcel Venezuela, TCL, Toshiba, UTStarcom and more.

About ACCESS
ACCESS Co. Ltd. (Tokyo Stock Exchange: 4813) is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, with offices throughout the world including major centers in the U.S., Germany, and China. ACCESS is a leading global provider of mobile Internet technologies and consultation services for the beyond-PC market. ACCESS’ NetFront browser technology powers 293 different commercial products worldwide including mobile phones, digital televisions, set-top boxes, game consoles, PDAs, car navigation systems, web phones, kiosk terminals and intranet terminals. ACCESS’ NetFront browser technology is most widely deployed in mobile phones for NTT DoCoMo’s popular i-mode and FOMA(tm) services. To date, over 150 million ACCESS software licenses have shipped from more than 90 major Internet device manufactures. ACCESS was listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Mothers market on February 26, 2001. More information is available at www.access.co.jp/english/ or www.access-us-inc.com.

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ACCESS is a registered trademark in Japan. NetFront and Compact NetFront are registered trademarks of ACCESS Co., Ltd. in Japan. i-mode is a trademark or registered trademark of NTT DoCoMo, Inc. in Japan and other countries. NTT DoCoMo’s FOMA service is available only to subscribers in Japan. All other trademarks belong to their respective owners.

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