The QUALCOMM corporation announced in 2001 January, software execution environmentforthe portable telephone. It absorbs the difference of the specification which is during portable telephone, in order to be able to correspond to the manyportable telephonein the single program, it is designed.

Clanguage /C++ languageis usedtoprogramming language.In order the program whichis converted to machine language(the nativecord/code) to execute, because it does,effective speedis fasterthan the Java based softwareenvironment whichis used withimodeand the like of NTT By the Hewlett-Packard corporation, because"Microchai VM" of Java execution environmentforthe portable telephone being transplanted has been decided,BREWenvironment the direct not using ? andthe application development with Java it becomes possible. ... The continuation is read

There is also a function whichis not,Javabasedenvironment of other companies such as the function which is accessedthe telephone directoryof the portable telephone in BREW. In addition, in order for the program which does illegitimate operation not to be drawn up, as for the application software whichis notelectronic signatureof the QUALCOMMcorporation there is the restriction that it cannot be executed. The same company does also the distribution of the development kit and the test for electronic signature acquisition.

Several corporations have stated correspondence in the world, in USKDDI / Okinawacellularau has loaded BREW environment ontothe portable telephone terminal, "EZ application(BREW)" it has developed with name.It is offeredas for several of the information service which the same company of EZ Nabi walk and the like offers as BREW application.