America Movil and Qualcomm Empower Users to Mobilize Their Online Lives
- Qualcomm's Plaza Mobile Internet to Extend the Power of the Web to Mobile with Highly Personalized Widgets -
SAN DIEGO, July 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Qualcomm Incorporated (Nasdaq: QCOM), a leading developer and innovator of advanced wireless technologies, products and services, and America Movil (BMV: AMX) (NYSE: AMX) (Nasdaq: AMOV) (LATIBEX: XAMXL), the leading provider of wireless services in Latin America, today announced an agreement to deploy Qualcomm's Plaza Mobile Internet(TM) offering to power America Movil's Ideas Widget service across all of its 18 subsidiaries in Latin America, reaching more than 190 million wireless subscribers.
Qualcomm's Plaza Mobile Internet is an end-to-end widget platform that will allow America Movil to provide its end users with immediate and convenient access to customizable Internet content from mobile devices across their device portfolio. In addition, users can quickly and easily download and manage an array of rich, customizable content, either from their device or online.
Plaza Mobile Internet enables publishers to develop widgets quickly and easily using open Web standards and tools. Through this solution, publishers and content providers will be able to develop and submit their creations to America Movil's widget catalog.
"We believe that providing end users with an easy way to extend their online lives to their mobile devices will help drive mobile Internet use and create additional revenue opportunities for America Movil," said Noam Raffaelli, managing director of Plaza Mobile Internet. "Qualcomm is using its expertise building strong publisher and developer ecosystems to ensure that America Movil can deliver targeted content to its subscribers throughout Latin America."
"At America Movil, we are always looking to innovate upon our offerings and enhance the quality of the products and services we provide to our customers in every country where we operate," said Marco Quatorze, head of value-added services, America Movil. "We selected Qualcomm's Plaza Mobile Internet widget solution as a user-friendly and personalized way for users to access Internet content from their mobile devices."
For more information on joining the Plaza Mobile community and developing widgets for Plaza Mobile Internet, please visit www.plazamobileinternet.com.
About America Movil
AMX is the leading provider of wireless services in Latin America. As of June 30, 2009, it had 190.3 million wireless subscribers and 3 million landlines in the Americas.
About Qualcomm
Qualcomm Incorporated (Nasdaq: QCOM) is a leader in developing and delivering innovative digital wireless communications products and services based on CDMA and other advanced technologies. Headquartered in San Diego, Calif., Qualcomm is included in the S&P 100 Index, the S&P 500 Index and is a 2009 FORTUNE 500(R) company. For more information, please visit www.qualcomm.com.
Qualcomm is a registered trademark of Qualcomm Incorporated. Plaza and Plaza Mobile Internet are trademarks of Qualcomm Incorporated. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
Qualcomm Contacts: Keri Danielski, Qualcomm Internet Services Phone: 1-858-845-2453 Email: qis-pr@qualcomm.com Emily Kilpatrick, Corporate Communications Phone: 1-858-845-5959 Email: corpcomm@qualcomm.com John Gilbert, Investor Relations Phone: 1-858-658-4813 Email: ir@qualcomm.com America Movil Contact: Phone: +5255 2581-3947 / 3996 Email: relacionespublicas@americamovil.com
SOURCE Qualcomm Incorporated
Released July 27, 2009