UBIFRANCE - The Trade Commission of the French Embassy, in collaboration with the Thai-French Technical Association (TFTA), organized a one-day event dedicated to Electricity in Thailand (including presentations and business meetings) on Wednesday 15 th February 2012 at the Swissotel Le Concorde Bangkok Hotel, with the support of the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT), the Metropolitan Electricity Authority (MEA) as well as the Provincial Electricity Authority (PEA).   The goal is to present and share French delegates’ technologies, know-how and expertise in the field of power generation, transmission and distribution, with Thai public companies of electricity production and distribution, as well as Thai private companies (engineering, consultants, etc.).    The attendees also had the opportunity to get the latest information on Power business from the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT), the Metropolitan Electricity Authority (MEA) and the Provincial Electricity Authority (PEA).   Presentations of the speakers available for downloading below.   For more information, please contact: UBIFRANCE - The Trade Commission of the French Embassy Mr. Freddy Cholière Commercial Attaché Tel: 02 352 4100 Freddy.choliere@ubifrance.fr Press contact: Ms. Ratchaneekorn Mekchai Press and Communication Tel: 02 352 4119 ratchaneekorn.mekchai@ubifrance.fr      

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httv acquires majority stakesof Singapore based company SindiTV Both companies will join efforts to offer advanced turnkey HbbTV solutions for connected CE devices and grow their presence in South East Asia. Paris/Singapore - France based httv announced today that it acquired a majority stake in the Singapore based company SindiTV. The acquisition will create synergies with httv software deployment activities for connected devices and will also optimize httv international presence. The joint company will be able to offer advanced HbbTV and HD+ Interactive solutions for connected TVs and STBs. France based httv has been a leading international technology and solutions provider for interactive digital TV satellite, cable, DTT and IPTV/hybrid operators for the last 12 years. At the IBC show Amsterdam, httv launched “ httvBox” , its innovative software turnkey solution for STBs available for all TV distribution platforms f rom pure broadcast (DVB-T/T2/S/S2/C front-ends), pure IP (IPTV, OTT) to   hybrid . SindiTV, develops high end software solutions based on both ST and Fujitsu chipset devices. It has long standing relationships with major Asian device manufacturers and is highly involved in the German HD+ market. With 50% of the market share, SindiTV is the largest STB software provider for the new HD+ market in Germany (over 600,000 STBs) Beyond the obvious geographical synergies, this acquisition will reduce the cost, the complexity and the implementation time of httv software solutions. The joint forces of both companies will also provide them with a critical mass of over 60 skilled iTV engineers to address larger scale projects and strengthen their product offering to pay-TV operators, broadcasters and STB/TV manufacturers. “ SindiTV’s long experience with chipset vendors will complement our software expertise for the httvBox solution. It will give our solutions a better “time to market” declared Bernard Dupin, CEO of httv . He added “ with this presence in Singapore , httv will be able to efficiently distribute its broadcast head-end products (datastreamers) and end-to-end solutions (Push-VOD, Catch-up TV, Video Mosaic…) to the fast growing South East Asian market.” Michel Guillien, CEO of SindiTV commented:   “W ith httv’ s experience in the TV services and Pay-tv market, we will be able to enlarge our existing value proposition to our existing clients. We will also benefit from httv ’s strong expertise in HbbTV, the new growing European standard for hybrid CE devices.” httv will rapidly expand its Singapore offices to become httv ’s main R&D and support center for future customers in Singapore but also in all Asian countries.       About httv: httv has been a leading international technology and solutions provider for interactive digital TV satellite, cable, DTT and IPTV/hybrid operators for the last 10 years. httv works with major DTV operators (SKY, Canal+, UPC, NTV+, Digiturk, Belgacom, Reliance, Etisalat, Eutelsat...) and industry leaders (Nagravision, Viaccess, Irdeto, , NSN, Ericsson...).   httv offers: - Head-End Products: play-out and real time multiplexer for iTV services, EIT/EPG data, SSU and video mosaic. -   iTV Solutions: end-to-end solutions for EPG, Push-VOD, interactive video mosaic, audience measurement... - STB Turnkey solutions: User based profile UI such as Kids UI, Personalized Mosaic, Push VOD, Catch-up TV, On-line enhanced EPG, OTT, Etc.   About SindiTV: Set up in February 2007, and based in Singapore, SindiTV provides turnkey solutions for STB and TV manufacturers. It develops STB and TV software as well as Digital TV solutions for manufacturers of consumer products; Bespoke / custom software design, Software engineering outsourcing, hardware design. SindiTV works with major Asian STB and TV manufacturers (GMI, Prime Pesi, Zinwell, Skardin, etc.) and chipset partners (STMicroelectronics, Fujitsu Microelectronics, etc.).   Contact httv: Anne-Sophie FROSSARD, Communication Manager, httv +33.623.393.443 - anne-sophie.frossard@httv.fr    

