SAN DIEGO and STAMFORD CONN. – December 12 2001 – QUALCOMM Incorporated (Nasdaq: QCOM) pioneer and world leader of Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) digital wireless technology and WWE Entertainment (WWE) Inc. (NYSE: WWE) an integrated media and entertainment company today announced they have signed an agreement to create interactive wireless services using QUALCOMM’s Binary Runtime Environment for Wireless (BREW) applications platform. WWE is creating a suite of applications for its fans worldwide who will be able to personalize their handsets over the air virtually anytime anywhere. Their complete offering of wireless content will include personalized ring tones instant messaging interactive trivia up-to-the moment news real-time polling and games aimed to give subscribers the most bleeding edge explosive set of mobile applications available anywhere.

"WWE has embraced the BREW platform as a means to deliver content to its fans worldwide " said Roger Marment executive vice president of International Business Development WWE. "Our research shows that a majority of our fans own mobile phones and are very receptive to embrace new technology innovation. Utilizing this platform is a natural way for us to raise the level of interaction with our fan base and allow them to experience the WWE like never before."

"QUALCOMM is excited about having an entertainment giant like the WWE join our team and select the BREW initiative as its wireless technology platform " said Peggy Johnson president of QUALCOMM Internet Services. "Using the BREW platform makes it infinitely easier for content providers to create applications that work on handsets. This opens up a new marketplace for entertainment brands and creates a new venue for them to promote fun and entertainment." 

QUALCOMM’s BREW platform is a thin standardized execution environment that resides in handsets. Native BREW applications are written in C/C++. While the BREW platform supports
programming in other languages such as Java and XML C/C++ is used as the primary language by significantly more developers worldwide than any other language according to International Data Corp. QUALCOMM’s BREW initiative is the only approach that offers developers OEMs and carriers a complete end-to-end solution for wireless applications development device configuration application distribution and billing and payment. The complete BREW solution includes the BREW Software Development Kit (SDK) for developers the BREW applications platform and porting tools for device manufacturers and the BREW Distribution System (BDS) that enables developers and their carrier customers to get applications to market and coordinates the billing and payment processes for them. Carriers’ BREW-based services will enable consumers to customize their handsets by downloading applications over the air from a carrier’s application download server.

WWE Entertainment Inc. is an integrated media and entertainment company headquartered in Stamford Conn. with sales offices in New York City Chicago and Toronto. Additional information on the company can be found at wwe.com and wweecorpbiz.com.

QUALCOMM Incorporated (www.qualcomm.com) is a leader in developing and delivering innovative digital wireless communications products and services based on the Company’s CDMA digital technology. The Company’s business areas include CDMA chipsets and system software; technology licensing; the BREW applications platform; Eudora® e-mail software; digital cinema systems; and satellite-based systems including portions of the Globalstar system and wireless fleet management systems OmniTRACS® and OmniExpress®. QUALCOMM owns patents that are essential to all of the CDMA wireless telecommunications standards that have been adopted or proposed for adoption by standards-setting bodies worldwide. QUALCOMM has licensed its essential CDMA patent portfolio to more than 100 telecommunications equipment manufacturers worldwide. Headquartered in San Diego Calif. QUALCOMM is included in the S&P 500 Index and is a 2001 FORTUNE 500® company traded on The Nasdaq Stock Market® under the ticker symbol QCOM.

Except for the historical information contained herein this news release contains forward-looking statements that are subject to risks and uncertainties including the Company’s ability to successfully design and have manufactured significant quantities of CDMA components on a timely and profitable basis the extent and speed to which CDMA is deployed and the BREW platform is accepted and adopted change in economic conditions of the various markets the Company serves as well as the other risks detailed from time to time in the Company’s SEC reports including the report on Form 10-K for the year ended September 30 2001 and most recent Form 10-Q.

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QUALCOMM OmniTRACS OmniExpress and Eudora are registered trademarks of QUALCOMM Incorporated. BREW is a trademark of QUALCOMM Incorporated. Globalstar is a trademark of Loral QUALCOMM Satellite Services Incorporated. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.