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EUROPEAN COMMITTEE'S 6TH RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME CHOSE SAGEM TO TENDER 1ST INVITATION TO PILOT SAFEE PROJECT
23 June 2003 - Sagem Communication
| SAGEM has been chosen within the frame of the first invitation to tender of the European Committee's 6th Research and Development Programme, as the pilot of the SAFEE project (the amount of the 37 million euros contract will be allocated to the various sections of the programme). |
SAGEM has been chosen within the frame of the first invitation to tender of the European Committee's 6th Research and Development Programme, as the pilot of the SAFEE project (the amount of the 37 million euros contract will be allocated to the various sections of the programme). The SAFEE project or 'Security of Aircraft in the Future European Environment' has been created to answer the security requirements of civil aircraft as regards terrorist attacks (hijacking, etc.). A total amount of 31 companies (including 9 innovative SMEs, laboratories and universities take part in the programme. Leader of the project since its creation, SAGEM will continue to manage it until the conclusion of the researches, expected by the end of 2007. SAFEE includes a research section on new sensors, a behaviour analysis of people on-board section, a section concerning the protection against terrorists taking over the plane, and finally a communications and data transfer protection and securing section.
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Sagem Communication is organized in two Business Groups: Mobile Communication and Broadband Communication.Mobile Communication Sagem brand mobile phones enjoys a strong presence in world markets – Europe, Middle East, Africa, Asia and Latin America – thanks to continuous technological innovations, including build-in cameras, colour screens, multimedia messaging, WAP, GPRS, modules and modems, etc. The Mobile Communication Business Group operates a Research & Development center in Cergy, northwest of Paris, and a production plant at Fougères, in the Brittany region of France. Industrial and commercial partnerships with other telecom players have opened access to new international markets, including China and Brazil. China: a joint venture with Bird, the leading domestic manufacturer of mobile phones, called "Ningbo Bird Sagem Electronics Corporation Ltd". Brazil: a joint subsidiary with Gradiente, to handle the production and marketing of Sagem mobile phones. Broadband Communication The Broadband Communication Business Group designs, develops and produces a complete line of products for the high-growth broadband, video and printing markets. A proven capability for innovation led to technological breakthroughs that give Sagem products high-profile positions in these highly competitive markets: the first DLP flat-screen TVs in Europe, the first embedded image correction in terminals, DECT wireless phones with mobile phone functions (SMS, hi-fi ring tones, directory, etc.), TVs and set-top boxes with build-in card readers, etc. The Broadband Communication Business Group also deploys a Europe-wide network of subsidiaries, called National Sales Organization (NSO), that distributes Sagem brand products to all major European retailers. Sagem has signed a number of agreements with OEMs, meaning that Sagem products are used by the world’s leading brands and most European operators. |
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