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  The French Embassy in Thailand is proud to introduce the “Franco-Thai Symposium”, the event promoting the latest technologies and products results of R&D in France and in Thailand. This symposium was held at Century Park Hotel during 1-3 February 2012. The contents can be divided into three different categories: Health sciences, Material Sciences, and Applied Mathematics. For more information: www.francothai-science.com/symposium2011 On Thursday 2 nd February 2012 , in collaboration with the French Trade Commission - UBIFRANCE of the French Embassy, the French company “ABALONE E nergie” expert in renewable and alternative energy producing presented during the Franco-Thai Symposium a lecture on “The autonomous positive energy and zero pollution building with its own energetic network” by Mr. Barnabé BAUDU, Project Manager, ABALONE Energie. (For technical information: www.abalone-energie.com ) ABALONE head office, a precursor architectural project: ABALONE GROUP is the specialist of the human and sustainable resources in France. Its head office building is designed to ultimately be a heart of advanced technology and exchanges, involving adequate work and comfort space. Precursor and unique, it combines unpublished technologies such as hydrogen and fuel cells, together with a mixed efficient energetic solution: solar, photovoltaic, solar thermal, wind turbine and Canadian well. The participants to this session form both public and private sectors included technicians, researchers, as well as architects, engineers, and contractors.   ABALONE’s project addresses the regional and industrial actors, the political and local authorities, but also the public in general and to everyone concerned by the future of our planet.   ABALONE Energie is looking for a partnership and opportunity to work with architects, contractors and the local authorities in Thailand to create green building projects.   For more information: French Trade Commission - UBIFRANCE, French Embassy in Thailand Ms. Chuenrat Mengtrakul, Tel: +66 (0)2 352 4111 chuenrat.mengtrakul@ubifrance.fr Press contact: Ms. Ratchaneekorn MEKCHAI, Tel: + 66 2 352 4119 ratchaneekorn.mekchai@ubifrance.fr www.ubifrance.com/th

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  The French Embassy in Thailand is proud to introduce the “Franco-Thai Symposium”, the event promoting the latest technologies and products results of R&D in France and in Thailand. This symposium was held at Century Park Hotel during 1-3 February 2012. The contents can be divided into three different categories: Health sciences, Material Sciences, and Applied Mathematics. For more information: www.francothai-science.com/symposium2011 On Thursday 2 nd February 2012 , in collaboration with the French Trade Commission - UBIFRANCE of the French Embassy, the French company “ABALONE E nergie” expert in renewable and alternative energy producing presented during the Franco-Thai Symposium a lecture on “The autonomous positive energy and zero pollution building with its own energetic network” by Mr. Barnabé BAUDU, Project Manager, ABALONE Energie. (For technical information: www.abalone-energie.com ) ABALONE head office, a precursor architectural project: ABALONE GROUP is the specialist of the human and sustainable resources in France. Its head office building is designed to ultimately be a heart of advanced technology and exchanges, involving adequate work and comfort space. Precursor and unique, it combines unpublished technologies such as hydrogen and fuel cells, together with a mixed efficient energetic solution: solar, photovoltaic, solar thermal, wind turbine and Canadian well. The participants to this session form both public and private sectors included technicians, researchers, as well as architects, engineers, and contractors.   ABALONE’s project addresses the regional and industrial actors, the political and local authorities, but also the public in general and to everyone concerned by the future of our planet.   ABALONE Energie is looking for a partnership and opportunity to work with architects, contractors and the local authorities in Thailand to create green building projects.   For more information: French Trade Commission - UBIFRANCE, French Embassy in Thailand Ms. Chuenrat Mengtrakul, Tel: +66 (0)2 352 4111 chuenrat.mengtrakul@ubifrance.fr Press contact: Ms. Ratchaneekorn MEKCHAI, Tel: + 66 2 352 4119 ratchaneekorn.mekchai@ubifrance.fr www.ubifrance.com/th

