Dr. Kamada

     ACCESS is a company developing embedded software for Internet browsers and e-mail systems. Our software has been incorporated into the mobile phones operating in many wireless operators networks. Operator using our software include NTT DoCoMo (gi-modeh and gFOMAh), KDDI, Chinese operators, Sprint, Hutchison, and Orange. Data traffic can be increased by using Internet-oriented software and this is the reason why our software has been adopted in so many products. In addition to mobile phones, our software is adopted in devices such as an Internet TV, PDAs, and car navigation systems. These products will be connected to the network through wireless or broadband lines in the future.

     Todayfs subject is the gSmart PHS Phoneh. PHS is a cost-effective wireless system and is a good match to data communications services because it supports packet communications suitable for the Internet. At present, the main data communications services are Contents browsing, Mail/Messaging, Java applications, and Video/Audio downloading. DDI POCKETfs Air-Hh phone incorporates our software and has cHTML (compact HTML) browsing and SMTP/POP3 Mail with a mail arrival notification function. ACCESS announced in September, 2003 that it will join forces with UTStarcom to supply Browser/Multimedia Messaging software to the Chinese PHS market. Itfs expected that todayfs XiaoLingTong (Chinese PHS) will evolve into high-end XiaoLingTong and be able to provide cost-effective service in competition with CDMA and GPRS.

     In 1997, ACCESS introduced the micro browser concept and defined cHTML, a subset of HTML, because we realized it is important to be compatible with the browser in a PC. An gi-modeh service was launched in 1999 and subsequently its functions have been enhanced year after year as hardware evolves to offer color screens, Java, Ring tone download, JPEG, IrDA communications, 3D Polygon, and Mega Pixel Camera. We will integrate matured PC Internet standards such as ECMAScript (European Computer Manufacturer Association Script), DOM (Document Object Model), SMIL (Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language), PDF etc. with our browser from now on. Our products hNetForonth V3 covers OMA (Open Mobile Alliance) Browsing 2.0 as well as ECMAScript and the next target will be SMIL and SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics). SMIL is a powerful framework with scalability capable of integrating multimedia content such as an Image, Sound, Video and Animation. SVG is suitable for vector-oriented data like maps. gXHTML+Voiceh is a multi-modal framework which can handle voice synthesis and recognition to offer easy input/output of web data, making it especially to hands-free applications. hSmart-Fit Renderingh is other advanced technology for rendering general web site on the small mobile phone screen.

     Our gNetFronth system has a single browser engine which can cover a wide range of requirements including unique extensions for each operator by switching ON/OFF the various component functions. One of the requirements for browser software is gOMA Browsing 2.2+Internet Standardsh and several operators have already begun offering services. ACCESS will be providing a set of client software suitable for mobile phones including a browser, Messaging/Mail, Java, and Plug-ins.

     TV service is becoming increasingly important. Digital TV service for mobile phones is planned for Japan in 2005. If the mobile phone is equipped with digital TV reception, a user can not only watch a TV program but also access an Internet wirelessly so that services will be expanded. ACCESS has already developed a hybrid browser supporting mobile Internet and broadcast markup language.

     The future mobile phone will eventually function as a kind of Wallet, combining the functions of an agent-type PDA, Life Care system, Remote Controller and more, not limited to its own memory but capable of accessing a data base located in the home.

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