Consortium Established to Develop and Promote Close Proximity Wireless Technology ?TransferJet?

Tokyo, July 17, 2008 – Sony Corporation, Canon Inc., Eastman Kodak Company, Hitachi Ltd., Victor Company of Japan, KDDI Corporation, Kenwood Corporation, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (Panasonic), Nikon Corporation, Olympus Imaging Corporation, Pioneer Corporation, SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Seiko Epson Corporation, Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications, Toshiba Corporation today announced an agreement to form a consortium to develop specifications for interconnecting products using ?TransferJet? a new interoperable wireless transfer technology that enables rapid transfer of high resolution video, music and images.