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31 January 2012 – The boom in data transmission and storage capacity has given rise to cloud computing, where calculations and data are scattered in a universe that is no longer directly accessible to customers, who instead buy processing activities in the same way that one might buy electricity. Three levels of offerings are available: Externally hosted IT infrastructure (IaaS = Infrastructure as a Service); Ready-to-use environments (PaaS = Platform as a Service); and Standardized shared applications sold as services (SaaS = Software as a Service). Revenue from the global market for cloud computing services totaled US$68.3 billion in 2010, while in Europe, the cloud computing market surged 20% and may account for almost 15% of the European software and services market by 2015. The French market was worth €1.85 billion in 2010, of which €672 million were generated by SMEs, and continues to grow strongly. It is set to exceed €2 billion in 2011 and may account for more than 6% of the French software and services market by 2012 (estimate by Nexima).   Alongside international operators such as Microsoft, Google, HP, AT&T and IBM, France is home to numerous companies, including ATOS, Cap Gemini, Steria, Orange and SFR. ATOS has recently established Yunano , a joint venture with Chinese company Ufida, to market cloud-based management software and associated services. French software publisher Systancia , with bases in the Alsace and Ile-de-France regions, is a market leader in Europe for application/workstation user environment virtualization.   France provides new entrants with a growth-friendly environment. French legislation affords a high level of protection for data and data processing; in particular, regulations governing encryption (Act 2004-575 of June 21, 2004 and Decree 2007-663 of May 2, 2007) cover concerns relating to the sensitivity of data entrusted to cloud computing centers. New entrants include US company Joyent , established in Ile-de-France (Paris region) in 2010, which provides IaaS to LinkedIn, Disney, CNN, Facebook, Yahoo and vente-privee.com, and open-source PaaS to publishers, hosting companies and specialist computer services companies such as Dell and First Service. This pioneering cloud computing start-up is now competing with cloud-based offerings from companies such as Amazon EC2 and Microsoft Azur. In 2010, Dell entered into an OEM (original equipment manufacturer) agreement with Joyent to use its “smart technologies” to offer “turnkey” clouds hosted on its servers.   France has eight innovation clusters involved in cloud computing: Cap Digital and System@tic (Ile-de-France), Elopsys (Limousin), Images et réseaux (Brittany/Pays de la Loire), Imaginove and Minalogic (Rhône-Alpes), Secure Communication Solutions (Provence-Alpes-Côte-d’Azur) and the e-secure transaction cluster TES (Basse-Normandie).   In 2011, the French Government issued an initial call for projects dedicated to cloud computing R&D as part of its “National Investment Program” . Five projects will receive state aid (€19 million): a software engineering platform ( CloudForce project , Orange Labs), an application porting scheme ( CloudPort project , Prologue, an SME), a high-performance software infrastructure ( Magellan project , Bull), a community cloud ( Nu@age project , Non Stop Systems, an SME), and a higher education establishment cloud ( UnivCloud project , INEO). The French Federation of Software Publishers ( Association Française des Editeurs de Logiciels – AFDEL) has set up a website ( www.investirdanslenumerique.fr ) to simply the procedure for project owners when submitting project for “National Investment Program” funding.   According to David Appia, Chairman & CEO of the Invest in France Agency,   “France is a growth market for high-tech and innovative companies, particularly in the cloud computing sector, where the leading players are already here doing business. The French government’s “National Investment Program” is providing a boost to a dynamic network of partnerships created by France’s innovation clusters through its funding offers for projects involving IT system designers, telecoms operators, software publishers, technology integrators, research laboratories and innovative SMEs.”   The Invest in France Agency (IFA) is the national agency responsible for promoting and facilitating international investment in France. It also coordinates initiatives to promote France’s economic attractiveness. The IFA network operates worldwide. In France, the IFA works in partnership with regional development agencies to offer international investors outstanding business opportunities and customized services. For further information, please visit www.investinfrance.org   For more information: Mr. Duc NGUYEN ASEAN Director Invest in France Agency (IFA) office in Singapore Embassy of France in Singapore 101-103 Cluny Park Road Singapore 259595 T. +65 6880 7879 M.