Number of Devices Powered by ACCESS' NetFront Browser Surpasses the 200 Million Mark Worldwide.TOKYO -- ACCESS Co., Ltd. (TOKYO:4813), a global provider of mobile content delivery and Internet access technologies, announced that the number of devices equipped with its NetFront family of browsers has surpassed 200 million deployments worldwide. The achievement of this milestone firmly establishes NetFront as the leading browser for the mobile and beyond-PC markets. NetFront is widely recognized as one of the most advanced mobile browsers in the world, but NetFront is also widely popular as a browser solution for set-top boxes, game consoles, digital televisions, car navigation systems, and dedicated Internet terminals. With its scalable and compact module structure, NetFront offers Internet device manufacturers rapid time-to-market while reducing overall development costs. Global shipments of devices deployed with NetFront, based on umbrella agreements with client companies, have been steadily growing and in September 2005, passed the 200 million mark representing 720 unique Internet devices. NetFront v3.3, the latest version of the browser, was released in January of this year. NetFront v3.3 provides comprehensive support for global Internet standards as established by the Worldwide Web Consortium (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). ), including HTML HTML in full HyperText Markup Language Markup language derived from SGML that is used to prepare hypertext documents. Relatively easy for nonprogrammers to master, HTML is the language used for documents on the World Wide Web. 4.01, xHTML 1.0, cHTML, WML (Wireless Markup Language) A tag-based language used in the Wireless Application Protocol (WAP). WML is an XML document type allowing standard XML and HTML tools to be used to develop WML applications. It evolved from Openwave's HDML, but WML is not a superset of HDML. 1.3, SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) The leading security protocol on the Internet. Developed by Netscape, SSL is widely used to do two things: to validate the identity of a Web site and to create an encrypted connection for sending credit card and other personal data. 3.0, HTTP HTTP in full HyperText Transfer Protocol Standard application-level protocol used for exchanging files on the World Wide Web. HTTP runs on top of the TCP/IP protocol. 1.1, JavaScript 1.5, CSS (1) See Cascading Style Sheets. (2) (Content Scrambling System) The copy protection system applied to DVDs, which uses a 40-bit key to encrypt the movie. and more. NetFront delivers a PC-like Internet browsing experience on mobile devices and it can be deployed with technologies that are unique to ACCESS including integrated support for Adobe(R) Reader(TM) LE a solution for displaying Adobe PDF (Portable Document Format) The de facto standard for document publishing from Adobe. On the Web, there are countless brochures, data sheets, white papers and technical manuals in the PDF format. documents and NetFront Document Viewer, an integrated solution that supports the display of documents created with Microsoft(R) Office. "As a browser at the forefront and crest of the consumer information device world, NetFront has established itself as the de facto standard Hardware or software that is widely used, but not endorsed by a standards organization. Contrast with de jure standard. de facto standard - A widespread consensus on a particular product or protocol which has not been ratified by any official standards body, such as ISO, . In the future, it will continue to link all kinds of devices in networks and play a leading role in the realization of the ubiquitous Internet society," 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 ACCESS ACCESS is a global provider of Internet technologies to the mobile and beyond-PC markets. Its NF browser, widely recognized as one of the most advanced Internet browsers in the world, is a cornerstone to the company's vision of enabling Internet access anywhere and on any device. NF technologies are delivering full Internet browsing and related services to next-generation mobile devices and consumer electronics ranging from digital TV to automobile telematics. For more information: www.access.co.jp and www.access.co.jp/english ACCESS and NetFront are trademarks or registered trademarks of ACCESS CO., LTD. in Japan and other countries. Adobe and Reader are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated in the United States and/or other countries. Microsoft, Excel, PowerPoint and Windows are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. |
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