BARCELONA, SPAIN—3GSM World Congress—February 12, 2007— ACCESS CO., LTD., today announced that the Product Development Kit (PDK) for ACCESS Linux Platform™ v1.0 is now available to licensees. The Company has also begun distributing a pre-release version of the Software Development Kit (SDK) and Garnet™ VM Compatibility Kit to a number of developers.

Today the Company also announced that ACCESS Linux Platform is the official name of its next-generation Linux®-based software platform optimized for mobile phones and other converged mobile devices. In addition, the ACCESS Garnet™ OS (also known as Palm OS® Garnet™) compatibility layer included with ACCESS Linux Platform, has been named ACCESS Garnet™ VM*.

ACCESS will feature a number of ACCESS Linux Platform demonstrations in its booth at the upcoming 3GSM World Congress (February 12 -15, 2007, Barcelona, Spain, Booth CY06).

"Just as is the case with the ACCESS NetFront™ Browser, the ACCESS Linux Platform software has been designed from day one specifically for mobile phones and converged devices. We believe this approach has enabled us to deliver an integrated, commercial-grade Linux-based platform that is optimized to provide true flexibility, openness and customizability for handset and mobile device manufacturers, operators and developers," said Tomihisa Kamada, CTO and co-founder of ACCESS. "We believe ACCESS Linux Platform will enable our licensees and developers to deliver exciting and innovative new mobile phones, converged mobile devices and applications."

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