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offerings by providing enabling technology that supports Toshiba in delivering
innovative wireless services to leading Japanese companies,'' said
Dave Grannan, president and chief executive officer of Geoworks Corporation.
``We look forward to continuing to work with Geoworks to develop our
wireless service capabilities and support,'' said Tsutomu Kawada, President and
CEO of Toshiba Corporation's iValue Creation Company (iVC), the business unit
responsible for promoting wireless services.
Terms of the renewal include a multi-year license renewal and maintenance
contract, and a revenue sharing of gross revenues generated by iVC's services
running on Geoworks' platform. iVC uses
Geoworks' open architecture wireless
platform to provide dynamically formatted content like mobile information and
m-commerce services via i-mode, EZWeb and J-Sky .
About Toshiba
Toshiba Corporation (established in 1875) is a leader in information and
communications systems, electronic components, consumer products, and power
systems. The company's integration of these wide-ranging capabilities assures
its position as an innovator in multimedia components, products and systems.
Toshiba has 188,000 employees worldwide, and annual sales of over
US$47 billion. Visit Toshiba's web site at http://www.toshiba.co.jp/
About Geoworks
Geoworks Corporation provides carrier-grade infrastructure software to
enable personalized, real-time access to corporate and Internet data over a
wide variety of wireless networks and mobile devices. The Geoworks AirBoss(TM)
Application Platform includes client/server software and standards-based SDKs
and APIs to enable the rapid development and deployment of mobile data
applications and provides advanced capabilities for both carriers and
enterprises to manage their mobile data services. Based in Alameda,
California, the company has additional offices in New Jersey, Japan and the
United Kingdom, and can be found on the World Wide Web at
http://www.geoworks.com .
Statements in this press release that relate to future results and events
are based on the company's current expectations. Actual results in future
periods may differ materially from those currently expected or desired because
of a number of risks and uncertainties, including risks related to market
developments, the performance of our partners and competition in mobile data
software and related services. Additional discussion of these and other
factors affecting the company's business and prospects is contained in the
company's periodic filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
NOTE:
Geoworks and AirBoss are trademarks of Geoworks Corporation.
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