Sierra Wireless Chooses Aplix’s WirelessIDEA library for M2M Application Development

San Francisco, CA / Vancouver, BC – February 14, 2011

Aplix Corporation (Headquarters: Shinjuku–ku, Tokyo; Representative Director: Ryu Koriyama) announced today that WirelessIDEA, Aplix’ M2M solution for module manufacturers and M2M application developers, has been selected by Sierra Wireless, the world leader in M2M embedded modules, as a development library within the Sierra Wireless Embedded Application Framework, broadening the number of programming languages supported by Sierra Wireless’ Open AT-enabled wireless modules.

"We are excited to offer WirelessIDEA to our customers," says Philippe Guillemette, Chief Technology Officer at Sierra Wireless. "We are continually striving to enable customers to develop and deploy applications more quickly and easily, and adding WirelessIDEA is helping this goal by giving developers flexibility to choose the programming language they are comfortable with, whether it is C, Lua, or now Java."

WirelessIDEA brings to the Java developer community the first CPU and memory efficient solution truly designed for M2M. Combining the power and efficiency of C and Java will help developers reduce application development time in areas as diverse as smart energy, supply chain management, and automotive.

"We are pleased to be working with Sierra Wireless, the world leader in wireless modules," says Aplix CEO Ryu Koriyama. "As M2M devices become more sophisticated, capable, and more widely used to create the Internet of Things, we see WirelessIDEA as a key enabler of new and exciting applications. We look forward to working with Sierra Wireless and their customers in extending how applications are developed, deployed, and maintained in the M2M space."

• Contact Information:Sierra Wireless: Sharlene Myers, +1 (604) 232 1445
  Aplix Corporation: Scott Papenfuss
 +1-415-558-8800
• About Sierra WirelessSierra Wireless (NASDAQ: SWIR – TSX: SW) offers industry-leading mobile computing and machine-to-machine (M2M) communications products and solutions that connect people, devices, and applications over cellular networks. Wireless service providers, equipment manufacturers, enterprises and government organizations around the world depend on us for reliable wireless technology. We offer 2G, 3G and 4G wireless modems, routers and gateways as well as a comprehensive suite of software, tools, and services that ensure our customers can successfully bring wireless applications to market.
  For more information about Sierra Wireless, visit www.sierrawireless.com.
  "Open AT" is a trademark of Sierra Wireless. Other product or service names mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners.
• About Aplix CorporationAplix enabled one of the most successful wireless content businesses in Japan, and Aplix solutions are powering audio–visual equipment and mobile devices for companies such as Motorola, Panasonic, Samsung, Sony, NEC, and HTC. Aplix technology has been shipped with more than 700 million devices globally as of December 2010, with over 30,000 games and contents specifically created to be deployed on it. Aplix innovations add value to application developers and bring life-enhancing consumer electronic devices to millions of people worldwide.
  Headquarters: Tokyo.
  Other offices: San Francisco, Boston, London, Taipei, Shanghai, Beijing, Seoul, and Okinawa.
  For more information, please visit www.aplixcorp.com.