WEATHERNEWS WINS TOP HONORS FROM QUALCOMM FOR ITS BREW®-BASED WEATHER APPLICATION

World's Largest Provider of Weather Information Awarded BREW 2004 Developer Award for Best Information Application

San Francisco, CA, (June 22, 2004) – Weathernews Americas announced that it has been honored by QUALCOMM Incorporated (Nasdaq: QCOM) as the winner of Best Information Application for its wireless weather application at the BREW 2004 Developers Conference held June 7-9 in San Diego.

“We are excited to receive this award from QUALCOMM,” said Richard O'Connell, vice president of marketing and new media at Weathernews. “The BREW solution has allowed us to create an innovative wireless application that delivers graphically rich weather information, directly to consumers' cell phones in an easy to navigate user-interface.”

The annual awards program showcases achievement and talent in BREW application development in six different categories. An anonymous panel of industry experts chose winners based on several criteria including: visual appeal, originality, ease-of-use, "cool factor" and features.

“QUALCOMM congratulates Weathernews on this outstanding achievement,” said Gina Lombardi, senior vice president of marketing and product management, QUALCOMM Internet Services. “We are pleased that the BREW solution is enabling developers to deliver valuable, useful and relevant services to their customers.”

The Weathernews wireless application, which is available on various handsets from leading cellular service providers, delivers weather information for over 60,000 forecast locations around the world. The application costs about $3.00/month, depending on the carrier, and includes these unique features:

	Visuals of more than 130 major U.S. and international city skylines with current sky conditions
	Current conditions at top U.S. airports detailing delays and airline phone numbers
	My Weather – Preset weather information for up to 5 “favorite” cities
	Weathernews' Wake Up With Weather alarm clock, which plays a specific ring tone based on the current weather in the city for which it is set and also provides an early wake-up on those days when the weather may impact the morning commute
	A vacation planner with long-term climatological information about specific destinations

QUALCOMM's BREW solution provides products and services that connect the mobile marketplace value chain, which includes publishers, application developers, content providers, device manufacturers, operators and consumers.

Publishers and developers worldwide are generating revenue from BREW-based applications and content, and 26 manufacturers have offered more than 140 BREW-enabled device models to consumers. There are many successful operators that have deployed commercial BREW-based wireless data services around the world, including Verizon Wireless, Alaska Communication Systems, ALLTEL, Cellular One, MetroPCS, Midwest Wireless, NTELOS, Rural Cellular Corporation and U.S. Cellular in the United States, China Unicom, KDDI in Japan, KTF in South Korea, Hutch in Thailand, Tata in India, Telstra in Australia, VIVO in Brazil, BellSouth Chile, BellSouth Colombia, BellSouth Ecuador, BellSouth Panama, BellSouth Peru, Movicom in Argentina, Telcel and Movilnet in Venezuela, Verizon in the Dominican Republic, Verizon Wireless Puerto Rico, Pelephone in Israel and Zapp in Romania.

Weathernews Americas Inc. is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Weathernews, Inc. Based in Japan, Weathernews, Inc. is the world's largest, publicly-traded, full-service weather company (TSE#1, 4825). A global organization with 38 offices in 14 countries, Weathernews delivers customized, risk communication services to businesses and individuals whose lives or livelihoods are affected by the weather. With over 12,000 business customers and 1,000,000 wireless subscribers worldwide, the company consistently evaluates and evolves existing applications for weather information while exploring additional markets and industries which would benefit operationally and financially from specific weather information and delivery methods. Currently, Weathernews delivers weather information, analysis and risk communication services to some of the largest companies in agriculture, aviation, energy, marine, media, offshore oil and retail. For more information, please visit our Web site at www.weathernews.com.

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