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SEMA AND MIRAPOINT PROVIDE MOBILE E-MAIL SOLUTION USING SEMA'S HIGH PERFORMANCE SMSC (short message service center)

February 20, 2001 - Sema, one of the world's leading IT and business services companies, today announced its new enhanced messaging service offering for telecom operators. The new solution, Mobile E-mail, is an integral part of the GPRS and 3G messaging environment and offers operators superior e-mail hosting servers and infrastructure provided by Mirapoint, Inc., a leading provider of Internet messaging infrastructure equipment.

Mobile E-mail will enable operators to offer interactive Internet e-mail services, so that users can choose how to send and retrieve their e-mails, whether it be by SMS, WAP or internet based technologies. The solution is a combination of Sema messaging and gateway solutions coupled with enhanced Internet technology providing operators with complete messaging services that will increase customer loyalty and network productivity.

When implementing Sema's messaging portals and gateways with Mirapoint's Internet messaging products, operators can deploy wireless messaging services to subscribers for routing, storing and providing access to e-mail messages quickly and efficiently.

"Our Mobile E-mail solution is part of Sema's strategy to deliver mobile data solutions based on Internet technology. We are committed to offering operators innovative services with the competitive flexibility needed to grow with Internet and mobile technologies and providing future proof mobile solutions that put operators ahead of their competition," said Jon Limbird, Executive Vice President of Product Management and Marketing at Sema Telecoms.

Sema's Mobile E-mail solution supports e-mail submission and delivery to and from a handheld phone. Furthermore, it provides intelligent notification alerts as short messages with filtering parameters that are determined by the subscriber. For example, subscribers can set up personal e-mail filtering preferences via a Web interface, such as notification to the handset of high priority e-mail. Subscribers are then able to browse their mailbox via WAP or the Web through a personalised user interface.

"There is a real demand for operators to bring new and compelling wireless messaging services to market," said Larry Frank, Mirapoint's Vice President of Business Development. "By combining our Internet messaging expertise with Sema's innovative wireless and SMS offers, we make it easy for operators to deliver these essential services reliably, securely and cost effectively."

Sema's Mobile E-mail Solution is currently available. To find out more please visit Sema Telecoms at the 3GSM World Congress 2001 in Cannes, France, February 20-23, 2001 in Exhibition Hall 1, booth F11.

About Sema
Sema (London Stock Exchange: SEM, Nasdaq: SEMA, Paris Bourse: 14151) is one of the world's leading IT and business service companies with over 21,000 staff working across 160 sites worldwide. The Group's 1999 turnover was £1.41 billion, a number that has more than doubled over the past five years.

Sema Telecoms provides one stop access to 3G, billing and customer care, prepaid, messaging, value added services, e-business and mobile commerce solutions."

About Mirapoint
Founded in 1997, Mirapoint designs and manufactures specialized, dedicated Internet messaging solutions optimized for next-generation Internet messaging and fast deployment for service providers and enterprises worldwide. Mirapoint's cost-effective solutions provide customers with high performance, high reliability, built-in security and easy integration with legacy messaging infrastructure. The company is headquartered in Sunnyvale, Calif., with offices throughout North America, Europe and Asia Pacific. For more information on Mirapoint, call 800-937-8118 or visit its web site at http://www.mirapoint.com.

Press Contacts at Sema:
Marie-Claude Bessis
Corporate Communications Director
Sema
Tel :+33 1 40 92 41 16
Email: mc.bessis@sema.fr

Caroline Crouch
UK Press Officer
Sema
Tel: 020 7830 4233
Email: caroline.crouch@sema.co.u

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