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Wednesday August 11, 2:54 pm Eastern Time
Company Press Release
SOURCE: SCM Microsystems, Inc.
SCM Microsystems Awarded $18 Million Contract With U.S.-Based Efdex For Its New Digital Satellite Receiver For Personal Computers
SCM Partners With Efdex, And EUTELSAT To Enable New, Highly Secure, Business-To-Business E-Commerce Solution
LOS GATOS, Calif., Aug. 11 /PRNewswire/ -- SCM Microsystems, Inc. (Nasdaq: SCMM, Neuer Markt: SMY), a leading OEM supplier of digital access control and connectivity solutions, announced today the signing of a contract valued at $18 million USD over the next 18 months for a digital satellite receiver for PCs by the Electronic Food and Drink Exchange (efdex). The specialized receiver, or e-commerce box (E-Box), enables high-speed data and digital video broadcasting. Efdex will deploy E-Boxes at customer locations such as grocery stores, restaurants and hotels, to provide real time product and pricing information, targeted advertising, special offers and online ordering capabilities. The initial order from efdex is to provide the initial infrastructure for the Western European market. Efdex will be introducing the system both within Europe and in other locations throughout North America and the world.
``The combination of video and high volume data transfer requires specialized interface hardware,'' stated Tim Carron Brown, chairman of efdex. ``SCM's expertise in digital TV and security combined with their ability to deliver a complete solution from silicon and software through casing and connectivity, made them an obvious choice for this project.''
The efdex solution consists of a PC, an E-Box from SCM Microsystems that is attached to a satellite dish, customized e-business software from IBM, and satellite services in Europe from EUTELSAT. EUTELSAT, a leading European satellite system provider, is providing the required satellite infrastructure in Europe including transponders and head-ends. Once connected, customers will have an in-house trading system which is constantly updated with audio/video advertising and other information on one half of the screen and data such as pricing, special offers and ordering on the other half. The system will directly link retailers with suppliers, replacing the need to work with multiple distributors and manufacturers while optimizing the ordering process, expanding the product offerings and ensuring the best price.
``The efdex system is an excellent demonstration of how EUTELSAT's pioneering of the use of open standards for satellite data broadcasting contributes to developing large-scale e-commerce markets,'' said Antonio Arcidiacono, head of Multimedia Services of EUTELSAT. ``SCM's E-Box supports this by providing specified security, tuning capability and PC connectivity functions in an open, flexible and user friendly device.''
The E-Box can be used for high-speed data broadcasting systems, audio/video broadcasts or a combination. With data transfer rates of up to 6 Mb per second, the E-Box is suited to a number of high-growth applications, in particular, secure Internet e-commerce. The product combines a digital satellite tuner, a crypto processor for secure conditional access, a Universal smart card interface for user authentication and e-commerce functions, a common interface slot for the use of standard satellite TV security systems through DVB or Point of Deployment (POD) modules and a USB interface to provide high speed, plug and play connectivity to a PC.
``The E-Box is an ideal example of how the convergence of PC and broadcast technologies is enabling new markets, in this case, business to business e-commerce,'' said Jean-Yves Le Roux, executive vice president and general manager of SCM Microsystems' Digital TV Product Division. ``SCM is able to provide solutions for these new markets by leveraging technologies across our company, including the development of silicon, software, security systems, digital TV reception technologies, PC connectivity solutions and smart card interface technology.''
``We are excited about the new markets that our secure digital satellite receiver for PCs will open to SCM,'' added Robert Schneider, founder and chief executive officer of SCM Microsystems. ``By partnering with leading companies around the world, such as efdex, this is just the beginning.''
About SCM Microsystems
SCM Microsystems, Inc. (Nasdaq: SCMM - news), with headquarters in Los Gatos, Calif., European headquarters in Germany, research, development and support centers in France, India, Japan, Germany, and the United Kingdom, and production and engineering facilities in Singapore and Taiwan, is a leading provider of products and technologies which enable OEMs to provide applications for endusers to control, access and exchange digital information with digital platforms like PCs and digital TV set-top boxes. SCM Microsystems is a leading developer and supplier of plug and play OEM peripheral interfacing technology, including ASIC interfacing solutions, firmware and software. By bridging smart cards, digital media cards and other secure devices with PCs, Workstations and digital set-top boxes, SCM Microsystems provides cost-effective solutions for conditional access to mobile, handheld and desktop computers, workstations, digital video broadcasts, virtual private networks, electronic files and e-mail.
For additional information, contact SCM Microsystems in the United States at 408-370-4888 or in Europe at 49-8441-8960 or e-mail adapter@scmmicro.com . The company maintains a Web site at www.scmmicro.com .
About EFDEX
Efdex is the global e-market for the $11 trillion food and drink industry. By supplying buyers and sellers with an electronic trading exchange efdex allows them to easily migrate existing trading relationships onto the system as well as develop new ones. The business to business e-commerce company has pioneered this field with its strong industry experience and four years of developing proprietary databases, indexes, and transactional systems that cannot be easily replicated. A partnership with IBM provides efdex with a global software platform with fully integrated transactional systems.
Founded in 1995, efdex is a global company headquartered in Stamford, Conn. (USA) with European operations run out of London and Asian operations controlled from Singapore. The efdex system will be introduced to buyer markets on a country-by-country basis, but globally to sellers from the outset. The first buyer markets coming on to the system will be in Western Europe and North America, along with all the vendors around the globe who sell to these territories. Efdex can be found online at www.efdex.com and by calling 203-964-0200 in the United States.
About EUTELSAT
With a fleet of 14 satellites Paris-based EUTELSAT ranks as one of the world's leading satellite operators, delivering services to Europe, Asia, Africa and North America. In addition to pioneering the delivery of Internet backbone, push and cache services in Europe, EUTELSAT's satellites broadcast more than 500 digital and analogue television channels to over 70 million satellite and cable homes, and are used for corporate networks, satellite newsgathering, telephony and mobile voice, data and positioning services.
For additional information, please contact the EUTELSAT multimedia team at multimedia@eutelsat.fr. EUTELSAT maintains a web site at www.eutelsat.com .
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Forward looking statements include statements related to the anticipated expansion of the efdex system beyond the UK, growth in new markets for secure digital receivers and SCM's participation in those new markets. These statements involve risks and uncertainties. For example, efdex may modify its' current plans; these potential markets may develop more slowly than anticipated; and SCM may not participate fully in those markets. SCM's business and operating results depend on the commercial acceptance of its products by original equipment manufacturers and other customers. These risks and other risks of SCM's business are described in greater detail in SCM's public company reports, including the Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 1998. And the Report of Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1998, each filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
SOURCE: SCM Microsystems, Inc. |