Wavecom Demonstrates WiSIM World's First Fully Embedded SIM

05/03/2007 - 11:43

Wavecom (Paris:AVM) (NASDAQ:WVCM) (ISIN:FR0000073066) today
announced WiSIM (Wavecom integrated Subscriber Identity Module), an
innovative solution that takes a major step to facilitating the
deployment of wireless devices in cellular networks.

Laurent Girault, Wavecom Technical Marketing Director explains,
"Many industrial devices present a set of complex design challenges as
they become adapted to wireless communication. One such challenge is
the integration of the SIM card. We are extremely pleased to be the
first to have demonstrated a technology which fully embeds the SIM
function into selected GSM Wireless CPU(R) models. This breakthrough
removes one more obstacle to stimulating wireless M2M and automotive
market growth."

Specific requirements for industrial wireless devices include:
long-life -- more than ten years for utility meters, for example --
and harsh environments such as extreme temperatures and excessive
vibrations for vehicles. The typical SIM card, like those used in GSM
mobile phones and other consumer electronics are built in to plastic
cards and therefore do not address the rigorous demands for many
industrial applications.

The WiSIM component will be an embedded option in selected Wavecom
GSM/GPRS Wireless CPU(R) families including Quik, Plug & Play and its
Wireless Microprocessor(R) range. By integrating the SIM at the chip
level, both customers and operators benefit from a simplified and
faster cellular subscription. The robust industrial design ensures
proper functioning in harsh climatic conditions which reduces the risk
of disconnected devices that are often linked to high-value,
time-sensitive transactional data. In addition, with the SIM embedded
into the Wavecom Wireless CPU(R), logistics and management issues
associated with the SIM card inventory becomes easier, more cost
effective and more secure, thus reducing the risk of potential SIM
card theft, especially once it is installed.

The WiSIM answers customer needs from several industrial segments
including automotive for toll collect and emergency call applications
and the market for automatic meter management (AMM). It will
complement all of Wavecom's existing technology including the Wireless
CPU(R), the Open AT(R) Software Suite, and RDMS (Remote Device
Management Services).

Wavecom will demonstrate WiSIM in Paris March 6 - 8 at Machine to
Machine 2007 and CTIA in Orlando, FL (USA) March 27 - 29.

About Wavecom

Wavecom is a worldwide leader in embedded industrial wireless
communication solutions for automotive, machine-to-machine and mobile
professional applications. Wavecom's solutions include the Open AT(R)
software platform encompassing the Wavecom Open AT(R) Operating
System, a wide range of Plug-Ins, the Open AT(R) Integrated
Development Environment (IDE) along with a market-leading range of
Wireless CPU(R)s (Central Processing Units), and an expanding
portfolio of services. These complete embedded solutions enable makers
of all types of machines to develop a new breed of intelligent
wireless applications, without the need of external processors and
other ASICs (Application Specific Integrated Circuits) and components.

Founded in 1993 and headquartered in Issy-les-Moulineaux (France)
near Paris, Wavecom has subsidiaries in Hong Kong (PRC), Research
Triangle Park, NC (USA), Camberley (UK).. Wavecom is publicly traded
on Euronext Paris (Eurolist) in France and on the NASDAQ (WVCM)
exchange in the U.S.