ACCESS Launches Global Partner Program to Accelerate Growth of Mobile Linux and Converged Device Markets

Initiative designed to drive development and adoption of new mobile and converged technologies and solutions

BARCELONA, Spain—3GSM World Congress—February 12, 2007—ACCESS CO., LTD., today launched the ACCESS Connect Ecosystem (ACE) Partner Program, a global initiative that brings together companies in the telecommunication, consumer electronics and media industries to drive market leadership of converged solutions developed by ACCESS and its partners. The program kicks off with over 45 charter member companies.

"The Linux Phone Standards (LiPS) Forum is committed to helping to foster the growth of a mobile Linux ecosystem," said Haila Wang, president and chairman of LiPS. "We are very supportive of the companies, such as ACCESS, who are dedicated to this effort as well. ACCESS' ACE global partner program is a great example of how members of the open source community, handset and device manufacturers, mobile phone software developers and operators can work together to build a worldwide ecosystem that ultimately benefits all participants--and most importantly--the mobile phone consumer."“The ACCESS Connect Ecosystem Partner Program’s strategic imperative is to accelerate the growth and momentum of the digital lifestyle and ubiquitous networks worldwide enabled through mobile phones and converged devices," said Toru Arakawa, CEO, president and co-founder of ACCESS. "We believe that this program will not only foster exciting revenue-generating opportunity for mobile operators, infrastructure providers and software developer; but it will also make it easier for consumers to access their digital data anytime, anywhere through a wide variety of mobile phones and converged devices."

Charter members of the ACE global partner program announced today include:
AnyDATA Corp.
AppForge, Inc.
ArcSoft, Inc.
BlueStreak Network, Inc.
Bytemobile, Inc.
Cybertrust Japan Co., Ltd
Digital Airways
DynaComware Corporation
EASTON CO Ltd.
Embedio, Inc.
Emtrace Technologies, Inc.
Fujitsu Broad Solution & Consulting, Inc
Geo Trust Japan, Inc.
Go Daddy.com, Inc.
Hantro
HI Corporation
Hitachi Advanced Digital, Inc.
Infineon Technologies Japan K.K.
InnoPath Software
InterVideo
LIM Corp., Ltd.
Linux Phone Standards Forum (LiPS)
Marvell
Me2B UK, Ltd.
MOCOCO, Inc.
Monotype Imaging, Inc.
Motricity, Inc.
Orange
PacketVideo Corporation
PATTEK
PenPOWER Technology, Ltd.
Penthera Technologies, Inc.
QSound Labs, Inc.
Red Bend Software, Inc.
Realeyes 3D S.A.
Renesas Technology Corp.
SoftFront
Sophia Systems Co., Ltd.
Sprint Nextel
Telefónica Móviles España
Tensilica K.K.
Texas Instruments, Inc.
VeriSign Japan K.K.
Wireless Industry Partnership Connector, Inc. (WIP)

ACCESS Connect Ecosystem (ACE) Global Partner Program
The ACE partner program joins together the current partner programs from ACCESS Systems Americas, Inc. (PalmSource’s Palm Powered™ Mobile World.), and ACCESS CO., LTD. (ACCESS Advanced Alliance program). The newly created ACE partner program is designed to create an ecosystem of world-class partners that will unleash the potential of the digital life generation by driving development and adoption of new mobile and converged technologies and solutions.

As part of its strategy to enable a truly connected world, the ACE partner program is an integral component in the delivery of interconnected products targeting today’s Digital Life Generation. ACCESS enables Digital Life by delivering open, extensible and unifying platforms that partners can leverage and build on including:

* ACCESS Linux Platformâ„¢
A complete next-generation mobile Linux® platform for smart mobile devices
* NetFrontâ„¢ Mobile Client Suite
A mobile browser and application suite now in millions of devices worldwide
* NetFront Living Connect
Advanced technologies for the home networking and digital TV markets based on Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA) standards
* NetFront IMS Client Package and NetFront Media Player*
The industry’s first IMS (IP Multimedia Subsystem) solution for businesses that provides leading edge IMS solutions that tightly integrate Internet viewing and messaging environments with audio and visual media

“As part of our Signature device strategy, Orange is committed to developing innovative and exciting mobile applications across different platforms,� said, Yves Maitre, Vice President, Devices, Orange. “As a member of the ACE partner program, we look forward to helping accelerate the momentum of the mobile Linux ecosystem and offering our customers a consistent experience across a variety of devices and applications.�

“Joining the ACE partner program reinforces our commitment to providing the mobile phone and device industry with high-performance, low power semiconductor devices optimized for mobile Linux-based devices,� said Gary Forni, Director of Platform Enabling, Marvell Cellular and Handheld Business Group. "We look forward to working with ACCESS and other members of the ecosystem to offer our customers cutting–edge Marvell® PXA3xx platforms that enable them to create devices that deliver a superior user experience to their customers.�

“ACCESS’ NetFront product family and the ACCESS Linux Platform enable the delivery of innovative, rich media experiences,� said Paul Forostowsky, President and CEO BluestreakTechnology. “The ACE program expands our market opportunities so that we can further innovate and deliver on the vision of providing compelling products and services for the digital life generation.�

“PacketVideo is excited to work with ACCESS and other members of the ACE community to help build a truly global ecosystem that drives innovations in the mobile phone and converged device markets,� said Kazunori Takagi, President, PacketVideo Japan Corporation. “We believe mobile Linux will help accelerate the market growth of multimedia entertainment and communications software for mobile phones and other devices.�

“Sophia Systems is happy to participate in the ACCESS Connect Ecosystem partner program as a charter member. Our company, as a solution vender of next-generation portable terminal development, is focused on creating technological improvements by cooperating mutually with partners worldwide. Sophia System’s goal is to support the engineers in this market while growing our business.�

"The mobile Linux market is one we strongly believe in and support. Mobile Linux, ACCESS NetFront products and the OMAP™ platform together have the ability to create exciting opportunities for mobile device manufacturers," said Jithu Niruthambath, software product marketing manager, Texas Instruments 3G and OMAP Business. "The ACE partner program and TI’s OMAP Ecosystem complement each other to help handset manufacturers improve their time-to-market as they develop and distribute ACCESS Powered™ mobile phones and converged devices.�

ACCESS at 3GSM World Congress 2007
Located in CY06 in the Courtyard area of the Fira de Barcelona, ACCESS has a two-story booth featuring a wide variety of product demonstrations including the NetFrontâ„¢ Browser and the ACCESS Linux Platformâ„¢.

About ACCESS CO., LTD.

ACCESS CO., LTD., is a global company providing leading technology, software products and platforms for web browsing, mobile phones, wireless handhelds and other networked devices. ACCESS' product portfolio, including its NetFront™ browser, Garnet™ OS (formerly Palm OS®) and the ACCESS Linux Platform™ provide customers with solutions that enable faster time-to-market, flexibility and customizability. The Company, headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, operates 29 subsidiaries and affiliates within Asia, Europe and the United States. ACCESS is listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Mothers Index under the number 4813.

For more information about ACCESS, please visit www.access-company.com

Source: ACCESS CO., LTD.