LUND, Sweden, Dec. 9, 2002 (PRIMEZONE) -- Today the leading mobile operator in Italy, TIM, starts sales of My Notes by TIM, i.e. Anoto (Other OTC:AOTOF) (Stockholm:ANOT) enabled paper-based services on the Italian market. The initial offer includes services enabling handwritten text to be sent directly from paper as a graphical e-mail and fax to a PC or a mobile phone. The starter kit from TIM includes the Chatpen, a digital pen enabling Anoto functionality by Sony Ericsson, digital paper from Esselte and digital Post-IT Notes from 3M. The price of the starter kit is 299 Euros.
"TIM once again has blazed a new trail in the field of innovation," declared TIM's Managing Director Mauro Sentinelli. "The digital pen, the product of Anoto's capacity to bring various technologies together and synergistically develop their potentialities, represents, for customers, a service that is not only innovative but also useful and enjoyable. It enables the aficionados of technology to discover the pleasure of sending messages in a new way, while at the same time letting the more traditionalist customer familiarise him or herself with a tool that is a lot like his or her 'trusted' pen. Furthermore, TIM is proud to be one of the first European countries to launch this service, which once again bears witness to the major role being played by our company in leading the entire European market towards the frontiers of technological innovation."
"As a market leader TIM will allow millions of Italian users to experience the functionality and simplicity of paper-based services and now we have an active ecosystem of Partners offering products and service enabling Anoto functionality in Italy," said Joakim Nelson, Executive Vice President, Anoto AB.
What is required in order to use My Notes by TIM?
-- No subscription is required to access the service. TIM is the
only operator offering this service in Italy. Initial Service
Charge will be:
0.25 Euro per Graphical Email via 3M Post-It
0.50 Euro per Graphical Email via Esselte Notebook
1.00 Euro per Graphical Fax.
-- A Sony Ericsson Chatpen -- the digital pen enabling Anoto
functionality that you write with, which handles the transmission
to the mobile phone.
-- A Sony Ericsson mobile phone with Bluetooth(TM) functionality.
The phone receives the information from Chatpen and forwards it.
Models T68i, T68, T39 and T39m support the technology.
-- Digital paper enabling Anoto functionality, there are different
types of paper available, printed by 3M and Esselte.
The TIM starter kit is sold at in Il Telefonino stores, Buffetti stores, Media World Stores and online shopping on TIM portal. Additional digital paper will also be available at Buffetti and MediaWorld stores throughout the country.
Further information about My Notes by Tim: www.anotofunctionality.com
For more information, please contact: Joakim Nelson Federico Fabretti Charlotte Laveson EVP Telecom Italia Director IR and PR Anoto AB Mobile Press Office (TIM) Anoto AB +46-733 45 13 30 +39-6 39882788 +46-733 47 86 20
TIM
TIM is the leading European operator in terms of GSM lines on a single network and leader in the domestic market with 24.6 million lines as of 30 September 2002. The TIM Group with its subsidiaries and associate companies in Europe, South America and the Mediterranean basin, has reached an overall number of 37,3 million lines.
Anoto Group AB is a Swedish hi-tech company with unique solutions for transmission of handwritten text from paper to digital media, scanning of printed text and intelligent camera surveillance. All products are based on digital camera technology and image processing in real time. The Anoto Group today has three brand names: Anoto(R) -- a comprehensive solution entailing paper, pen and server technologies, allowing us to connect all types of writing paper with the digital world, C-Pen(R) -- a scanning pen that can store, interpret and transfer printed text, and WeSpot(TM) -- a hardware and software platform for intelligent camera surveillance. The Anoto Group has around 200 employees, offices in Lund (head office), Stockholm, Boston, Tokyo and Hong Kong. Major shareholders are Ericsson, Capital Group and the founder Christer Fahraeus. The Anoto share is traded on the O-list, Attract 40 of Stockholmsborsen (Stockholm Stock Exchange) under the ticker ANOT. For more information: www.anotogroup.com
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