ACUNIA Wins Investment From Infineon Ventures

       Telematics provider ACUNIA and chip-maker Infineon Technologies
               to investigate options for strategic cooperation

    BRUSSELS, Belgium and DETROIT, Feb. 26 Next-generation
telematics technology pioneer ACUNIA, NV (formerly known as SmartMove) today
announced that it has accepted an offer for an equity stake in the company
from Infineon Ventures GmbH.  ACUNIA was selected by Infineon after it
conducted a comprehensive global review of telematics technology concepts.
    This funding from a major semiconductor player in the automotive and
mobile communications market demonstrates the confidence in the quality of
ACUNIA's next-generation telematics concept as well as in the company's
management team, says ACUNIA's co-CEO Marc Maes.
    "We are happy to welcome a strategic investor like Infineon into our
company.  The investment and the outspoken commitment by this world market
leader confirms our vision in this emerging market."
    The funding comes at a time when ACUNIA is investing in the worldwide
market introduction of its next-generation telematics infrastructure and
related products in Europe and North America.  ACUNIA will license its
technology and provide services to market participants such as vehicle
manufacturers and suppliers, communication and control center operators and
service providers.  The ACUNIA Service Developer Kit will be offered to
service providers, initially for free, since new applications are expected to
pull the market.  The company also plans to expand the ACUNIA engineering
team.
    Infineon Ventures, the venture capital arm of Infineon Technologies
(Europe's second largest semiconductor manufacturer, according to Dataquest's
last report), based its investment decision on ACUNIA's next generation
telematics industry model which is expected to become a de facto standard in
the emerging market of advanced mobile computing-based applications.
    "Through the investment in ACUNIA, we want to clearly show our confidence
in the company's telematics concept and to leverage with ACUNIA further
cooperation with other innovative companies in this segment," said Toni
Mesquida Kuesters, Investment Partner at Infineon Ventures GmbH.
    "The commitment by Infineon -- one of the world's leading providers of
mobile communications chipsets for automotive applications -- supports ACUNIA
in the further deployment of our existing partnerships with leading automakers
and service providers like General Motors in Europe and Webraska," said Steven
Buytaert, co-CEO at ACUNIA.

    About ACUNIA
    Founded in 1996 (as SmartMove), ACUNIA is the leading next-generation
telematics technology provider, holding several international patents in the
field of vehicle telematics.
    ACUNIA is well known as the developer of the Open Telematics Framework,
the first fully functional, end-to-end, Java-based open software design for
the entire telematics pipeline.  Its single-platform, protocol-neutral,
lightweight architecture system has won industry acclaim because it can be
quickly and easily upgraded on-the-fly to add services and accommodate new
technologies.
    Headquartered in Leuven (Brussels), the company employs about 120 people,
most of them engineers.  The company's U.S. subsidiary, ACUNIA INC has offices
in Boston, Mass. and Detroit, Mich.  For additional information, see
http://www.acunia.com .

    About Infineon
    Infineon Technologies AG, Munich, Germany, offers semiconductor and system
solutions for applications in the wired and wireless communications markets,
for security systems and smartcards, for the automotive and industrial
sectors, as well as memory products.  With a global presence, Infineon
operates in the U.S. from San Jose, Calif., in the Asia-Pacific region from
Singapore and in Japan from Tokyo.  In the fiscal year 2000 (ending
September), the company achieved sales of Euro 7.28 billion with about 29,000
employees worldwide.  Infineon is listed on the DAX index of the Frankfurt
Stock Exchange and on the New York Stock Exchange .  Further
information is available at http://www.infineon.com .

    About Infineon Ventures GmbH
    Infineon Ventures GmbH, the corporate venture capital arm of Infineon
Technologies, has offices in Munich, Germany, San Jose, Calif., and Boston,
Mass., having already invested approximately 85 million Euro into 27 start-up
companies.  The investment activities are global and mainly focused on early-
stage and start-up companies in microelectronics and communications.  More
information is available at http://www.infineonventures.com .