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KDDI Announces MSP Program

KDDI will support business partners with a new mobile solution service by establishing the KDDI mobile solution partner (KDDI-MSP) division. In “KDDI-MSP”, positive backup is performed in broader ranges, such as various promotions by the operating support by development support by offer, technical support, etc., case introduction, joint business, etc. of technical know-how, use of a KDDI brand, common pamphlet catalog creation, etc., to companies that develop mobile contents and services for the KDDI/au mobile platform.

NEC's 128MB for Mobile

NEC Electronics Corp. and its subsidiaries in the US and Europe today introduced the industry’s first Pseudo Static Random Access Memory (PSRAM) device [.jpg] designed in accordance with the Common Specifications for Mobile RAM (COSMORAM) Rev. 3, a memory interface standard developed and promoted jointly by Toshiba, Fujitsu, and NEC Electronics for the mobile handset market.

NetFront Wins Software Award

ACCESS Co., Ltd., a global provider of mobile content delivery and Internet access technologies, today announced that its NetFront(R) Internet browser for Pocket PC which includes JV-Lite(TM) 2, a Sun authorized Java virtual machine, has been selected as a winner in Pocket PC Magazine’s Best Software Awards 2004 competition. NetFront was declared the overall winner from among eight other products in the “Browsers and Web Utilities” category by a Pocket PC Magazine global panel of experts.

DoCoMo to Acquire Singapore ISP

NTT DoCoMo, Inc. announced today that the company has agreed to make a 100% acquisition of inter-touch (BVI) Limited, a Singapore-based holding company of Internet providers who supply high-speed broadband connections and applications for business travelers at hotels across Asia-Pacific, Europe etc. The total purchase price will be US$70 million. inter-touch has capital in the amount of US$15.6 million. The company was established in 1998 and employs about 120 people.

Dai Nippon Printing Uses ARM Technology to Develop Java Card OS

Dai Nippon Printing Co. Ltd. (DNP), one of the world’s largest printing companies, and ARM (Nasdaq: ARMHY; LSE: ARM), today announced that DNP has developed a evaluation version of a Java Card(TM) OS based on the ARM(R) SecurCore(TM) SC200(TM) processor. Embedded with a multi-tasking kernel, DNP’s Java Card OS can run real-time multiple applications, on a priority basis, with maximum security. The Java Card OS can be developed as an embedded security device for server, multimedia mobile phones, and the sample product will be delivered in the fourth quarter of 2005.