Upside Magazine Names PacketVideo Among the `Hot 100' Private Companies for 2001; The Sixth Annual Upside Hot 100 Award Recognizes Innovation, Leadership, and Performance.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 14, 2001 PacketVideo Corporation, the recognized leader in wireless multimedia, has been named as a recipient of one of Upside Magazine's sixth annual Hot 100 Companies. PacketVideo, which was selected as an Upside Hot 100 company in the wireless category, was one of 100 private companies singled out by the editors of Upside and an advisory panel comprised of venture capitalists, financial analysts, and market researchers. More than 800 companies were nominated for this year's Upside Hot 100 Awards. Each company was judged on the basis of its technological achievements, customer acceptance of products or services, financial performance, industry partnerships, financial backing, and management experience. The complete list of the Upside Hot 100 Award winners will be published in the June 2001 issue of Upside, and is also online at http://www.upside.com. "We are honored to have been selected into the Upside Hot 100 and are pleased that the judges recognize PacketVideo's leadership in delivering rich media over wireless networks," said James Brailean, Ph.D., president, chief executive officer and co-founder of PacketVideo. "This award celebrates the technical superiority of our enabling software solutions and further establishes our leadership position as we deliver a core component of enhanced wireless communications." David Bunnell, Upside Media's 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. , helped to create this annual event -- the listing of the "hottest" private technology companies. As a veteran of some 20 years in technology publishing and high-tech startups, Bunnell wants to "remind all of our readers that, while economic cycles in technology come and go, the kinds of companies that the editors of the magazine have recognized in this list are ones that have proven, year after year, to be those companies that often rise to the top of the next cycle. They are companies and people who bring innovation and new technology to the forefront." "We evaluated hundreds of great companies that spanned a broad range of technology market segments, and we are pleased to recognize PacketVideo among this year's winners," said Jerry Borrell, president and editor in chief of Upside Magazine. About UPSIDE Magazine Upside Magazine provides timely news and commentary on the issues, people, technology, and capital that are changing the technology business world. Upside is delivered to more than 300,000 executive-level readers. About PacketVideo PacketVideo, the recognized leader in wireless multimedia, provides MPEG-4 compliant software that enables the delivery, management and viewing of one- and two-way video, audio and multimedia applications over current wireless networks to mobile devices such as telephones and personal digital assistants. PacketVideo's pioneering end-to-end solution delivers the highest quality multimedia experience possible in every mobile environment, globally. The company markets its software to wireless operators, wireless device and silicon manufacturers, and content providers to ultimately enable mobile consumers to access a variety of applications, including news and financial stories, sports highlights, music videos, weather and traffic reports, and home or work security cameras, from any location. To learn more, visit www.pv.com. Founded in 1998, PacketVideo is a global company based in San Diego, California “San Diego” redirects here. For other uses, see San Diego (disambiguation). San Diego is a coastal Southern California city located in the southwestern corner of the continental United States. As of 2006, the city has a population of 1,256,951. , in the heart of "Telecom Valley." PacketVideo's investors include Credit Suisse First Boston Credit Suisse First Boston was originally the trading name of the Financière Crédit Suisse-First Boston, a London-based 50-50 investment banking joint venture formed in 1978 between the First Boston Corporation and Credit Suisse. , GE Equity, Intel Capital (Nasdaq: INTC INTC Intel (NASDAQ symbol) INTC Intercept INTC Interrupt Controller ), Kyocera (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :KYO), Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT), Philips (NYSE: PHG), QUALCOMM Incorporated (Nasdaq: QCOM QCOM Qualcomm, Inc. (stock symbol) ), SAIC SAIC - http://saic.com. Venture Capital Corporation, Siemens' Mustang Ventures, Sonera (HEX: SRA SrA abbr. senior airman , NASDAQ: SNRA SNRA Sawtooth National Recreation Area (Idaho) SNRA Swedish National Road Administration SNRA Système National de Recherche Agricole ), Sony Corporation of America Sony Corporation of America (SCA) is the United States subsidiary of Japan's Sony Corporation. It is based in Inglewood, California. It is the umbrella company under which all Sony companies operate in the United States. Subsidiaries
SUNW Stanford University Network Workstation (Sun Microsystems, Inc) ), Texas Instruments (NYSE: TXN), Time Warner (NYSE: TWX), and others. Note to Editors: PacketVideo and PacketVideo product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of PacketVideo Corporation. All other trade names and trademarks are the property of their holders. |
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