RNS Number:7163S
Emblaze Ltd
02 December 2003


                       Wavecom and Emblaze Semiconductor
           Partner to Develop Complete Wireless Multimedia Platforms

Solution Targeted to Handset Makers Answers Demand for Fully Featured Phones and
                             Speeds Time to Market


Issy-les-Moulineaux, France and Ra'anana, Israel - 2 December, 2003 - Wavecom SA
(NASDAQ: WVCM; Euronext: AVM; ISIN: FR0000073066) and Emblaze Semiconductor, an
Emblaze Group company (LSE: BLZ) and a leading provider of mobile multimedia and
application ICs, today announces a strategic partnership to co-operate in the
development of two multimedia mobile phone platforms with full features, to be
launched in 2004 and targeted at handset manufacturers.

The two platforms will be based on Wavecom's Feature Phones Development Lab and
Emblaze Semiconductor's ER4521 and ER4525 multimedia microprocessors. The
platforms will also enable handset manufacturers a faster time to the market.

The first of the two platforms (Feature 700) will offer solutions to handset
manufacturers who are facing increasing demands to produce phones with MP3
playback, video streaming, video record, multi format melody and many more
features. It will also provide solutions for multimedia handsets requiring
worldwide coverage, i.e. quad band and provide support for advanced multimedia
technologies such as WAP 2.0, Java and e-mail. Feature 700 will be available in
the first quarter of 2004.

The second platform (feature 705), available in the second half of 2004, will
allow MPEG-4 video capture and playback at CIF resolution (15 fps). Other
features will include JVT video decoding, 1.3 Mpixel still image capture and
enhanced graphics engine with VGA-size LCD support.

Dror Jerushalmi, VP Marketing of Emblaze Semiconductor said. "Emblaze
Semiconductor is pleased to be developing complete solutions with Wavecom that
enable OEMs and ODMs who are developing the latest handsets to achieve a faster
time to market with reduced production costs.  Our team is really committed to
making this joint development a success and bringing the 'wow' factor to
handsets of the future."

Guy Lanrezac, Wavecom's Marketing Director for Handset Applications, said: "Our
partnership with Emblaze Semiconductor allows us to provide handset
manufacturers with a complete and integrated solution. Their ER452x processors
complement the Wavecom solution by enabling the higher end multimedia features
that are required by the fast evolving handset market."



Enquiries:

Emblaze
Doron Cohen, Shira Levy                            + 972 9 7699831

Brunswick
Harry Chathli, Craig Breheny, Chi Lo               + 44 207 404 5959


Wavecom

USA (general)                              USA (financial)
Patrick Hall                               John D. Lovallo
The Townsend Agency                        Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide
Tel. +1 (858) 457-4888; ext. 112           Tel. : +1 (212) 880-5216
phall@townsendagency.com                   john.lovallo@ogilvypr.com

Asia                                       UK
Diana Pong/Jessica Chong                   Kate Gordon/Tristan Jervis
Ruder Finn Asia Limited                    Ruder Finn UK
Tel. +852 2521 0800                        Tel. +44 (0)20 7462 8900
pongd@ruderfinn.com.hk                     kgordon@ruderfinn.co.uk
chongj@ruderfinn.com.hk                    tjervis@ruderfinn.co.uk

Wavecom media contact                      Wavecom investor contact
Mette Haffner Gullesen                     Lisa Ann Sanders
Public Relations Manager                   Investor Relations Director
Tel. +33 1 46 29 97 56                     Tel. +33 1 46 29 41 81
mette.gullesen@wavecom.com                 lisaann.sanders@wavecom.com



Notes to Editor

About Emblaze Semiconductor

Emblaze Semiconductor is a fabless IC company, providing semiconductor-based
solutions for high volume mobile multimedia appliances in the telecommunication,
consumer and security markets. The company's products have been implemented in a
wide range of custom-designed industry leading handsets and wireless video
cameras.

Emblaze Semiconductor empowers customers to turn multimedia capabilities into
high volume mobile and wireless information devices such as cellular phones,
personal digital assistants, digital cameras and toys. By combining many years
of expertise in digital audio and video with an in-depth understanding of the
requirements of mobile embedded systems, the company offers true solutions that
bring real value to their customers.

Emblaze Semiconductor's ER452x line of multimedia-centric application processors
provides the optimal architecture for a variety of mobile multimedia
applications such as mobile phones, personal digital assistants and other
wireless devices. It addresses the intensive processing power challenges of
today's 2.5G and 3G terminals, enabling superior quality, high performance
audio, video, and graphics processing at low power consumption and small form
factor.

Through capabilities like audio and video capture, video encoding/decoding,
video display, and on-chip LCD controller, Emblaze Semiconductor supports
wireless multimedia applications such as download to media flash, audio and
video local playback, MP3/AAC player, audio and video streaming and messaging,
digital video and still camera, MIDI decoding and playback, and full duplex
video telephony.

For more information, please visit www.emblazesemiconductor.com.



About The Emblaze Group (Emblaze Ltd.)

Emblaze Ltd. consists of four companies sharing a common vision to lead the
market transformation to rich media personal communication.

Emblaze Systems, a leading provider of media centric end-to-end solutions for
wireless multimedia; AlphaCell, a wireless rich media smart phone design house;
Orca Interactive, a global market leader in the development of highly scalable
solutions for commercial iTV services; and Emblaze Semiconductor, a fabless IC
company specializing in highly integrated digital multimedia chips for
telecommunication, consumer and security markets.

Emblaze Ltd. has offices in the United States, United Kingdom, China and Israel.

www.emblaze.com


About Wavecom

Wavecom is a leading provider of integrated technology solutions for wireless
voice and data applications. Wavecom's Wireless Open Workshop offering includes
all the software and hardware elements that are necessary to develop truly
innovative wireless devices, as well as the development tools and services
needed to bring them to market quickly and easily.

Founded in 1993 and headquartered near Paris in Issy-les-Moulineaux, Wavecom has
subsidiaries in Hong Kong (PRC), Seoul (South Korea), San Diego (USA), Darmstadt
(Germany) and Guildford (UK). Company revenues totaled Euro551.1 million in 2002
and Euro215.3 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2003. Wavecom is
publicly traded on Euronext Paris in France and on the NASDAQ exchange in the
U.S.

A complete suite of software, hardware, development tools and services, the
Wavecom Feature Phones Development Lab includes technology that makes a wealth
of colors, gaming, picture, music and video features available for handset
manufacturers, enabling them to target the Feature Phones market segment. The
Feature Phones Development Lab also includes an extensive service offering,
including design and development support, certification support, production
set-up and manufacturing support.

For more information, please visit www.wavecom.com.



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