Samsung Electronics and Voquette Partner to Enable YEPP Digital Audio Player Line for Streaming Audio Playback

Business Wire, Jan 8, 2001

Business Editors/High Tech Writers

RIDGEFIELD, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 8, 2001

Samsung Electronics, a leading provider of consumer electronics products and services, and Voquette, the leader in the delivery of personal Web audio for business, today announced a relationship to provide streaming audio playback capabilities to the Samsung YEPP(TM) digital audio players.

The YEPP players are enabled to support the Voquette Media Manager(TM) and Microsoft NT, making it an ideal audio product for business professionals and enterprise applications. Through the Voquette Media Manager, Samsung users can customize and record informative Web audio programs including The Wall Street Journal headlines, RadioWallStreet CEO interviews, CNET Radio headlines and other content from Voquette's more than 60 partners. Samsung's YEPP players come with 64MB memory and can store up 2 hours of CD quality music or up to eight hours of spoken word audio from sources such as Internet radio, Webcasts, audio books or recorded training sessions.

"Business professionals are becoming increasingly reliant on news and information in Web audio format, and with Voquette, YEPP users can access exactly the audio they want from the best business sources on the Web," said Russell Bleeker, Manager of Digital Convergence for Samsung Electronics. "Voquette extends the value of the YEPP player beyond music listening and makes it a powerful tool for increasing productivity in a business setting."

"Samsung is on the cutting edge of consumer device innovation, and we believe the YEPP digital audio player with its Microsoft NT support offers a major opportunity for personal Web audio in a business setting," said Philip J. Monego, Sr., Voquette chairman and CEO. "Voquette takes personally relevant, informative audio content and delivers it to business professionals at the time and in the place they choose -- whether that means on their office desktop, on a laptop or on the Samsung YEPP player in their pocket or purse."

About Samsung Electronics America (SEA)

Headquartered in Ridgefield Park, NJ, Samsung Electronics America, Inc. (SEA), a wholly owned subsidiary of SEC, markets a broad range of consumer electronics and information systems products. The SEA organization oversees the North American operations of Samsung Telecommunications America, Samsung Electronics Canada and Samsung Electronics Mexico. Please visit http://www.samsungUSA.com for more information.

About Samsung Electronics (SEC)

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., with 1999 sales revenue of $22.8 billion, is a world leader in the electronics industry and 3rd most valuable brand among consumer electronics companies. The Korea-based concern has operations in about 50 countries with over 60,000 employees worldwide. The company consists of three main business units: Digital Media System, Semiconductors and Information & Communications Businesses. For more information, please visit our website, http://www.samsungUSA.com.

YEPP(TM) is a registered trademark of Samsung Electronics Company Ltd. RealJukebox(TM) is either a registered trademark or trademark of RealNetworks, Inc. in the United States and/or other countries. CDDB(TM) is a registered trademark of CDDB, Inc.

About Voquette, Inc.

Voquette, www.voquette.com, is expanding the potential of Web audio with new technologies that enable people to find, capture, organize and listen to all forms of Internet audio content on their computers and a variety of portable audio devices. Voquette has partnered with leading consumer electronics manufacturers, including Samsung Electronics and Telecommunications and Philips Electronics, and major content providers and Web audio leaders such as The Wall Street Journal, CNET Radio, BBC World Service and RadioWallStreet.com. Voquette is venture backed by a group including 21st Century Internet Ventures, Citigroup Investments, MP3.com, Inc., Philips Electronics, iMinds Ventures and Voquette's CEO and Chairman, Philip J. Monego, Sr. Based in San Mateo, CA, Voquette is led by a team of industry veterans from highly successful Internet, computer, networking, database and consumer electronics companies.