14 DAY TRIAL // Qualcomm announced that the worldwide community of BREW publishers and developers has now earned more than $1 billion from the sales of BREW applications and services since the first commercial deployment of BREW services in November 2001. Earnings were calculated based on payments made by Qualcomm to BREW publishers and developers and on reports from certain BREW operators reflecting what they had directly paid their publishers and developers.
"During the past five years, we are proud to have grown the BREW solution into a global premier wireless data service, and the $1 billion earned by BREW publishers and developers is a testament to the innovation they have shown in bringing valuable, relevant wireless services to market," said Bob Briggs, senior vice president and general manager, BREW for Qualcomm Internet Services. "As Qualcomm continues to evolve BREW, bringing our offerings and Signature Solutions to new customers and new markets, these same developers and publishers will be the lifeblood of BREW's continued growth. We look forward to collaborating with them and continuing our mutual success."
To date, BREW has been commercially deployed by wireless operators in 31 countries around the world. Recent agreements have expanded BREW's reach into new markets, including Europe. In September 2006, O2 in the U.K. announced the availability of Europe's first handset based on Qualcomm's uiOne offering. In December 2006, Italy's Telecom Italia launched a variety of new mobile games via the BREW Gaming Signature Solution and gave subscribers access to 'Idle Mode' services, downloadable themes and direct access to content using uiOne.
Qualcomm's BREW Signature Solutions offers reduced time-to-market and lower capital investment for companies providing mobile products and services. BREW offerings include uiOne, deliveryOne and QPoint, which provide the foundation for customer-differentiated wireless data capabilities.