Industry Leaders Launch UTI, Home to the Java Verified Program, as an Independent Organization

UTI appoints Executive Director, announces enhancements to the Java Verified program, and moves forward as a self-funded organization to advance proven high-quality mobile applications

LONDON, June 15, 2010 - Today, the Unified Testing Initiative (UTI), home to the Java Verified
program, announced that UTI has become an independent organization. Oracle
and the UTI management board, which consists of representatives from AT&T,
LG, Motorola, Nokia, Oracle, Orange, Samsung, Sony Ericsson and Vodafone,
have been collaborating for the past year to ensure the new self-governing
and self-funded organization meets the evolving quality assurance
requirements of mobile application developers worldwide.

Signaling this new chapter, UTI has appointed an Executive Director who
will be responsible for all UTI program management, with financial and legal
support provided by the standards organization, IEEE-ISTO.

UTI is committed to continuing to provide Java Platform Micro Edition
(Java ME) developers and the mobile industry with testing and resources for
delivering more high-quality mobile applications to market faster. Java ME is
the world's most broadly deployed mobile runtime, utilized by nine of the top
10 handset manufacturers and powers nearly three billion phones in over 150
countries worldwide.

"The Java Verified program has always been the global standard for
ensuring mobile application quality based on stringent application testing
and signing procedures," said Martin Wrigley, chair of UTI and director of
developer services, Orange. "Now, as Java Verified moves 'full speed ahead'
within an independent organization, we salute Oracle and the UTI management
board for providing the industry with new opportunities for advancing more
high quality mobile applications."

As an independent organization, UTI has increased flexibility for more
easily adding new capabilities and functionality to the Java Verified
program. This new structure also lays the foundation for UTI to quickly
develop, implement and manage new quality assurance programs for mobile
application developers, carriers and handset manufactures working across the
mobile ecosystem.

"Java technology powers 85 percent of all mobile phones, including almost
a billion new devices shipped in the last year. Empowering the UTI, as an
independent organization, to run the Java Verified program is a very
important step in the continued growth and success of the Java open mobile
ecosystem," said Hasan Rizvi, senior vice president, Oracle Fusion Middleware
and Java. "Oracle is committed to making Java an even more attractive
investment for developers, who have already built more than 100,000 mobile
Java applications, for the over 400 operators who have deployed Java ME and
for the growing number of handset manufacturers who rely on Java technology.
We look forward to collaborating with the members of UTI to ensure that the
Java Verified Program provides developers with even more of the resources
they need to rapidly deliver new, high-quality business and consumer
applications into the global marketplace."

Announcing UTI's first Executive Director

As part of today's news, UTI is announcing the appointment of Ruth
Cattell as the organization's first Executive Director. Cattell is working
with the UTI management board to assist in driving the strategic direction of
the organization on a global basis. Based in the UK and with ten years of
telecom marketing and program management experience, Cattell has worked with
mobile application developers worldwide, managing a variety of technical and
marketing support programs. Cattell is responsible for UTI program management
as the organization moves to enhance the Java Verified program and readies a
variety of new quality assurance programs for mobile application developers.

"The launch of UTI as an independent organization represents a
significant step forward in the evolution of Java Verified," said Cattell.
"As UTI continues to grow, developers around the world will regularly have
access to new industry-leading resources for advancing mobile applications
that have met a wide range of quality assurance requirements."

New Java Verified Website and developer tools launched today

With today's news, UTI is announcing the launch of an updated Java
Verified website and new features for Java ME developers. These enhancements
are designed to make it easier for Java ME developers to test mobile
applications in the Java Verified program. The new site allows developers to
find relevant information more quickly and includes educational and "how to"
videos featuring Java Verified experts discussing a wide range of topics.

Enhancements released today include an updated version of the Testing and
Signing Portal featuring an improved user interface. Also available today is
an automated version of the Java Verified device matrix, which includes all
of the handsets and devices Java Verified supports. The automated device
matrix makes it faster for manufactures to add new devices and handsets to
the matrix, and easier for developers to locate the devices they should test
their applications against. The device calculator allows developers to price
testing before they begin the application testing process.

About UTI

UTI is an industry-approved, not-for-profit mobile application testing
body, run for the industry by the industry. The organization develops testing
and de-fragmentation initiatives for the mobile industry and is working to
provide a common testing standard for mobile platforms: initially, but not
exclusively, for Java ME. UTI leadership includes representation from AT&T,
LG, Motorola, Nokia, Oracle, Orange, Samsung, Sony Ericsson and Vodafone.
More information about UTI is available at www.javaverified.com.

About Java Verified

As a program of UTI, the primary goal of Java Verified is to provide
developers with testing and resources for delivering more high-quality Java
ME applications to more devices faster. Java Verified membership is open to
all organizations interested in advancing high-quality mobile applications in
a collaborative environment. For more information about the Java Verified
program please visit our website at www.javaverified.com.

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Russ DeVeau for UTI and Java Verified, +1-908-251-1549 (Mobile), russdeveau at comcast.net