Brience and Ericsson Canada Inc. Optimize the Wireless Internet User Experience; Partners Deliver End-to-End Wireless Internet Solutions

Business Wire, Oct 23, 2000

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SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 23, 2000

Brience(TM), Inc., a leading provider of next-generation wireless Internet solutions and Ericsson, the leading supplier of wireless communications systems and Mobile Internet solutions, announced today an alliance to deliver end-to-end Mobile Internet solutions to service providers and enterprise customers.

Products and services from both companies will give Internet users rapid, cost-effective access to Web-based content on any wireless device. Brience and Ericsson will work together to allow their customers to extend the reach of their information to wireless and remote users while optimizing the user's experience. The technology selected to launch the alliance is CDPD (Cellular Digital Packet Data), a packet data enabler solution currently being deployed in several important markets.

Service providers will benefit from the solutions offered by Ericsson and Brience by having access to flexible gateway services, a broad portfolio of wireless Internet applications and tailor-made wireless portals. Enterprise customers will be empowered to access intranets, corporate databases, localized content-based solutions as well as a general and broad range of mobile Internet solutions from the combination of Ericsson and Brience's product portfolios.

"We consistently look for ways to simplify communications for our customers and that's one of the reasons we chose to align with Brience," said Robert Morrissette, manager of wireless application alliance and integration for Ericsson Canada. "Brience wireless services and software will help our customers extend their business reach to the mobile Internet cost-effectively, while increasing demand for our infrastructure products -- creating a winning situation all around."

"Brience is all about expanding business opportunities with easy, universal access to any Web-based content," said Keyur Patel, executive vice president of strategy for Brience. "Partnerships with communications leaders like Ericsson will help us promote and increase the development of wireless applications, giving people wireless access to information today while driving the next phases of e-business."

Brience offers software -- the Brience 2.0 Framework(TM) -- that allows businesses to mobile-enable their critical enterprise applications and information without adding additional infrastructure, duplicating existing data or compromising system security. Brience also provides hosted and managed wireless Internet infrastructure services through its state-of-the-art Network Operations Center, enabling wireless carriers and enterprises to offer applications, content and transaction services to their subscribers.

Ericsson has developed a comprehensive solution that encompasses the whole value chain. From research and planning, infrastructure installation, custom portal development, application development, fast-track access to major service providers, terminals, service and support, and marketing assistance, Ericsson will work with its customers to ensure that they make the most of this new opportunity for growth.

About Ericsson

Ericsson is the leading communications supplier, combining innovation in mobility and Internet in creating the new era of Mobile Internet. Ericsson provides total solutions covering everything from systems and applications to mobile phones and other communications tools. With more than 100,000 employees in 140 countries, Ericsson simplifies communications for customers all over the world. Read more at www.ericsson.com/pressroom.> About Brience

Brience provides the universal delivery platform for the Adaptive Web, offering enterprise solutions that let companies dynamically customize and deliver any information to any wireless or broadband device. Brience solutions are based on open, global standards, allowing businesses to adapt their infrastructures to changing market conditions quickly and with minimal risk. Through its relationships with the leading visionaries of the Internet Infrastructure, Brience is helping to define the future of broadband and wireless communications in the enterprise. Additional information about Brience can be found at http://www.brience.com or by calling 866/BRIENCE.

This press release contains certain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the safe-harbor provisions of the U.S. federal securities laws. These forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed in the forward-looking statements. Many of these risks and uncertainties relate to factors that are beyond the companies' ability to control or estimate precisely, such as future market acceptance of the companies' jointly developed products, future market conditions and the behavior of other market participants. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this press release. The companies do not undertake any obligation to publicly release any revisions to these forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this press release.