The Latest Wireless Solutions from Wavecom Certified by Bouygues Telecom



    Regulatory News:

    Wavecom (Paris:AVM) (NASDAQ:WVCM) (ISIN:FR0000073066) today
    announced the certification of Wavecom's newest families of Wireless
    CPU(R)s on the Bouygues Telecom wireless network thus further opening
    the market for wireless machine-to-machine communication in France.

    Wireless CPU(R)s are at the heart of many machine-to-machine
    applications such as electricity meters, alarm systems, navigation
    equipment for cars or even payment terminals; they allow a host of
    machines to be connected via a wireless network.

    Today's announcement reinforces Bouygues Telecom's commitment to
    development of the market for communicating machines in France. This
    move toward certification should guarantee optimal functionality of
    wireless solutions on the operator network and greatly assist
    integrators of M2M solutions prior to bringing wireless products to
    market. This certification by Bouygues Telecom further renews their
    collaborative efforts to work together with other players in
    developing this strong growth market.

    "As OEMs realize the potential cost savings associated with
    gathering and managing information remotely, from a vast array of
    machines, Wavecom and Bouygues Telecom allow the creation of new
    business models," declared Franck Moine, head of Machine-to-Machine
    activities at Bouygues Telecom, adding, "it's exciting to play a role
    in the development of this technological ecosystem which addresses
    many new opportunities in various industries in France."

    "Wavecom continues to actively work with wireless networks, like
    Bouygues Telecom in order to make wireless communication easy to use
    for most machines," explains Olivier Beaujard, Group Vice President of
    Business Development at Wavecom, he added, "We are pleased to share
    our expertise with Bouygues Telecom in the certification process and
    provide turnkey services to assist our customers in certifying their
    finished products on the network."

    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 CPUs (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 Paris, Wavecom has
    subsidiaries in Hong Kong (PRC), Research Triangle Park, NC (USA), and
    Farnborough (UK). Wavecom is publicly traded on Euronext Paris
    (Eurolist) in France and on the NASDAQ (WVCM) exchange in the U.S.