Corporate | 22 November 2006 08:50

Artec technologies and T-Systems sign framework contract: Collaboration in the area of IP TV and IP-based video surveillance

Corporate News transmitted by DGAP – a company of EquityStory AG. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. —————————————————————————— Diepholz/Dresden, 22. November 2006 – artec technologies of Diepholz, Germany, (listed as WKN: 520958 in the entry standard at the Frankfurt-based stock exchange) and T-Systems’ Business Division of Multimedia Solutions inc. have just signed a framework contract. Together the two companies will develop and operate a multimedia data and service center in Dresden and in the future will cooperate in the areas of IP-TV (television over the Internet) and IP-based video surveillance. For this purpose, artec und T-Systems will exchange information, technologies and resources, develop existing technologies further, and market those both together and independently. The future Dresdner multimedia data and service center will be one of the world’s largest and will be connected to the data network of the Deutsche Telekom. The operators will offer customized solutions, services and a broadband transmission platform for ‘Internet based television’, i.e. IPTV. Another main focus of the service center will be video surveillance for all. In the future, private persons as well as companies can monitor their private residences or business operations with one or several digital video cameras without needing any additional hardware or software. The cameras will have a direct DSL connection which will transmit the images to the Dresdner data center. From there, those will be forwarded on to the mobile phone or laptop of the security service or the owner. About artec technologies Inc – artec technologies inc, (stock listing WKN: 520958) from the traditional county seat of Diepholz close to Bremen, Germany, is active in the business areas of ‘Digital Video Security’ and ‘Digital Streaming Media’. The company is a technological leader in system solutions for the digital capture, analysis, storage and transmission of video, audio and data over networks. In its ‘Digital Video Security’ division, the firm develops and markets its brand-named MULTIEYE multifunctional solutions for digital video surveillance. In its second area of activity, artec technologies inc. develops and markets its trade-marked product ‘XentauriX’, a streaming media and IPTV software and hardware platform. This is primarily used in the broadcasting and internet TV branch, for example as a solution for the live recording of TV transmissions. Its products, with brand names such as ‘XBL Broadcast Loggers’, are used to create VoD (Video on Demand) production systems for IPTV organizations. Artec’s know-how and its great technological head-start in these areas of broadcast and IPTV are used consistently to innovate its video surveillance systems. At present, over 10,000 of artec’s systems are deployed in the two business areas around the world. About T-SYSTEMS Multimedia Systems GmbH – As a daughter of T-Systems Business Services Inc., T-Systems MMS provides eBusiness solutions based on modern technologies and provides consulting and support as well. A major area of focus is in the development and maintenance of portals for various branches and interests – including telecommunications, media, energy, trade, health services, public administration – as well as intersectoral solutions for purchasing, personnel, marketing and distribution. All standard end-user devices such as PCs, mobile phones, PDAs, terminals or TV are integrated into the specific organization’s procedures. Bianca Lekon Investor Relations artec technologies AG Tel.: (+49) 05441 5995-16 Fax: (+49) 05441-5995-70 E-Mail: bianca.lekon@artec.de Grit Muschelknautz, Peter Jefimiec Public Relations HOSCHKE & CONSORTEN Public Relations GmbH Tel: (+49) 040 36 90 50-31 / -53 Fax: (+49) 040 36 90 50-10 E-Mail: g.muschelknautz@hoschke.de, p.jefimiec@hoschke.de (c)DGAP 22.11.2006 ————————————————————-