Sophia and Toulouse, same technologic battle! Thus several companies on the French Riviera (as BE System, Studiel and others) own a sub-branch in Toulouse. Some companies of Toulouse are also establishing on the French Riviera. The last one was the SSII Silogic, oriented on the image and signal processing, the mobile information technology for aerospace, electronic and car industries and the tertiary sector in general, has just opened an agency in Sophia Antipolis.

The start-up from Sophia Antipolis UDcast will be present at the 3rd edition of the Narrowcast which will take place next June 13th and 14th at Paris Expo, porte de Versailles.

A scientific meeting late August at Eurécom in order to review adaptation methods ofr speech recognition. Explanations from a specialist, the professor Christian J. Wellekens.

Jean-Pierre Mascarelli n'a pas encore réussi le grand chelem sophipolitain. Vice-Président du Conseil général, il avait obtenu courant mai le renouvellement de son mandat de président de CAD (Côte d'Azur Développement). Un organisme de promotion économique du département dont les attributions avaient été élargies sur Sophia Antipolis (CAD a été chargé de reprendre le service communication qu'assurait auparavant la SAEM).

Il va aussi vite que ses bateaux Open, le Rodriguez Group. Introduit sur le Second Marché de Paris en mai 1998, le groupe cannois va passer prochainement au Premier Marché. Spécialisé dans la construction de yachts de luxe et notamment de bateaux Open, Rodriguez Group a annoncé hier jeudi qu'Euronext Paris avait décidé que ses actions seraient éligibles au SRD (Service à Règlement différé) dès le 26 juin 2001. Dans la foulée, le groupe, qui ne semble pas affecté par le ralentissement économique mondial, a annoncé un carnet de commandes record à 1,15 milliard de francs.

The crisis continues for the start-ups of the Net economy. Thus www.webmerger.com, a specialized website in sales and purchase of Internet companies, will assess the month of May which isn't very encouraging for the "dotcoms". The website has registered 54 announcements of "deaths" worldwide in May 2001, which was four less than in April 2001, the record being reached in February 2001 with 59 closures. Webmerger then points out that the worldwide crisis of "dotcoms", following the e-krach of April 2000 has really began a year ago.

In an explosive report of the parliamentary office, the father of Sophia Antipolis denounced an outrageous cost of licences which might entail an "industrial disaster" in Europe.

Times are tough for alternative telecom operators. Thus, RSL Com has been put in a recovery plan. The company was weakly set up in the Alpes-Maritimes (5 people in Sophia) but the staff was wider in Marseilles and Paris (60 people). Difficulties of RSL Com are still a problem for the international airport Nice Côte d'Azur, which has allotted the market of the airport plat-form telecommunications to this company after a call for tenders.

Jean-Pierre Mascarelli didn't succeed yet the grand slam of Sophia. Vice president of the county council, he had obtained in May the renewal of its president mandate at CAD (French Riviera Development). It is an organization for the economic promotion on the county and its attributions had been extended in Sophia Antipolis (CAD was given the charge to take up the communication service the SAEM was in charge of before).

Net in France in collaboration with its partner "Macromedia-Allaire" organizes a seminary for presenting the ColdFusion technology for the realization of Internet and Intranet solutions on Thursday May 17th, 9.30 am.

La crise continue pour les start-up de la Net économie. Ainsi, www.webmerger.com, site spécialisé dans la vente et l'achat de sociétés Internet, a-t-il fait un bilan du mois de mai qui reste peu rassurant pour les "dotcoms". Le site a enregistré dans le monde 54 avis de décès en mai 2001, soit quatre de moins qu'en avril 2001, le record ayant été atteint en février 2001 avec 59 fermetures. Webmerger signale ainsi que la crise mondiale des "dotcoms", suite à l'e-krach d'avril 2000, a démarré véritablement il y a un an.

Dans un rapport explosif de l'Office parlementaire, le père de Sophia Antipolis dénonce un prélèvement exorbitant des licences qui risque de provoquer un "désastre industriel" en Europe.

The Groupware revolution, with its application derived from multimedia, from man-computer interfaces, etc., the theme of the DBF session of April 18th, 9.00 am, at the Ceram in Sophia Antipolis.

Une réunion scientifique fin août à Eurécom pour faire le point sur les méthodes d'adaption à la reconnaissance vocale. Explications d'un spécialiste, le professeur Christian J. Wellekens.

Gemplus' security, listed on the first market of Paris marketplace early December 200 keeps on falling. Yesterday, on Thursday, it lost 7.59%, closing at 3.53 euros. A new hit which follows a second warning resulting from the slack of the growth of the mobile phone market and from the feedback effect of the SIM card activity which represents half of its turnover. The decrease of the security, compared to the listing price (6 euros), is thus up to 41%. Compared to the beginning of the year, the fall is even more significant: 63% !

On Friday June 8th, 3.00 pm, at the CCI Nice Côte d'Azur office, 20 Bd Carabacel in Nice, they will review economic conditions in the Alpes-Maritimes with a balance of the first three months 2001 and prospects for the coming months. Francis Perugini, the president of the CCI NCA, Gérard-Louis Bosio, the president of the Union des Entreprises de la Côte d'Azur and Christophe Baud-Berthier, the assistant-manager of the Bank of France in Nice, will thus present great tendencies in the department.

What will the price of the GPRS ? how much does the user will have to pay for the successor of the dead WAP, the second generation Internet which will allow to wait easily for the coming of the third generation mobile telephony, the UMTS one ? A price range has been given through the business battle which has just started in Great-Britain. The mobile first. British Cellnet offers in its pack a Motorola for 200 pounds (around 2.200 francs), while its competitor Vodaphone sells the same phone for 100 pounds (1.100 francs).

Le titre de Gemplus, introduit au premier marché de la Bourse de Paris au début décembre 2000 continue sa plongée. Hier, jeudi, il a encore perdu 7,59 %, clôturant à 3,53 euros. Un nouveau décrochage qui fait suite à un second avertissement prenant acte du ralentissement de la croissance du marché des mobiles et par contrecoup de l'activité cartes SIM qui représente la moitié de son chiffre d'affaires. La baisse du titre, par rapport à son prix d'introduction (6 euros), se monte ainsi à 41 %. Par rapport au début de l'année, la chute est encore plus sensible : 63% !

Rodriguez Group works as fast as its Open boats. Listed on the Second Market of Paris in May 1998, the group from Cannes will soon be listed on the First Market. Specialized in the construction of luxury yachts and particularly in Open boats, Rogriguez Group has announced yesterday Thursday that Euronext Paris had decided that its securities would be eligible for the SRD (Delayed Payment Service) from June 26th 2001. At the same time, the group, which doesn't seem to be affected by the worldwide economic slowdown, has announced a record order book at 1.15 billion francs.

Georges-Yves Kervem, the director of the national comity of evaluation for research, among the contributors of the 18th meeting of the Sophia Club, on Monday June 11th, 6.00 pm, at Compaq.