PacketVideo Powers Fujitsu's Latest 3G Handset

29th March , 2005 ( see below for all today's 3G news )

US : PacketVideo today announced that a new handset from Fujitsu Limited incorporates PacketVideo's pvPlayer™ multimedia software for high-quality video and audio playback. Fujitsu Limited, a leading provider of customer-focused IT and communications solutions for the global marketplace, developed the handset for Japan’s FOMA network, a 3G service developed by NTT DoCoMo, Inc. PacketVideo’s pvPlayer™ incorporated in the new FOMA F700i phone enables multimedia services such as i-motion™ capabilities, music-player functions, and access to high-quality ChakuUta™ ring songs and ChakuMotion™ ring videos. The FOMA F700i was available nationwide beginning February 10 in Japan.

FOMA F700i is the eighth FOMA handset from Fujitsu that incorporates pvPlayer, following models F2051, F2102V, F900i, F900iT, F900iC, F880iES, and F901iC.

“We congratulate Fujitsu on the success they’ve had in developing high-quality, feature-rich phones for FOMA. Delivering eight multimedia phones for NTT DoCoMo’s advanced network is an incredible feat,” said Jim Brailean, CEO of PacketVideo. “FOMA is one of the networks leading the charge in the advancement of multimedia services for consumers, and we are happy to partner with both NTT DoCoMo and Fujitsu to help make it all happen.”

"Fujitsu positions 3G cell phones as important tools for extending the frontiers of communication, and we are developing cutting-edge products that are also easy to use," said Takashi Imamura, senior vice president of the Mobile Phones Unit at Fujitsu. "Multimedia functions are the most promising applications of the wider bandwidth of 3G networks. We will continue to work together with PacketVideo, who is in the mobile multimedia business worldwide, in order to make communications more diverse."

"We are happy that our multimedia software has been selected for Fujitsu's latest FOMA handset," said Kazunori Takagi, president of PacketVideo Japan. "Handsets will play a more and more important role in business and in daily life. PacketVideo will continue to focus on developing technology infrastructure for truly easy-to-use and useful multimedia functions."

About PacketVideo
PacketVideo is the number one supplier of embedded multimedia communications software for mobile phones with more than 60 design wins and 17 million handsets shipped. The company’s software enables mobile phones to take digital pictures, record home movies, play back digital music and videos, and make two-way videophone calls. PacketVideo’s global leadership is proven by unrivaled relationships with mobile operators, dominance in design wins, and the millions of PacketVideo-powered multimedia phones in the market. PacketVideo was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in San Diego, Calif.

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