Esmertec Strengthens Focus on Product Development and Marketing with Reorganization of R&D and Product Departments

The new product department will be structured along the fourproduct lines of Embedded Mobile, Interactive Multimedia Solutions,End-to-End Mobile Solutions, and Mobile Advertising. Each product linehas full responsibility for the product lifecycle management fromproduct innovation, research and development, product strategy androadmap definition to product delivery to customers.

Georges Boulloy, Chief Marketing Officer, will head and drive thestrategy and the operations of the new product organization, and says,"In a short time, Esmertec has become a leading provider of JavaVirtual Machine software for mobile phones with best-in-classtechnology. The reorganization is to enable us to deploy solutionsthat cater to the future demands of the market. We want to be able tofocus our strengths on establishing a comprehensive portfolio ofapplications and software solutions aimed at increasing theinteractivity and personalization for consumers."

Having successfully achieved her primary goals for Esmertec asChief Technology Officer (CTO), Anne-Marie Larkin has decided to seeknew career challenges. Ms. Larkin has served as Esmertec's CTO sincethe beginning of 2004 and has been key in driving Esmertec to atechnological leadership position in the embedded Java space. Inaddition, she significantly contributed to Esmertec's successfulpublic listing. Ms. Larkin's departure is effective at the end of June2006.

Esmertec's co-founders, Dr. Beat Heeb and Dr. Daniel Diez, havealso decided to pursue other opportunities and areas in their careerdevelopment. Both of them will leave at the end of June 2006, but willremain technology consultants and advisors to Esmertec.

Alain Blancquart, Chairman and CEO of Esmertec comments, "Weregret that Anne-Marie, Beat and Daniel have decided to leaveEsmertec. Beat and Daniel have both been the cornerstones of Esmertecsince the beginning. We understand their desire as inventors for newchallenges and would like to wish them success in their new endeavors.Anne-Marie, with her strong leadership and commitment to excellence,has contributed significantly in an important phase of Esmertec'sgrowth, and we want to thank her for her dedication and achievements,and wish her success in her next challenge."

About Esmertec

Esmertec is a leading provider of world-class software solutionsand services for telecommunication, interactive multimedia, andconsumer electronics markets. Engineered for smallness and massconsumption, Esmertec's wireless Java ME solutions, mobileapplications and object-oriented software platform (OSVM(TM)) aredeveloped to extract maximum performance from hardware environments.Esmertec Cellicium's premier mobile browsing solutions, applicationsand services are designed to bring interactive mobile services tomobile operators. Founded in 1999, Esmertec is a global companyheadquartered in Zurich-Switzerland with subsidiaries located inChina, Denmark, France, Japan, South Korea, the UK and the USA, andrepresentative offices in Taiwan and South Korea.

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