CANNES, France, 3GSM World Congress, Feb. 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --
 ACCESS Co., Ltd., (Tokyo Stock Exchange: 4813), a global provider of mobile
 content delivery and Internet access technologies, today announced that the
 ACCESS NetFront(R) browser has been ported to run on Texas Instruments
 Incorporated's (TI's) OMAP2420. Now, users of OMAP(TM) processor-based mobile
 device -- including FOMA(TM) phones, Smartphones, PDAs, 3G handsets and
 2G/2.5G handsets -- can use NetFront's advanced Internet browsing
 capabilities.
     By incorporating NetFront with the TI OMAP2420, users will now be able to
 easily browse the Internet, quickly view and retrieve Web content, watch
 streaming video clips, and play video games on OMAP2420-based mobile
 terminals. NetFront browser, on the OMAP2420, delivers an advanced Internet
 browsing experience with a comprehensive feature-set that includes support for
 WAP 2.0, WML, HTML 4.01, and cHTML as well as unique technologies like
 Rapid-Render(TM), an incremental rendering technology that significantly
 accelerates the presentation of Web pages, and Smart-Fit Rendering(TM), a
 rendering technology that intelligently renders Web pages to fit the screen
 width of mobile devices, eliminating the need for horizontal scrolling. In
 addition, NetFront is the only mobile browser in the world to provide
 integrated support for Adobe(R) Reader(R) and Adobe's ubiquitous portable
 document format (PDF).
     "We are pleased to be working with a leader in the mobile multimedia space
 and extending our NetFront browser to now give users of OMAP2420-based devices
 a powerful Internet browsing experience," said Toru Arakawa, president and CEO
 of ACCESS. "NetFront is one of the most advanced browsers for the global
 beyond-PC market, and is therefore perfectly equipped to power the wide
 variety of TI OMAP processor-based devices such as digital televisions, PDAs
 and Smartphones."
     TI's OMAP platform is comprised of high-performance processors, a strong
 software infrastructure and comprehensive support network for the rapid
 development of differentiated Internet appliances, 2.5G and 3G wireless
 handsets and PDAs, portable data terminals and other multimedia-enhanced
 devices. TI's OMAP 2 architecture enhances the mobile entertainment capability
 on portable devices.  The OMAP2420 includes the benefits of the OMAP 2
 architecture's parallel processing, giving users the ability to instantly run
 applications and operate multiple functions simultaneously without quality of
 service compromises.
     "ACCESS' NetFront combined with TI's OMAP2420 provides users with a robust
 mobile Internet experience with full browser capabilities. NetFront offers a
 familiar Web-based user interface for consumers to increase the usability of
 their multimedia phone and boost the uptake of data application usage and
 revenue for operators," said Paul Werp, TI worldwide director of marketing,
 Cellular Systems.
     ACCESS will be demonstrating its complete advanced solutions for mobile at
 3GSM World Congress 2005 in stand G15 (Hall 2). ACCESS will be demonstrating
 its NetFront browser solution for OMAP2420 at the TI stand B6 (Hall 1).
 
     OMAP Developer Network
     ACCESS is a member of TI's OMAP(TM) Developer Network, a group of leading
 software developers porting advanced applications to TI's high performance,
 power-efficient OMAP processors. Handset manufacturers adopting OMAP devices
 enjoy the rapid deployment of compelling wireless applications -- including
 streaming audio and video, multimedia messaging, gaming, security, speech
 recognition, location based services and mobile commerce -- across all leading
 operating systems. Systems level integration services are also provided
 worldwide by independent OMAP Technology Centers. The OMAP platform has been
 selected by leading manufacturers, such as Nokia, Palm, NEC, Fujitsu, LG
 Electronics, Hewlett-Packard, Sendo, HTC and many more, for their 2.5 and 3G
 wireless devices. For more information, please visit www.ti.com/omap.
 
     About ACCESS
     ACCESS Co. Ltd. is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, with offices throughout
 the world including major centers in the U.S., Germany, and China. ACCESS is a
 leading global provider of mobile Internet technologies and consultation
 services for the beyond-PC market. ACCESS' NetFront browser technology powers
 342 different commercial products worldwide including mobile phones, digital
 televisions, set-top boxes, game consoles, PDAs, car navigation systems, web
 phones, kiosk terminals and intranet terminals. ACCESS' NetFront browser
 technology is most widely deployed in mobile phones for NTT DoCoMo's popular
 i-modeTM and FOMATM services. To date, over 150 million ACCESS software
 licenses have shipped from more than 90 major Internet device manufactures.
 ACCESS was listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Mothers market on February 26,
 2001. More information is available at www.access.co.jp/english/ or
 www.access-us-inc.com.
 
     About NetFront Browser
     NetFront browser recently surpassed over 150 million deployments globally
 that include 342 unique devices ranging from mobile phones and PDAs to digital
 televisions, gaming consoles, and automobile telematics systems from 90 major
 Internet device manufacturers. NetFront supports a wider range of operating
 systems than any competing browser including solutions for Palm(R) OS, Symbian
 OS, Linux OS, Microsoft(R) Windows(R) Mobile/PocketPC and mobile handset
 environments like BREW(R). NetFront browser technology is used by the world's
 leading mobile operators, software providers and electronics manufacturers
 including Adobe, Alpine, Amoi, AT&T Wireless, Casio, Epson, Hitachi,
 Hutchinson 3G Group, IBM, KDDI, NEC, NTT DoCoMo, Mitsubishi, palmOne,
 PalmSource, Samsung, SANYO, Sharp, Sony, Telcel Venezuela, TCL, Toshiba,
 UTStarcom and more.
 
     NOTE:  OMAP is a trademark of Texas Instruments.  Other product or service
 names mentioned herein are the trademarks of their respective owners
     ACCESS is a registered trademark in Japan. NetFront and Compact NetFront
 are registered trademarks of ACCESS Co., Ltd. in Japan. i-mode is a trademark
 or registered trademark of NTT DoCoMo, Inc. in Japan and other countries. NTT
 DoCoMo's FOMA service is only available to subscribers in Japan. All other
 trademarks belong to their respective owners.
 
      Contacts:
      Asia                                 US
      ACCESS Co., Ltd. Japan               ACCESS Co., Ltd. US Branch
      Risako Onoda +81-3-5259-3685         Manuel Morales +1-510-284-0708
      prinfo@access.co.jp                  mmorales@access-us-inc.com
 
      ACCESS China Inc.                    Anne-miek Hamelinck +1-415-365-0395
      Delia Liu +86-10-6566-9636           annemiek.hamelinck@bitepr.com
      delia.liu@accesschina.com.cn
 
      Europe
      ACCESS Systems Europe GmbH
      Claudia Hoeck  +49-208-8290-6432
      hoeck@access-sys-eu.com
 
 

SOURCE  ACCESS Co. Ltd.

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