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BREW News - Volume 3, Number 7

> Operators Worldwide Continue to Deploy and Announce Interest in BREW-Based Products and Services
> Up Close and Personal Perspective Directly From Developers
> Web Updates: New BREW Handset Directory; ISprite Game Sample App
> BREW Welcomes New Partners
> See BREW in Action

Operators Worldwide Continue to Deploy and Announce Interest in BREW-Based Products and Services

Midwest Wireless became the ninth wireless operator to launch BREW-based products and services worldwide - the fourth in the United States. The Minnesota-based wireless service provider successfully launched BREW-based services across its CDMA2000 1X network with two handsets - the LG VX4400 and Kyocera 3225 - and a variety of applications.

Midwest Wireless joins Verizon Wireless, ALLTEL and U.S. Cellular in the United States, KTF in South Korea, KDDI in Japan, China Unicom, VIVO (the joint venture between Telefónica Móviles and Portugal Telecom) in Brazil and Telstra in Australia, in commercializing BREW-based services. More than 75 BREW-enabled handset models have been offered to consumers worldwide by 18 different manufacturers.

India's Reliance signed a definitive agreement with Qualcomm to launch a wireless data service based on BREW. . The agreement will enable subscribers of Reliance Infocomm's CDMA2000 1X service to be the first wireless users in India to download BREW-based applications.

Asia Pacific Broadband Wireless Communications Inc. (APBW), the first operator in Taiwan to commercialize third-generation (3G) services utilizing CDMA2000 technology signed a non-binding MOU with Qualcomm regarding BREW.

For more detailed information on each announcement, please visit the BREW press room at www.brewpressroom.com.

Up Close and Personal Perspective Directly From Developers

Interested in learning more about how developers are making money, experiencing a rapid time to market, overcoming challenges, selling applications worldwide and other topics related to creating content for the BREW platform? Check out the new BREW Case Studies highlighting Blue Heat Games, Mobliss and Thumbworks. Read first-hand what these companies find compelling about the system Qualcomm has put in place to drive wireless data throughout the world. Look for additional case studies to be posted soon.

View case studies.

Web Updates: New BREW Handset Directory; ISprite Game
Sample App

Visit the New BREW Handset Details Directory
A new resource for information on BREW-enabled handsets is now available at www.brewdevices.com. Quickly view and cross-reference which of the more than 80 BREW-enabled handsets are being offered by what operators and manufacturers.

Commercial BREW Devices by Operators
Commercial BREW Devices by Manufacturers

Sprite Game Sample App
Are you interested in using the ISprite interface that's supported in BREW 2.0 and later but you'd like a real world example? Download the Sprite Game sample application to help get you started.

BREW Welcomes New Partners

Qualcomm would like to recognize some of the newest global publishers and developers supporting the BREW platform. This month we'd like to extend a big welcome to several European-based publishers and developers including Digital Bridges and Iomo. Additional partners joining the BREW community include PalmGear (Palm applications), Voyant Technologies (communication applications), Orative Corporation (enterprise applications) and Vicarious Visions (game applications). Be on the lookout for applications and extensions these companies are developing for BREW. Welcome aboard!


PalmGear	Digital Bridges	Iomo

Vicarious Visions	Voyant Technologies	Orative

See BREW in Action

If you are interested in seeing the latest BREW developments and meeting with our staff and partners, visit us at the following events around the world:

ITU Telecom 2003
Oct. 12-18, 2003
Geneva, Switzerland

CTIA Wireless IT & Internet
Oct. 21-23, 2003
Las Vegas, NV

3G World Congress
Nov. 3-7, 2003
Bangkok, Thailand

PT/Wireless & Networks Comm China
Nov. 11-15, 2003
Beijing, China

2003 CDMA America's Congress
Dec. 8-10, 2003
Miami, FL

3GSM World Congress 2004
Feb. 23-27, 2004
Cannes, France

Telexpo Brazil 2004
Mar. 2- 5, 2004
Sao Paulo, Brazil

CTIA Wireless 2004
Mar. 22- 24, 2004
Atlanta, Georgia

For more detailed descriptions of these events, please visit our Events section. This is updated on a regular basis.