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Wistron Licenses Soleus by Intrinsyc
Leading ODM selects Soleus to develop cost-effective, customer-specific mobile phones
Vancouver, BC and Taipei, Taiwan, June 12 2006, Intrinsyc Software International, Inc. (TSX:ICS), a mobility software and services company, and Wistron Corporation (TSE:3231.tw), one of the world's leading original device manufacturers (ODM) producing information and communications technology (ICT) products, today announce that Wistron has licensed Soleus™ as a software platform for the development of mid-tier mobile phones. Soleus is a turnkey software solution based on Microsoft® Windows™ CE that offers a new way to develop mobile phones. Wistron, the first Soleus licensee, selected Soleus for its modular design and use of the Microsoft® Visual Studio™ tool chain that provides a new and more economic model for quickly developing and deploying multiple phone handsets, with varying features and user interface designs, from a common platform. This approach enables Wistron to reduce development costs, build mobile handsets faster and incur less risk. The Soleus licensing agreement follows the February 13, 2006 announcement that Wistron and Intrinsyc were collaborating to integrate Soleus into custom handset solutions.
Wistron plans to develop a number of market-driven, feature-rich phones based on Soleus for mobile phone manufacturers and network operators under an ODM business model. As a leading ODM producer of ICT products, Wistron supplies its technology to top-tier, global mobile phone brands. When Soleus-based phones developed by Wistron are sold into the market, Intrinsyc will earn licensing revenue on a fee per handset basis. The integrated Soleus UI Framework enables Wistron to completely customize a phone's user interface providing the differentiation network operators and name-brand manufacturers demand. Further customisation is possible at the application level through the rich suite of available third party applications.
"Soleus can be used as a standard platform for developing a number of mid-tier mobile phones," said Eric Y H Huang, General Manager, Handheld Product Business Unit, Wistron. "The design flexibility and low cost benefits that Soleus offers allow us to rapidly develop the tailor-made mobile phones that our customers require. Wistron looks forward to working with Intrinsyc to deliver innovative and differentiated Soleus-based phones to our customers in several global markets."
"This first licensing deal for the Windows-CE based Soleus helps prove that handset manufacturers see the benefits of this development platform," said Neil Strother, research director for mobile devices for The NPD Group, an independent trade industry analyst. "Manufacturers such as Wistron want a high-level OS that can be used across multiple handsets. With Soleus, manufacturers now have a viable platform alternative to Symbian OS and Linux."
"Intrinsyc welcomes Wistron as a Soleus licensee. We are dedicated to Wistron's success, as one of the world's leading ODMs that has a global customer base and renowned reputation for the excellence of its technology," said Derek Spratt, CEO, Intrinsyc. "We are excited to be working with Wistron to bring several Soleus-based phones to market worldwide and are fully committed to co-developing the best feature-rich mobile phones for their customers."
About Wistron Corporation
Wistron Corporation is among the world's largest ODM companies producing ICT products. Wistron is an engineering-based company with extensive experience in product development. The array of engineering teams allows Wistron's customers to outsource some or all of their product development tasks. In-house expertise allows customers to quickly move ahead with their market product introduction plans by relying on Wistron to manage all product development related steps and activities.
To learn more about Wistron, please visit www.wistron.com
About Intrinsyc Software International, Inc.
Intrinsyc is a mobility software and services company. Its mobile software products, engineering design services and systems integration expertise help customers make better decisions, improve productivity, and reduce time-to-market. Since 1996, Intrinsyc has built a strong customer base and has formed solid alliances with many leading technology companies including Microsoft, IBM, Intel, Philips, Siemens, Symbian, General Electric, Hand Held Products, Texas Instruments and Ford.
Named a Microsoft Gold Partner, Intrinsyc has extensive experience with the intricacies of designing, developing and supporting voice and data-enabled handsets built on Microsoft's Windows™ CE operating system. Intrinsyc is also the creator and licensor of Soleus™, the world's first feature phone software platform based on Windows™ CE. Soleus™ offers a new way to build feature phones, providing pre-integration with leading hardware platforms, all the telephony essentials and pre-integration of the most popular data applications.
Intrinsyc is a publicly traded company, headquartered in Vancouver, Canada with additional regional offices in Bellevue, Washington, and Birmingham, UK and Barbados. To find out more about Intrinsyc, visit: www.Intrinsyc.com.
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