Pixo and NSTL Team Up to Provide Wireless Operators Testing and Certification of Wireless...

Business Editors/High Tech Writers

SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 21, 2002

Pixo Enters Agreement With NSTL To Make It Easier

for Wireless Operators to Ensure the Quality of the

Subscriber Data Service Experience

Pixo, Inc. (www.pixo.com),

a leading provider of wireless provisioning software systems, and NSTL, Inc. (www.nstl.com) the world's leading independent wireless/mobile testing organization today announced that they have entered into an agreement that will enable Pixo to offer its clients a customized testing certification program for wireless applications. Operators that purchase Pixo's Mobile Download Server solution will now have access to the added benefit of a customized testing and certification program from NSTL. The NSTL testing program will enable Operators to gain confidence that third-party applications meet necessary requirements in terms of functionality and compatibility with the Operator's network.

In addition to the actual testing, NSTL will also eliminate several challenges that confront Operators with respect to application testing. NSTL has web infrastructure that can be customized for each Operator's specific requirements for handling developer registration, reporting, dissemination of information to developers and problem/status tracking. NSTL has been providing such testing and certification programs, commonly known as logo programs, for 14 years. Currently, NSTL provides such programs on a global scale for several clients in the wireless and mobile space including Qualcomm, Microsoft, Nokia and HP. Today's announcement extends their offering directly to leading Operators adopting J2ME.

"Operators need a reliable way of thoroughly testing new wireless Java applications," commented Mark Grandcolas, Vice President of Strategic Alliances at Pixo. "Pixo already provides an end to end solution for content, downloading and hosting through our Wireless Java Alliance. By teaming with NSTL, Pixo can now present wireless Operators with a testing solution that can scale to meet their wireless Java (J2ME) certification needs."

"We are delighted to be working with a recognized leader in the J2ME wireless provisioning market as another way to offer our services directly to Operators," stated Lloyd Holder, CEO of NSTL. "NSTL has built an infrastructure to handle large volumes of applications, while ensuring that each submitting developer has a positive experience with the testing program. Such a program, coupled with the Pixo platform, will enable NSTL to serve more Operators who need to manage the growing number of available wireless java applications."

Pixo Mobile Download System (MDS) is a high performance server software solution that allows Operators to manage the complexity of delivering wireless content and Java applications over the air (OTA) to their subscribers. Pixo MDS manages the complete application download lifecycle, including developer application submission, matching applications to appropriate devices, notifying subscribers of new applications and upgrades, handling application downloads and tracking download information for billing purposes.

The Pixo Mobile Download Server (MDS) is built upon the Java 2 Enterprise Edition (J2EE(TM)) framework and industry-leading software and hardware from BEA, Hewlett-Packard, Oracle, and Sun Microsystems for Operator-grade scalability and robustness. The high performance of Pixo MDS is unmatched in the industry today.

About Pixo, Inc.

Pixo, Inc., is a global leader in wireless application management and delivery. Pixo develops and markets its Mobile Download Server (MDS) to operators and enterprises directly and through value added partners such as End2End in Europe. MDS is the only server solution to offer full functionality, high performance and distributed downloading for managing and delivering segmented content to multiple Vending Managers from a central Catalog. For more information, visit the Pixo web site at http://www.pixo.com

About NSTL, Inc.

NSTL is the world's leading test lab for wireless and mobile technologies. Established in 1983, NSTL serves both the makers and the buyers of information technology with cutting-edge testing methodologies and consulting services. NSTL is a world-recognized authority in hardware and software performance, compatibility, usability and functionality testing. NSTL has operations in the US, Canada, Taiwan, China, Japan and India. Major clients include Canadian Federal Government, Dell, HP, IBM, Intel, Microsoft, Motorola, Nokia and Qualcomm. For more information, visit www.nstl.com.

Pixo is a trademark of Pixo, Inc. NSTL is a trademark of NSTL, Inc. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners. Sun, Sun Microsystems, the Sun logo, Java, J2ME and Sun ONE are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. in the United States and other countries.