+65 9295 6036 F. +65 6880 7880 duc.nguyen@investinfrance.org www.invest-in-france.org Regional press contact: Ms. Ratchaneekorn MEKCHAI French Trade Commission UBIFRANCE French Embassy in Thailand Tel: + 66 2 352 41 19 Email: ratchaneekorn.mekchai@ubifrance.fr www.ubifrance.com/th       Note to Editors   Copyright - Our press office is waiving its copyright on the content included in this press release, which means that recipients are free to reproduce, modify and circulate it if they wish to do so and as far as copyright law is concerned. 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  Contactless identification and transaction technologies (NFC, for “Near Field Communication”) have experienced rapid development in a global market that enjoyed accelerated growth in 2010 which has continued into 2011. According to Eurosmart, global use of “smart secure devices” in 2011 amounted to almost 6.1 million units (contactless smart cards), used in telecommunications (microprocessor cards – 4.6 million), financial and payment services (one million) and passports, identity and healthcare cards (e-government and e-healthcare – 0.22 million), with the remainder split between a variety of applications, notably in transport (tickets, tolls, etc.) and pay TV.   French companies with recognized expertise in the sector include Inside Contactless in Aix‑en‑Provence (Provence-Alpes-Côte-d’Azur region), a member of the TES (Secure Electronic Transactions) innovation cluster in Caen (Basse-Normandie region), which has acquired ATMEL’s SMS (Secure Microcontroller Solutions) division; Gemalto in Sophia Antipolis (Provence-Alpes-Côte-d’Azur) ; and TAZ-TAG in Rennes (Brittany), which has entered into a partnership agreement with Toronto-based Canadian company Quand Medical , which specializes in medical information.   Foreign investors have been quick to seize opportunities in the French market, making use where possible of tax incentives supporting research and development (e.g. France’s research tax credit). For example, Japanese company SATO provides RFID solutions from its Lille site (Nord-Pas de Calais); U.S. coding and identification company Markem-Imaje has established a site in Bourg-lès-Valence, close to the SCS (Secure Communication Solutions) innovation cluster at Valbonne-Sophia Antipolis (Provence-Alpes-Côte-d’Azur); German company Deister Electronics is a leading player in RFID solutions in the Île-de-France (Paris) region; while Maroc Traitement de Transactions (M2T) has also established an Île-de-France site, aided by the IFA and the Paris Region Economic Development Agency. Innovation clusters Novalog in St-Étienne-du-Rouvray (Haute-Normandie) and Systematic Paris Region, which both specialize in traceability, are home to many foreign companies.   The “ 2011 Cards and Identification ” show, due to be held in Paris from November 15-17, 2011, will focus on the contactless card and payment industry, the “object internet” and M2M, as well as the development of identification technologies. In this latter field, Bluelinea is preparing for the 2011 launch of an electronic bracelet to monitor Alzheimer’s patients in their homes. More generally, the ability to monitor any item, cargo, vehicle, animal or person requiring special surveillance will call for detection infrastructure to be installed at mandatory transit points. Furthermore, ethical considerations arising from monitoring and identifying people and goods will need to be considered. Other applications could quickly become widespread: till procedures (bar code scanners), toll points (RFID scanners) and ticketing (for metro systems, shows and performances, vehicle parking and day-to-day transactions).   In October 2011, the NFC Forum , a consortium of manufacturers responsible for defining NFC standards, updated the so-called SNEP (Simple NDEF Exchange Protocol) specifications for peer-to-peer sharing. This protocol enables two NFC-equipped phones to exchange data simply by touching the handsets together. This function can be put to a wide variety of uses: exchanging business cards, gathering special offers for use at a later time, contacting and following other people on social networks, and exchanging small amounts of money or travel tickets.   In May 2011, the French government issued a €20 million call for projects (“Rolling out NFC contactless mobile services”). Funding will be awarded to 20 to 30 contactless mobile telephony projects to be rolled out in several major French cities offering information and payment transactions.   The Invest in France Agency (IFA) is the national agency responsible for promoting and facilitating international investment in France. It also coordinates initiatives to promote France’s economic attractiveness. The IFA network operates worldwide. In France, the IFA works in partnership with regional development agencies to offer international investors outstanding business opportunities and customized services. For further information, please visit www.investinfrance.org ; For more information: Mr. Duc NGUYEN ASEAN Director Invest in France Agency (IFA) office in Singapore Embassy of France in Singapore 101-103 Cluny Park Road Singapore 259595 T. +65 6880 7879 M.+65 9295 6036 F. +65 6880 7880 duc.nguyen@investinfrance.org www.invest-in-france.org

