AirClic and Media Portal Japan Announce Strategic Relationship to Extend Information Access for Mobile Users; Media Portal to adopt AirClic's Global Platform and Standard.Business Editors/High Tech Writers BLUE BELL, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 12, 2001 AirClic Inc., the leading Web-based software and services platform company driving the mobile information market, today announced a strategic relationship with Media Portal Japan Co., Ltd. Media Portal is Japan's premier provider of linking systems that allow consumers and business people to connect directly to Web pages by simply scanning bar codes. Under the terms of the agreement, Media Portal Japan will adopt AirClic's proprietary coding standard and offer services and capabilities in Japan using AirClic's Brand, Platform and Global Registry The configuration database in all 32-bit versions of Windows that contains settings for the hardware and software in the PC it is installed in. The Registry is made up of the SYSTEM.DAT and USER.DAT files. Many settings previously stored in the WIN.INI and SYSTEM. . Media Portal Japan was the first commercial provider of bar code linking systems in Japan. Their technology connects readers of consumer and business publications and catalogues to Web-based information by scanning published bar codes using a variety of mobile devices, including I-Mode compliant cell phones and PDAs. AirClic's platform transforms industry standard bar codes and numbers, as well as company-specific codes into direct conduits to Web-based information and services. Using AirClic's coding standard and platform, Media Portal Japan will extend its current services by offering customers in both business and consumer markets greater speed, accuracy and flexibility when accessing Web-based information from mobile devices. In addition, Media Portal Japan will utilize AirClic's Global Registry, which acts as a central repository (1) A database of information about applications software that includes author, data elements, inputs, processes, outputs and interrelationships. A repository is used in a CASE or application development system in order to identify objects and business rules for reuse. , ensuring the dedicated codes are universally available, unique, and always lead Internet users Internet user n → internauta m/f Internet user Internet n → internaute m/f to precisely the information they seek. "Our customers will greatly benefit from the global standard, brand, technology, and intellectual property that AirClic delivers," said Kazuhiko Konda, chief executive officer of Media Portal Japan. "Using AirClic's technology, we can now provide seamless, global Internet navigation for Japan's mobile users." "Our relationship with Media Portal Japan further advances AirClic's goal to set a global standard for mobile information access," said Phillip Riese, chief executive officer of AirClic. "We are proud to join with market leaders and innovators innovators people who will try new things. early innovators important figures in the farming or client community because they are the leaders in the introduction of new techniques and management systems. like Media Portal Japan in providing a fast, easy and direct way for consumers and business people to access crucial information on everyday mobile devices. By adopting AirClic's technology, Media Portal Japan's services will have a global reach, and their users will be able to access all services available through AirClic simply and efficiently." About Media Portal Japan Co., Ltd. Media Portal Japan (MPJ MPJ Metatarsophalangeal joint ) develops, manufactures and sells Internet bar code readers See bar code scanner. for PDAs, cellular phones and personal computers. In collaboration with Toshiba, NTT DoCoMo (NTT Mobile Communications Network, Inc., Japan) Founded in 1991, NTT DoCoMo is a spinoff of Japan's NTT (Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation) which provides wireless services, including cellular, paging, satellite and maritime and in-flight telephone services. , Japan's foremost communication company, and the SOFTBANK group serving as Digi-Code sales partner, MPJ develops products for the B-to-B and B-to-E markets in Japan. Internationally, MPJ has started exporting samples of the bar code readers to communication firms in Taiwan, Europe and the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . MPJ contributes greatly to the bar code market by developing superior scan technology A method for testing chips on the printed circuit board by building the chip with additional input and output pins that are used only for test purposes. Full scan methods test all the registers on the chip. at affordable prices and offering easy and immediate access to information on the Web. Currently, MPJ users span a wide variety of occupations. Top-ranking Japanese firms in the field of communications and publishing distribution use the MPJ Internet bar code system. More information can be found at www.mediaportaljapan.com. About AirClic Inc. Founded in 1999, AirClic Inc. (www.airclic.com) is a Web-based software and services platform company providing the mobile information market with an end-to-end content-aware infrastructure to more easily and economically transact An earlier e-commerce system for the Web from Open Market that included order capture and secure order fulfillment using credit cards, ecash and other payment systems. It included customer service and subscription administration capabilities as well as an integrated database for reporting with their global users. Any number can be turned into a Smart Code when scanned, spoken or manually entered to initiate context-based transactions between virtually any application and any communication device using the Internet, wireless infrastructure or a phone line. AirClic is headquartered in Blue Bell, PA and maintains offices New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. , Herndon, Va., Sunnyvale, Ca., and Stockholm, Sweden. |
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