Aplix to Offer Full Operator Certified Build-To-Order (BTO) Solution for QUALCOMM Chipset

Aplix to Offer Full Operator Certified Build-To-Order (BTO) Solution for QUALCOMM Chipset

May 18, 2006

    TOKYO, May 18 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- Aplix Corporation
(TSE: 3727) announced today that it will be designing and
developing mobile phone software for QUALCOMM's Mobile
Station Modem(TM) (MSM(TM)) MSM6280(TM) chipset platform. 
With the different middleware / software partners it has
lined up, Aplix's customers will be offered by Aplix a
total software solution that conforms to the specifications
of different operators, with initial availability for the
Japan market.

    With innovation and competition continually driving the
industry, manufacturers are under tremendous pressure to
develop, test and deliver devices -- with ever-increasing
data features and capabilities -- according to the
different operator specifications faster than ever before. 
It is a real challenge for them to meet all of these
requirements, re-use them in other phone models, and
replace certain components (to differentiate their models)
easily in a cost efficient manner.

    For authorized and interested manufacturers using
QUALCOMM chipsets, Aplix aims to create and offer a
Reference Implementation (RI) for each wireless operator
and allow the different software components to be swapped
easily between each RI.  The RIs will take full advantage
of QUALCOMM's BREW(R) solution, which enables the
portability of software components across various devices. 
As a result, manufacturers can fulfill the different
operators' requirements easily as well as utilize the same
platform to create different products at lower cost and
time. Furthermore, the RIs are designed in a way that
various third party middleware and applications can be
added easily.  As a result, phone manufacturers can realize
Build-to-Order (BTO) to quickly build mass-customized
competitive products.

    About Aplix Corporation

    Aplix Corporation is the global leader in deploying
Java technology in mobile phones.  Aplix was first
established in 1986 and has been a Sun Java licensee since
1996.  Aplix was publicly listed on the Tokyo Stock
Exchange (Mothers) in 2003.  On August 24, 2004 Aplix and
the Taiwan based company iaSolution finalized the
integration of the corporations. 

    Headquarters:  Tokyo
    Other offices: San Francisco, Munich, Taipei, Shanghai,

                   Beijing, Seongnam and Seoul 

    For more information, please visit: 
http://www.aplixcorp.com and http://www.iasolution.net

    * Java and all other Java-based marks are trademarks or
registered 
      trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. in the United
States and other 
      countries.
    * MSM and MSM6280 are trademarks of QUALCOMM
Incorporated.
    * All other product or service names are the property
of their respective 
      owners.

    For more information, please contact:

     Akiko Sharp Doi 
     Aplix Corporation 
     Phone: [phone] 
     Email: [e-mail]
     Web:   http://www.aplixcorp.com

SOURCE  Aplix Corporation