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(BSNS WIRE) Infineon Takes on 145 Software Engineers for Mobile Platforms
from Siemens - Expansion of Solutions Business Gathers Momentum

High-Tech Writers / Business Editors

MUNICH, Germany--(BUSINESS WIRE)--IFX IFX.FK--
Infineon Technologies (FSE/NYSE: IFX) will take on 145
software developers from Siemens Information and Communication Mobile
(Siemens mobile) and thereby significantly strengthen its solutions
expertise in the mobile communications sector. This move has now been
agreed by Infineon and Siemens mobile. The highly specialized
engineers will mainly contribute know-how in hardware-level software
for mobile phone platforms and mobile phone operating systems.
Infineon, currently the fourth-largest provider of semiconductors for
mobile platform applications, will integrate the new employees into
its 100 percent subsidiary Comneon GmbH & Co. OHG, which operates as
an independent software development center within its Secure Mobile
Solutions group. The new intake will reinforce the existing
development team that is already working for Siemens and other
customers.
Subject to approval by the German anti-trust authority, Infineon
is with this step dramatically boosting its expertise in the mobile
communications sector. Currently the company has some 200 employees
working on the development of software for next-generation mobile
phones as well as on the integration of advanced mobile operating
systems. The developers newly acquired from Siemens mobile are
specialized in hardware-level software solutions for of mobile phone
components (called "protocol stacks") for current and future Siemens
mobile phones for GSM, GPRS and EDGE.

"We look forward to welcoming the 145 software developers from
Siemens, who will add important expertise to complement our existing
know-how in the mobile sector," said Dr. Erk Thorsten Heyen, CEO of
the Secure Mobile Solutions Group (SMS) at Infineon. "This takes us
another huge step forward in our ambition to progress from a pure
semiconductor manufacturer into a system partner for complete mobile
platform solutions."

Ian Moyes, head of the Mobile Phones division at Siemens mobile.
"By bringing together the development strands dealing specifically
with hardware-level issues such as protocol stacks we will be able to
deploy resources more flexibly and more effectively. This will enable
us to shorten development cycles for mobile phones still further."

About Comneon

Founded in 1990, Comneon GmbH & Co. OHG, Nuernberg/Germany, is a
100 percent subsidiary of Infineon Technologies AG. The company is
developing software for next-generation mobile phones including the
integration of operating systems for mobile platforms. (Symbian OS).
At locations in Nuernberg/Germany, Munich/Germany and Linz/Austria,
Comneon employs approximately 200 software engineers.

About Infineon

Infineon Technologies AG, Munich, Germany, offers semiconductor
and system solutions for the automotive and industrial sectors, for
applications in the wired communications markets, secure mobile
solutions as well as memory products. With a global presence, Infineon
operates in the US from San Jose, CA, in the Asia-Pacific region from
Singapore and in Japan from Tokyo. In the fiscal year 2002 (ending
September), the company achieved sales of Euro 5.21 billion with about
30,400 employees worldwide. Infineon is listed on the DAX index of the
Frankfurt Stock Exchange and on the New York Stock Exchange (ticker
symbol: IFX). Further information is available at www.infineon.com.

This news release is available online at
http://www.infineon.com/news

SOURCE: Infineon Technologies

CONTACT INFORMATION:
Infineon Technologies
Corporate Communications
Worldwide Headquarters
Ralph Heinrich
Phone / Fax: [phone] / 28482
[e-mail]
or
U.S.A.
Christoph Liedtke
Phone / Fax: [phone] / 2424
[e-mail]
or
Asia
Kaye Lim
Phone / Fax: [phone] / 0073
[e-mail]
or
Japan
Hirotaka Shiroguchi
Phone / Fax: [phone] / 6401
[e-mail]
or
Investor Relations
EU/APAC [phone]
USA/CAN [phone]
[e-mail]

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