esmertec AG and Centerscore, Inc. announce partnership to provide highly interactive and graphically rich games to wireless devices

Zurich, Switzerland, October 2002 * * * esmertec AG (www.esmertec.com), leading global supplier of embedded Java™ virtual machines for the mobile world and Centerscore, Inc., a leading edge wireless games developer, announced that they have signed a partnership agreement. Through this agreement, the two companies intend to demonstrate the value of a combined solution which will bring to the wireless market powerful and thrilling Java games that offer an exciting user experience, even on entry-level handsets.

This partnership between esmertec AG and Centerscore strengthens both companies' positions in the emerging worldwide wireless games market which the American research company Frost and Sullivan estimates to have revenues of US $6 billion in 2006. (2002: US $600 Million)

Arno Filbig, Senior Vice President for Business Development, esmertec AG, said: "Mobile gaming is a very important revenue source for Mobile Operators. The ARPU on wireless gaming will explode in the near future. Jbed, the unique JVM developed by esmertec, is the perfect technology to make this happen because of speed and minimum memory requirements in the mobile handsets. Jbed gives mass market end-users the speed they expect from mobile games and offers Mobile Operators revenue from applications that can be deployed across Java enabled devices." Filbig added: "We are very pleased to partner with Centerscore and are deeply impressed by CS Soccer, the first action game, which is currently being evaluated in our lab."

Oliver Miao, CEO, Centerscore Inc. said: "Through this partnership with esmertec, Centerscore is able to demonstrate that action based games, like CS Soccer, can deliver a compelling user experience, even on low end cell phones. esmertec's JVM allows our development team to move valuable resources away from performance optimization and instead lets them concentrate on creating fun, addictive gameplay. Jbed allows Centerscore games to run on more devices, giving us access to more players who can experience the go anywhere fun of our cell phone game titles."

About Centerscore, Inc. Centerscore is a leading edge wireless games developer. By focusing on BREW and J2ME games, Centerscore has developed unique, technologically advanced games. Centerscore was among the first companies to launch interactive, color games on the Verizon and AT&T networks. Centerscore plans to continue this trend by releasing games with large game publishers as other major carriers roll out game capable phones. Centerscore works with carriers, device manufacturers, embedded solutions providers, and publishers to seamlessly release fun games for the wireless market. For more information, please visit www.centerscore.com. About esmertec AG esmertec is a leading provider of Javaä solutions for the mobile world. Its wireless and enterprise class solutions are based on Sun Microsystems' J2MEä technology and the Jbed Micro Edition Platform. The Jbedä platform delivers service providers, mobile device manufacturers, application developers and enterprise IT organizations the rich user experience of high performance computing on small devices. Founded in 1999, esmertec is based in Switzerland with sales, engineering and support offices in the United States and in Singapore. For more information, visit the esmertec website at www.esmertec.com or send your request by email to info@esmertec.com. * * *

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