SAGEM GSM/GPRS Modules joins the Network Business Unit of Sagem Communication

Paris, March 17th 2006 -- Since it started back in 2001, SAGEM GSM/GPRS Modules Department has deployed more than 12 millions modules in the field. Addressing many and various market sectors such as multimedia, automotive, security and M2M, the modules market has gone through significant changes:- requiring more and more integration, the mobile phones' s requirements have shifted towards "reference design" solutions, based on SAGEM’s stable and widely accepted technology,

- triggered by a worldwide GSM coverage, specific M2M offers from network carriers, and the successful deployment of many pilot projects , M2M applications have experienced a very significant growth.

Reactive to this market, Sagem Communication has adapted its structure for M2M by integrating the GSM/GPRS Modules Department into the Network BU. Not a revolution, this evolution has received a warm welcome from our customers.

This means indeed:

- A full continuity of Sagem Communication's proven solutions: complete in-house protocol stacks management, continuous integration of the technological innovations inherited from our handsets.

- A strengthened expertise for integration in automotive and industrial environment, a unique experience in the most advanced ASCI protocols.

- A product life cycle management and customer approach fully adapted to industrial applications.

- An outstanding industrial efficiency. Benefiting from Sagem
Communication and SAFRAN Group, SAGEM modules brings the best technology at a most competitive price.

Through the integration of the Modules Department in the Network BU, and with an extended product offering, Sagem Communication will definitely increase its leading role on the M2M market.

About Sagem Communication

Sagem Communication (SAFRAN Group) is a major player in the Mobile and Broadband Communication industries, who has acquired a strong world-wide position thanks to renewed innovation. SAGEM products stand-out particularly in the following activities: mobile phones, printing terminals, residential terminals, digital TV, networks, electronic metering etc.

For more information, please visit our Web sites: www.sagem.com and www.safran-group.com.

Source: Sagem