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SAGEM ANNOUNCE INTEGRATION OF JAVA TECHNOLOGY IN ITS MOBILE DEVICES
12 June 2003 - Sagem Communication
| SAGEM today announced the integration of Java technology in its Mobile devices. SAGEM is working together with Sun Microsystems to incorporate the Java Technology for the Wireless Industry. Java-enabled mobile devices allow the delivery of richer content to the user, and enable network operators to offer compelling wireless data services. |
Java-enabled SAGEM's handsets will incorporate JTWI technology, which includes Java 2 Platform, Micro Edition (J2ME) Connected Limited Device Configuration, Mobile Information Device Profile (MIDP 2.0), WMA and MMAPI. This comprehensive platform will provide SAGEM's customers with an open and standardised environment to run pre-installed as well as downloaded applications, such as games, but also various other business and consumer applications. 'We are currently experiencing a strong demand from the market for the ability to download standard applications on mobile phones', commented Thierry Buffenoir, Senior Vice President and Managing Director of SAGEM's Mobile Phones Division. By providing operators with a JTWI fully integrated into SAGEM mobile phones, SAGEM ultimately allows end-users to benefit from a variety of secure, feature-rich applications and high-levels of customisation. Sun Microsystems' JTWI technology is designed for next generation devices. Users of Java-enabled devices will be able to customise the handset's look and feel, and to download and swap applications of their choice. JTWI Defines Roadmap for Next-Generation Java Handsets. The Java Technology for the Wireless Industry initiative, launched in September 2002, has now entered deployment phase as manufacturers commit to launch JTWI-compatible handsets. The JTWI initiative helps define a clear feature set for OEMs and a consistent development platform for developers, empowering carriers to launch more wireless data services and offer users a richer wireless environment. By implementing the MIDP 2.0 version in its products, SAGEM uses the latest evolution of Java's standards for mobile phones. This former one enables to improve the power and the wireless capability of the applications devoted to mobile phones.
Indeed, this new version of Java's standard improves the user interface, brings the support of advanced sound features, a game interface improving graphic features, connectivity to Mobile Internet, as well as other possibilities linked to features enabling secure exchanges and running downloadable applications. Since its inception in 1982, a singular vision, 'The Network Is The Computer', has propelled Sun Microsystems, Inc. (Nasdaq: SUNW) to its position as a leading provider of industrial-strength hardware, software and services that make the Net work.
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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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