Teleca to Develop Bluetooth Solution for Mitsubishi Electric


MALMO, Sweden, June 13, 2002 (PRIMEZONE) -- Teleca has secured a contract from Mitsubishi Electric to implement Bluetooth in the client company's latest microcontrollers. The assignment includes software development, licensing and support.

Bluetooth Host Stack is a software component that enables wireless communication between handheld units, such as PDAs and digital cameras.

For Teleca, this assignment involves adapting Bluetooth Host Stack to the operative systems and hardware for Mitsubishi's microcontrollers. Microcontrollers exist in most electronic products today, such as mobile phones and games, as well as in the automotive industry.

"Together with Teleca we can offer a complete and strong Bluetooth hardware and software package to our customers. With a ready-to-use ported host stack for our M32C series the customer saves evaluation and qualification effort and gets significant market advantage. Teleca convinced us by their wide and customer oriented support spectrum and especially by their excellent experience with embedded Bluetooth design," said Raimund Stampa, Assistant Manager at the European Design and Engineering Center of Mitsubishi Electric Europe.

"Teleca is delighted to be partnering with Mitsubishi on their class leading microcontrollers. Our long experience of Mitsubishi's microcontrollers, combined with our expertise in Bluetooth solutions, creates a strong offering for our customers and Mitsubishi's. Time-to- market and technically feasible solutions are essential to our customers," said Jorgen Simonsson, Mangaging Director of Teleca subsidiary Teleca Comtec.

For further information, please contact:


Jorgen Simonsson, Mangaging Director, Teleca Comtec AB,
Tel: +46 (0)35-18 20 66, Mobile: +46 (0)703 79 10 54,
Jorgen.simonsson@comtec.teleca.se

Helga Miech, Marketing Communication, Mitsubishi Electric
Europe B.B., Tel: +49 (0)2102 486 2130, helga.miech@meg.mee.com

Teleca is one of Europe's leading consulting companies in new technology and R&D. Our business concept is to strengthen our customer's market position and time-to-market. This is achieved by providing professional teams with specialist technical expertise to work in partnership with development-intensive companies all over the world. The Group has more than 2,300 employees in 13 countries. It occupies a strong position in the Nordic countries, the UK and France. Teleca is listed on Stockholmsborsen's Attract40. www.teleca.com

About Mistubishi Electric:

With 80 years of experience in providing reliable, high-quality products to both corporate clients and general consumers all over the world, Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (FTSE: 6503q.l) is a recognized world leader in the manufacture, marketing and sales of electrical and electronic equipment used in information processing and communications, space development and satellite communications, consumer electronics, industrial technology, energy, transportation and construction. The company has operations in 34 countries and recorded consolidated group sales of over US$33BN in the year ended March 31, 2001. Additional information on Mitsubishi Electric is available at www.mitsubishielectric.com. Additional information about Mitsubishi Electric semiconductors is available at www.mitsubishichips.com or www.infomicom.maec.co.jp.

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