Aplix Reaches Licensing Agreement with NEC, Panasonic Mobile on MOAP(R)(L) to Offer Integrated Solutions for Linux(R)-Based Mobile Phones

Aplix Reaches Licensing Agreement with NEC, Panasonic Mobile on MOAP(R)(L) to Offer Integrated Solutions for Linux(R)-Based Mobile Phones

November 08, 2006

    TOKYO, Japan, Nov. 7 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- Aplix
Corporation (TSE: 3727) announced today it has reached a
licensing agreement with NEC Corp. (Main office: Minato-ku,
Tokyo, President: Kaoru Yano) and Panasonic Mobile
Communications Co. (Main office: Yokohama, President:
Yoshiaki Kushiki) on MOAP(L) to offer integrated solutions
for Linux-based mobile phones. 

    The license allows Aplix to design and develop software
solutions for mobile phones using the MOAP(L) Linux platform
co-developed by NEC, Panasonic Mobile and NTT DoCoMo (Main
office: Minato-ku, Tokyo, President: Masao Nakamura), and
to sublicense this technology to other handset
manufacturers. 

    With innovation and competition continually driving the
industry, manufacturers are under tremendous pressure to
develop, test and deliver multi-functional mobile 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.  To meet
this challenge, Aplix aims to create and offer
manufacturers full features Reference Implementations (RIs)
to meet the different operators' requirements.  

    For Linux-based mobile phones, Aplix's MOAP(L)-based RI
(the integrated solution of its own middleware framework,
the MOAP(L) Linux platform co-developed by NEC, Panasonic
Mobile and NTT DoCoMo, and the different middleware /
software partners it has lined up with), offers its
customers a broad palette of functions as the RI allows
other third-party middleware and applications to be
incorporated easily and efficiently, while streamlining the
development process and keeping costs down at the same time.
 Kiyohito Nagata, Vice President and Managing Director of
Product Department at NTT DoCoMo said, "NTT DoCoMo has
been working with NEC and Panasonic Mobile to develop the
MOAP(L) Linux platform for mobile phones.  We expect that
integration of Aplix's middleware framework over MOAP (L)
will easily enhance further functionality of mobile
phones."

    Shunichiro Tejima, Executive General Manager of Mobile
Terminals Business Unit at NEC said, "We have been
promoting Linux-based platform for mobile phones and
building up the ecosysystem.  By this license agreement, we
are confident that their new integrated solution would help
accelerate this system."

    Osamu Waki, Managing Director at Panasonic Mobile
Communications said, "We think the integration of
MOAP(L) and the Aplix middleware framework will lead to the
development of solutions that will give added impetus to the
development of Linux-based mobile phones."

    Aplix chairman Ryu Koriyama said, "We are very
happy about our new agreement with NEC and Panasonic
Mobile, which will further strengthen our cooperative
relationship with both companies.  The software experience
we have accumulated, and our new initiatives should allow
us to provide solutions that will contribute to ever
greater efficiency in the development process of highly
sophisticated mobile phones."

    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(TM) 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: Yokosuka, Okinawa, San Francisco,
Munich, 
       Taipei, Shanghai, Beijing, Seongnam and Seoul

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

    About the JBlend(TM) Platform

    The JBlend platform is the de facto solution for
running Java applications and services in consumer
electronics devices, including mobile phones.  The platform
has been licensed by over 50 companies as of December 2005.
    
    JBlend technology:

    -- Sets the pace by maintaining market leadership
through 
       innovation.

    -- Has proven results, enabling first-to-market
deliveries 
       for our customers. 

    -- Over 233 million mobile phones and consumer
electronics 
       devices have been shipped with JBlend as of June
2006. 

    About NTT DoCoMo

    NTT DoCoMo is the world's leading mobile communications
company.  DoCoMo serves more than 52 million customers, of
which more than half subscribe to FOMA(TM), launched as the
world's first 3G mobile service based on W-CDMA in 2001. 
DoCoMo also offers a wide variety of leading-edge mobile
multimedia services, including i-mode(TM), the world's most
popular mobile e-mail/Internet service, used by more than 47
million people.  With the addition of credit-card and other
e-wallet functions, DoCoMo mobile phones have become highly
versatile tools for daily life.  NTT DoCoMo is listed on the
Tokyo (9437), London (NDCM) and New York (DCM) stock
exchanges.  For more information, please visit
http://www.nttdocomo.com . 

    * Newsroom: http://www.nttdocomo.com/press/index.html

    About NEC

    NEC Corporation (Nasdaq: NIPNY) is one of the world's
leading providers of Internet, broadband network and
enterprise business solutions dedicated to meeting the
specialized needs of its diverse and global base of
customers.  NEC delivers tailored solutions in the key
fields of computer, networking and electron devices, by
integrating its technical strengths in IT and Networks, and
by providing advanced semiconductor solutions through NEC
Electronics Corporation.  The NEC Group employs more than
150,000 people worldwide and had net sales of approximately
4,825 billion yen (approx. $41.2 billion) in the fiscal year
ended March 2006. For additional information, please visit
the NEC home page at: http://www.nec.com .

    * Newsroom: http://www.nec.co.jp/press/en/ 

    About Panasonic Mobile Communications

    Panasonic Mobile Communications Co., Ltd., whose
headquarters are based in Yokohama, Japan, is a worldwide
leader in the development and manufacture of mobile
communications products.  As one of the main business
domains for Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., best
known for its Panasonic brand digital electronics,
Panasonic has been developing cutting edge technologies
since its establishment in 1958, including the world's
first 3G video handset for the Japanese market in 2001. 
Panasonic is committed in providing added-value solutions
to end-users through its mobile communication products. 
For more information, please visit the company's website
at:
http://www.panasonic.co.jp/pmc/en/¡@¡@¡@¡@¡@¡@¡@¡@¡@¡@¡@¡@¡@¡@¡@¡@¡@¡@¡@¡@¡@¡@¡@¡@¡@¡@¡@¡@¡@
                              
    
    * Newsroom: http://panasonic.co.jp/pmc/news/en/ 
	
    -- MOAP is a registered trademark of NTT DoCoMo, Inc.
in Japan.

    -- Linux(R) is the registered trademark of Linus
Torvalds in 
       the U.S. and other countries.

    -- JBlend and all related trademarks thereto are
trademarks or 
       registered trademarks of Aplix Corporation in Japan
and other 
       countries.

    -- Java and all other Java-based marks are trademarks
or 
       registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. in
the United 
       States and other countries.

    -- All other product or service names are the property
of their 
       respective owners.

    For more information, please contact:
 
      Maggie Zhang
      Aplix Corporation 
      Tel:     [phone]
      Email:   [e-mail]     
      Website: http://www.aplixcorp.com

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