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Bluegiga News - September 19th 2002

Bluegiga Technologies and ACTE sign Distribution Agreement

ESPOO, Finland and STOCKHOLM, Sweden
Bluegiga Technologies, an innovative supplier of industrial M2M solutions utilizing the Bluetooth� wireless technology, and ACTE, a group of specialized distributors focusing on industrial automation, electronic components and electro-mechanics with offices in Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland, England, Poland and Germany today announce the signing of a distribution agreement involving Bluegiga's WRAP� products.

The new agreement will allow the parties to offer a new wireless technology platform within ACTE's Industrial Automation Group. Bluegiga's complete Bluetooth products for wireless machine communications coupled with ACTE's expertise within qualified technical and logistics services will form an outstanding offering to its customers in terms of technical resources, technology and capacity to optimize their processes within industrial automation. Industrial automation through wireless machine communications enables new cost savings and productivity improvements within industrial processes, data acquisition and remote machine access.

Bluegiga Technologies has developed a wireless, intelligent product platform for seamlessly connecting users, machines and business systems. The Wireless Remote Access Platform (WRAP�) products save time and cost for companies by enabling Machine-to-Machine (M2M) communications and cable replacement within industrial, business, commercial and home environments.

"We are very pleased with having signed a distribution agreement with Acte, which now becomes a strong partner representing Bluegiga's products across Northern Europe. ACTE's strong reputation within high-end electronics and embedded systems markets combined with their focus on wireless technologies within their Industrial Automation group make up a perfect mix in our target markets, further complementing our existing distribution network in Northern Europe." says Jarkko Jukarainen, Managing Director at Bluegiga Technologies.

"We are very pleased with this cooperation which is in line with the strategy of ACTE. Communication modules are a very interesting market where we see a rapid growth, especially in the industrial market. Bluegiga with its Bluetooth products makes ACTE even stronger as a partner for module based communication solutions," says Mr. Thomas Lundell, President of ACTE in Sweden.

About WRAP�
The Wireless Remote Access Platform (WRAP�) family of products consist of industrial grade Cable Replacers, MicroServers and Access Servers for wireless machine communications, network connectivity and man-to-machine interaction. WRAP� enables wireless communications between machines, users and backbone business systems regardless of time and space. The platform combines Bluetooth� and Internet technology and contains all the necessary components for machines to communicate wirelessly over Bluetooth�. WRAP� products enable new cost and time savings by increasing the accessibility to various machines and systems for remote diagnostics, monitoring, system updates or other wireless transactions. All WRAP products have been qualified according to Bluetooth version 1.1.

About Bluegiga Technologies
Bluegiga Technologies is a leader in the commercialization and integration of wireless machine communications solutions. Based in Espoo - Finland, Bluegiga's wireless short-range connectivity products enable the creation of remote monitoring and control solutions in a range of industries and applications. This new era of networked devices allows businesses better access to and control of their equipment, machines, and devices - from any place, at any time. Our mission is to help the OEMs in creating wireless remote connectivity and pervasive access to machines and devices in order to realise substantial cost savings and productivity improvements. More information about Bluegiga is availabhttps://www.bluegiga.com//www.Bluegiga.com or send an e-mail to [email protected].

About ACTE
ACTE was founded in 1997 and belongs to a group of specialized distributors with sister companies in Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland, England, Poland and Germany. The group has a combined staff of over 200 and a turnover of approximately USD 120M. ACTE is a part of Lagercrantz Group AB, which is listed on the Stockholm stock exchange. ACTE is focused on three major areas: Electronic components, electro mechanics and industrial automation. We market a wide range of highly qualified and well-known suppliers in these areas. We invest significant resources in evaluating and developing our suppliers in order to always be able to offer our customers the latest and most interesting within different application areas. More information about ACTE is available at www.acte.se, www.acte.no, www.acte.fi, www.acte.dk, www.acte.pl, www.acte.co.uk, www.unitronic.de.

Contact persons:
Bluegiga - Jarkko Jukarainen, Managing Director, [email protected], tel: +358 40 550 22 64
ACTE - Thomas Lundell, President, ACTE AB in Sweden, [email protected], tel: +46 8 445 28 71

� Bluegiga Technologies 2002. All rights reserved. Bluegiga Technologies, the Bluegiga Technologies logotype and WRAP are trademarks or registred trademarks of Bluegiga Technologies. Terminology and products used in this document may be trademarks owned by third parties. The Bluetooth trademark is owned by Bluetooth SIG, Inc., U.S.A. and licensed to Bluegiga Technologies.