Qualcomm and Oracle Pre-integrate Oracle’s Sun Java Wireless Client on Brew Mobile Platform Operating System

Manufacturers Can Reduce Time-to-market and Java Programmers Can Now Leverage Mass-market Mobile Devices Running a Consistent Java VM on Brew MP

SAN DIEGO and REDWOOD SHORES, Calif. – February 15, 2010 – Qualcomm Incorporated (Nasdaq: QCOM), a leading developer and innovator of advanced wireless technologies, products and services, and Oracle today announced the availability of Oracle’s Sun Java™ Wireless Client for Qualcomm’s Brew Mobile Platform™ (Brew MP). With this release, Sun Java™ Wireless Client, Oracle’s Java implementation for mobile handsets, is now pre-integrated with Brew MP. Handset manufacturers and developers alike are provided with a turnkey solution to incorporate Java technology into mobile devices based on Brew MP in a consistent manner across devices, ensuring seamless integration and coexistence of Java applications with Brew MP native applications.

“Oracle’s Sun Java Wireless Client’s pre-integration onto Brew MP gives Java developers access to an even larger universe of mass-market mobile devices,” said Jeet Kaul, vice president, Java Engineering, Oracle. “We’re pleased to partner with Qualcomm to bring a high-performance and multi-tasking Java implementation to the operators, handset manufacturers and developers using Brew MP.”

“Qualcomm continues to demonstrate its commitment to open the Brew platform and support technologies that add value to Brew, such as Java,” said Jason Kenagy, vice president of product management for Qualcomm CDMA Technologies. “We are pleased to be working with Oracle on the pre-integrated Sun Java Wireless Client for Brew MP, which will provide a variety of portability, consistency and time-to-market benefits to the wireless ecosystem. Oracle’s Sun Java Wireless Client is the preferred Java technology solution for Brew MP.”

The pre-integration and pre-optimization of Oracle’s Sun Java Wireless Client on Brew MP extends the Brew MP value proposition of providing open platform solutions across a wide variety of device types and tiers. In addition, the availability of customization and configuration tools from Oracle-Sun enables device manufacturers to fine-tune the solution to their target devices without modifying the Java implementation.

Brew MP is a mass-market mobile operating system platform that delivers smartphone functionality across virtually all tiers of devices. The operating system enables advanced capabilities such as touchscreen, rich multimedia, window management, open platform extensibility and expanded support for native application development. To learn more about Brew MP, visit www.brewmp.com.

About Oracle
Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL) provides the most complete, open, and integrated business software and hardware systems in the world. For more information about Oracle, visit oracle.com

About Qualcomm
Qualcomm Incorporated (Nasdaq: QCOM) is a leader in developing and delivering innovative digital wireless communications products and services based on CDMA and other advanced technologies. Headquartered in San Diego, Calif., Qualcomm is included in the S&P 100 Index, the S&P 500 Index and is a 2009 FORTUNE 500® company. For more information, please visit Qualcomm around the Web:

www.qualcomm.com
Blog: www.qualcomm.com/blog
Twitter: www.twitter.com/qualcomm
Facebook: www.facebook.com/qualcomm

###

Qualcomm is a registered trademark of Qualcomm Incorporated. Brew is a registered trademark of Qualcomm Incorporated. Oracle and Java are registered trademarks of Oracle and/or its affiliates. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

Topics: Brew MP, MWC 2010

Qualcomm Contacts

Other Contacts

Print
Send