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  With almost 20,000 visitors CARTES & IDentification confirmed its international influence and positioned itself more than ever as the major global event for digital security and smart technologies     CARTES & IDentification was in fine form, positioning itself more than ever as the sector’s key global event. From the Conference to the SESAMES Awards and the high numbers at the stands, the event combined innovations and dynamism. With a rising number of visitors (19,513 visitors in total against 18,768 visitors in 2010), this edition has once again been able to meet the high expectations of the profession. Building on this success the CARTES team has already announced the dates of the next edition: 6 to 8 November 2012 in Paris Nord Villepinte.   CARTES & IDentification, reflection of a dynamic market   The trade show confirms its international status with 430 exhibitors from 45 countries, and 19,513 visitors , with 69% visitors from outside France, representing 143 countries.   The 21 conferences tracks during the three days welcomed 1,225 participants , including 87%professionals from outside France.   Key industry issues were discussed at length, in particular during the conferences dedicated to mobile payment and financial services (NFC and contactless), the future of payments, security in a “cloud” ecosystem, multi-application, point of sales / point of interaction and e-government, which were a great success.   As every year, the high point of the Congress was the inaugural conference of the "World Card Summit", during which key leaders from the industry analysed major market trends and presented their strategic visions in front of a full house of 500 people. For the first time in Europe, Scott Mulloy the CTO of ISIS (joint-venture with AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon Wireless) presented their mobile payment vision during a keynote. Eurosmart also presented a preview of the 2011 figures and forecasts of the global market, announcing an expected 13% growth in 2012 and 7 billion units for secure smart devices.     Mobile payment and NFC applications: key themes for this year   Visitors are aware of the deployment of contactless technology and the arrival of NFC terminals for mobile payment, with many demonstrations on the stands such as the NFC car by Oberthur or the e-bike by NXP. The pavilion dedicated to mobile payment companies hosted 12 solutions providers for mobile payment, transactions management, Trusted Service Management, smartphones, tablets and other smarts mobiles objects.   Many projects in Government Security and in E-health   The identity protection sector is booming and the technologies of identification and authentication presented by the exhibitors have been applied to many documents (biometrics passports, electronic ID, electronic driver’s license, health cards...). E-health has been in the spotlight this year with the Smart Health exhibition which presented innovations for electronic health record, health cards, or even applications for telemedicine that improve the quality of care services and patients comfort, but it also fights against fraud and inflation in health costs.   The SESAMES Awards: the excellence of the technology rewarded     The winners of the 2011 SESAMES awards were revealed in front of a privileged audience of 300 guests during a superb ceremony organised at the Automobile Club de France.   Here once again is the list of this year winners, which was particularly full of innovations:   -         BEST HARDWARE: DYNAMICS with Chips & Choice -         BEST SOFTWARE: NXP SEMICONDUCTORS with Open source NFC Host Software stack for Android -         BEST IT SECURITY APPLICATION: GEMALTO with Just4YourEyes -         BESTTRANSPORTATIONAPPLICATION: INSIDE SECURE with VHBR -         BESTBANKING/RETAIL/LOYALTY APPLICATION: SIMARTIS TELECOM with Bubble -         BESTSECURE INTERNET/AUTHENTICATIONAPPLICATION: HID GLOBAL with Next Generation Secure Identity Ecosystem -         BESTMOBILITY   APPLICATION: NXP SEMICONDUCTORS with PN65 Secure NFC module -         BESTeTRANSACTIONSAPPLICATION: VERIFONE with PAYware Mobile Enterprise -         BESTMANUFACTURING& TESTSAPPLICATION: OBERTHUR TECHNOLOGIES with ID One Digital watermark     See you at the 27 th CARTES Exhibition & Conference which will be held from 6 to 8 November 2012 at Paris Nord Villepinte.   Country Guest of honour: India   To access the latest news on CARTES & IDentification The website: www.cartes.com or the blog: www.blogcartes.com     Photos of the 2011 show can be obtained on request from LEWIS PR   LEWIS PR Lucie Robet – Karine Monsallier – Bérengère Deleage cartes@lewispr.com Tel : +33 (0)1 55 31 98 01 – Fax : +33 (0)1 55 31 98 09   Regional press contact: Ms. Ratchaneekorn Mekchai French Trade Commission – UBIFRANCE French Embassy in Thailand Phone: 02 352 4119 ratchaneekorn.mekchai@ubifrance.fr www.ubifrance.com/th

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