BREW: Alive and well, headed for battle over direct-to-consumer.(Focus)

RCR Wireless News, May, 2006

Byline: PHIL CARSON "News of my death has been greatly exaggerated,'' Mark Twain is said to have written in 1897, when he remained hale and hearty. Qualcomm Inc. has taken a page from Twain and added a biblical twist, as it hails its new incarnation of BREW as "the second coming of BREW.'' As with any effective marketing slogan, there's more than a kernel of truth at its heart.

BREW, which stands for Binary Runtime Environment for Wireless, is now more of a branding strategy than the execution environment it began life as, according to Qualcomm. BREW today is positioned at a crossroads-still under construction-where network operators, handset vendors and mega-content brands will meet to slice up the direct-to-consumer pie. On the consumer...

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