ActiveSky, Openwave Bring Interactive Rich Media to the Wireless Web.Business Editors & Technology/Internet Writers SAN MATEO San Mateo (săn mətā`ō), city (1990 pop. 85,486), San Mateo co., W Calif., on San Francisco Bay; inc. 1894. It is a commercial and retail center with some high-technology manufacturing. San Mateo, Spanish for St. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 16, 2001 ActiveSky(TM), a wireless rich media technology provider, and Openwave Systems Inc. (Nasdaq:OPWV OPWV Openwave Systems Inc. (stock abbreviation, AMEX) ), the worldwide leader of open IP-based communications infrastructure software and applications, have entered into an agreement whereby ActiveSky will develop a rich media technology module for devices using the Openwave(TM) Mobile Browser. ActiveSky's technology provides rich media capabilities to cell phones and PDAs using current wireless networks as well as emerging 2.5G and 3G connections. The company's pure software approach delivers interactive animations, images and streaming video seamlessly through a simple microbrowser A Web browser designed for small display screens on smartphones and other handheld wireless devices. See smartphone and WAP. plug-in. Under the terms of the agreement, Openwave will provide support for ActiveSky to develop an optional multimedia module allowing device manufacturers to add the ActiveSky rich media platform to mobile devices featuring the Openwave Mobile Browser A microbrowser from Openwave that enables smartphones to interact with the Web. Formerly known as the UP.browser, Version 3.x uses HDML, and Version 4.0 and up is WAP compliant. See HDML, WAP and Openwave. . "The goal of our collaboration is to ease the process for wireless device manufacturers to combine the ActiveSky module with the Mobile Browser," Jeff Damir, group vice president, Openwave, said. "Our device OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and licensees may use ActiveSky's multimedia platform to leverage advanced device features, such as color displays." The Openwave Mobile Browser is the world's leading microbrowser for mobile devices. The Mobile Browser features an intuitive graphical user interface graphical user interface (GUI) Computer display format that allows the user to select commands, call up files, start programs, and do other routine tasks by using a mouse to point to pictorial symbols (icons) or lists of menu choices on the screen as opposed to having to (GUI (Graphical User Interface) A graphics-based user interface that incorporates movable windows, icons and a mouse. The ability to resize application windows and change style and size of fonts are the significant advantages of a GUI vs. a character-based interface. ) and a flexible architecture that supports a variety of markup languages, content types, and wireless networks. Openwave microbrowsers have been integrated into more than 170 models of mobile phones representing more than 100 million units shipped. "With the addition of rich media capabilities from ActiveSky, Openwave is setting the stage for a fundamental shift to media-enhanced wireless services," Scott Marquardt, 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. , ActiveSky, said. "By integrating ActiveSky's technology into the Mobile Browser, hardware manufacturers have the easiest and most cost effective method of enhancing their product capabilities for delivering these new services." About ActiveSky ActiveSky's technology enables the delivery of interactive rich media to wireless devices on current, 2.5G and 3G networks. The company's end-to-end image delivery platform integrates encoding tools, rich media gateway software and a graphics viewer/media player, powering a new wave of personal and business applications, including still image downloads, location-based marketing, m-commerce and streaming video. ActiveSky has headquarters in San Mateo, Calif., with offices in Japan and Australia. For more information, visit www.activesky.com. ActiveSky and the ActiveSky logo are trademarks of ActiveSky. Openwave and the Openwave logo are trademarks of Openwave Systems Inc. All other trademarks are the properties of their respective owners. |
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