TOKYO, February 7 /PRNewswire/ --

ACCESS CO., LTD., a global provider of advanced software technologies to
the mobile and beyond-PC markets, today announced that worldwide deployments
of its NetFront(TM) products, notably NetFront(TM) Browser for mobile
handsets and information appliances, surpassed 500 million at the end of
January, 2008.

NetFront Browser, an Internet browser offering high performance in
environments with constrained memory and CPU resources, such as mobile phones
and embedded devices, has a proven record of installation in handsets from
mobile operators and major device manufacturers throughout the world.
NetFront Browser has also been installed in numerous other Internet devices,
including digital TVs, set-top boxes and automobile telematics systems.

ACCESS has recently introduced NetFront(TM) Browser Widgets, a
comprehensive mobile widget framework that builds upon NetFront Browser
technology to support the creation and use of dynamic Web applications based
on open standard technologies, and that offers end-users rapid access to
frequently viewed or personalized web content such as news, weather reports,
stock prices and sports scores.

ACCESS has also used the success of NetFront(TM) Browser DTV Profile
One-seg Edition (formerly Wireless Edition), a browser that supports the
"One-Seg" (ISDB-T) digital terrestrial broadcasting service in Japan, to
develop in collaboration with France's EXPWAY the NetFront(TM) Browser DTV
Profile DVB-H Edition, a mobile TV solution compliant with the DVB-H standard
that is generating growing interest in global markets.

Total deployed products exceeded the 100-million mark in October 2003, at
which point the worldwide installation rate for NetFront products began to
gain significant momentum. The 200-million mark was reached two years later
in September 2005; 300 million deployments 15 months later in November 2006;
400 million nine months later in August 2007; and 500 million, after a mere
five months, in January 2008. New deployments averaged 13 million per month
between November 2006 and August 2007, since when the average has risen more
than 50% to a monthly average of 20 million. The number of device models in
which NetFront products have been deployed has reached 1,349, and NetFront
technologies are expected to be installed in a variety of new devices in the
months to come.

"To date, ACCESS has assisted mobile operators and handset manufacturers
to implement new services by developing up-to-date products that anticipate
changing markets and trends," said Toru Arakawa, CEO, president and
co-founder of ACCESS. "Based on our extensive track record and cutting-edge
technologies, ACCESS looks forward to leading the way toward a 'ubiquitous
Internet society' where myriad Internet devices can be networked to provide a
full range of digital lifestyle options."

Figures for total NetFront product installations and device models are as
follows:

Date            Total Installations       Models
    October 31, 2003      108,380,000              267
    September 30, 2005    214,030,000              721
    November 30, 2006     316,000,000            1,017
    August 31, 2007       440,240,000            1,233
    January 31, 2008      544,500,000            1,349



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