ACCESS LICENSES SMIL MULTIMEDIA PLAYER TO KDDI.ACCESS Co. Ltd. (Tokyo Stock Exchange Tokyo Stock Exchange Main stock market of Japan, located in Tokyo. It opened in 1878 to provide a market for the trading of government bonds newly issued to former samurai. : 4813), a global provider of mobile content delivery and access technologies for information appliances, has unveiled that its SMIL (Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language) Pronounced "smile." A format for delivering and synchronizing multimedia content on the Web. Introduced in the summer of 1998 by the W3C, it is a document type (DTD) of XML and provides the timing commands that (Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language (hypertext, language, multimedia, text, World-Wide Web) Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language - (SMIL) A language based on Extensible Markup Language (XML), that enables people without programming or scripting backgrounds to author multimedia presentations in a simple text ) multimedia player has been licensed by KDDI for deployment on its au branded handsets available through its 3G CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access) A method for transmitting simultaneous signals over a shared portion of the spectrum. The foremost application of CDMA is the digital cellular phone technology from QUALCOMM that operates in the 800 MHz band and 1.9 GHz PCS band. 1X WIN data delivery service running on a CDMA 2000 1x EV-DO (EVolution-Data Only) A 3G high-speed digital data service provided by cellular carriers worldwide that use the CDMA technology, including Verizon and Sprint in the U.S. EV-DO works on EV-DO cellphones as well as laptops and portable devices that have EV-DO modems. network. The SMIL player for KDDI, formally named NetFront v3.1 SMIL Player for KDDI, supports SMIL Basic, the latest W3C (World Wide Web Consortium, www.w3.org) An international industry consortium founded in 1994 by Tim Berners-Lee to develop standards for the Web. It is hosted in the U.S. by the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) at MIT (www.csail.mit.edu/index.php). specification, as well as KDDI's own feature set. NetFront v3.1 SMIL Player for KDDI allows consumers to access and play multimedia content, like movies, animations, still images, sounds, and text in a dynamic manner. Information can be selected and organized for display by consumers according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. their personal preference, greatly enhancing and personalizing the end-user experience. NetFront v3.1 SMIL Player for KDDI initially supports KDDI's EZ Channel. Toshio Maki, director of product management department, Strategic "au" Business Development Division, KDDI Corporation stated, "We chose to partner with ACCESS for the development of this multimedia solution because ACCESS has not only world class technical expertise but also global experience in next-generation mobile Internet technologies. This new multimedia browser software solution will allow our customers to enjoy a greatly enhanced and personalized Internet experience." "We are very pleased that ACCESS software was selected to support the innovative services announced today by KDDI, services which will usher in a new era in mobile telephony. With this solution, EZ Channel customers will benefit not only from a dynamic user interface but sophisticated handset functionality as well," said Toru Arakawa, president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of ACCESS. About CDMA 2000 1x EV-DO and SMIL Compatible Content Delivery Services See CDN. (1) CDMA 2000 1x EV-DO A new 3G high-speed wireless packet data network, enabling a maximum download speed of 2.4Mbps and upload speed 144 Kbps (both at best effort). (2) EZ Channel EZ Channel allows one to program automatic content delivery from a programming guide, with daily or weekly updates. Furthermore this service provides end-users to download contents on demand through specialized contents window format. About ACCESS ACCESS Co. Ltd. is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, and has subsidiaries in Fremont, California, Oberhausen, Germany, and Beijing, China. ACCESS is a global provider of mobile content delivery and access technologies for information appliances. ACCESS' embedded NetFront browsers power 254 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 was listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Mothers market on February 26, 2001. Access can be found on the World Wide Web at http://www.access.co.jp/english/ or http://www.access-us-inc.com. For more information, call +81-3-5259-3685 or 510/438-7708. |
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