BARCELONA, Spain, February 13 /PRNewswire/ --

- Two Market Leaders With Combined Shipments of Some 650 Million Units
Enter Into a Reseller Agreement

BARCELONA, Spain, February 13 /PRNewswire/ --

IKIVO, the No. 1 European supplier of rich media client applications, and
Aplix Corporation, the leader in Java technology for mobile phones, today
announced a global partnership where IKIVO's Enrich SVG technology has become
an integral part of Aplix' Java offerings.

The partnership means that Sweden-based IKIVO continues to expand its
business in Asia and worldwide. IKIVO is growing rapidly in the Asian market,
with already established offices in Korea and Hong Kong.

"IKIVO and Aplix's integrated solution for Java and JSR226 provides the
market with the world's two most shipped Java and SVG offerings. New rich
media services such as mobile TV, music and on-device portals are rapidly
being developed and deployed using Java and rich media client technologies.
The combined solution from IKIVO and Aplix enables quick development of fast,
compact and efficient rich media applications for millions of mobile phones,"
says Hyosoo Kim, IKIVO sales and marketing director, Korea and Japan.

Enrich SVG offers a scalable, efficient textual representation of graphic
and animation objects, allowing for rich, complex designs to be specified
with a small in-memory footprint. IKIVO's mobile SVG-based products enable
developers and mobile operators to build rich multimedia applications
utilizing the full strength of Java and mobile SVG. A full set of design and
development tools, such as Java Netbeans, IKIVO Animator, and IKIVO IDE makes
Java and Enrich SVG the perfect platform for development of rich media
content and applications.

"We are thrilled to be partners with IKIVO. By creating a tightly
integrated solution between JBlend and IKIVO's Enrich SVG technology, our
customers benefit from a faster time to market. IKIVO's SVG engine helps
bring our customers additional next-generation Java features and expand both
companies' leading position in the industry," says Ryu Koriyama, CEO of Aplix
Corporation.

About IKIVO

IKIVO is the No. 1 European supplier of rich media application-enabling
solutions based on open standards, with a deployed base greater than 350
million mobile phones. IKIVO's solutions empower mobile operators, mobile
device manufacturers, consumer electronics firms and media companies to
deliver rich compelling content services, such as innovative user interfaces,
mobile widgets, interactive TV, on-device portals and mobile advertising.

IKIVO Enrich is a framework of products focusing on client side
technology, delivering graphically rich, embedded applications and user
experiences for mobile devices and consumer electronics products. It is based
on open web technologies and supports multiple platforms. For more
information, please visit http://www.ikivo.com.

About Aplix Corporation

Aplix Corporation is the global leader in deploying Java technology in
mobile phones. Aplix was first established in 1986 and has been a Sun Java
licensee since 1996. Aplix was publicly listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange
(Mothers) in 2003. On August 24, 2004 Aplix and the Taiwan-based company
iaSolution finalised the integration of the corporations. Aplix has its
headquarters in Tokyo, with offices in Yokosuka, Okinawa, San Francisco,
Munich, Taipei, Shanghai, Beijing, Seongnam and Seoul. For more information,
please visit http://www.aplixcorp.com