C Technologies', CTEC, Subsidiary, Anoto, Named Finalist in "Vision of the Future" Category At Comdex 2000 Best of Show Awards.

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

COMDEX Fall 2000

LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 16, 2000

Anoto, a subsidiary of C Technologies was today honoured at the Comdex 2000 Best of Show Awards, hosted by IT media giants CNET and ZDNet, by being named a finalist in the "Vision of the Future" category. Anoto was rewarded for it's suite of technologies that enable anything written, drawn or scribbled with pen and on paper to be digitised, stored and wirelessly transmitted, via Bluetooth, to any electronic device. Earlier in the week Anoto was named first runner up at the Concept Awards 2000 hosted by JP Davis Conferences.

Finalists for the Best of Show Awards are selected by the editors of CNET and ZDNet and are chosen based on a variety of criteria, including whether or not the editors believe the technology will have a long term impact on the IT Industry or the product or technology's market segment.

"We are pleased to be chosen as one of two finalists for this award," said Christer Fahraeus, founder and Chief Executive Officer of Anoto. "Especially since this is in recognition of work the promises to remove the complicated machinery of information technology and replace it with a simple, pen and paper-based system of digital communications that is as familiar to a child with a crayon as it is to a grandmother with a fountain pen."

Anoto's ink-based ballpoint pen and digital paper standards were recently endorsed by partners such as Ashford, At-A-Glance, Charles Letts (including Financial Times diaries), Ericsson Mobile Communications, Esselte, Filofax, Franklin Covey, Kokuyo, Mead, Mont Blanc, Time Manager International and Time System International. These partners and many others are expected to launch pen and paper products based on the Anoto technology in the third quarter of 2001, thus creating a global de facto standard for digital paper and pen and paper-based communications.

The possibilities for the technology is endless; for instance, Anoto, along with it's partners, will enable pen and paper users all over the world to synchronize paper organizers with PDA's, personal computers and calendar applications such as Microsoft Outlook seamlessly and wirelessly. Another example would allow users to be able to record everything they write in pen on a normal paper notebook, store pages of text in the pen and transmit those pages to a PDA, personal computer or any other electronic device for later use, or just for record keeping.

Anoto's patented technology includes a standard for digital paper, an almost invisible black-ink grid that can be printed on virtually any surface, transforming everyday paper into a "dot pad" that can be licensed by anyone, anywhere. Anoto will also license a ballpoint-pen for use with the paper that looks, feels and writes like a normal pen--but that also contains a BlueTooth transmitter that will send anything written on Anoto's digital paper to a pre-determined electronic device.

Anoto intends to work closely in developing applications for this technology with electronics manufacturers, wireless network operators and paper publishers with the goal of developing a worldwide standard for the wireless transmission of paper-based communications.

Anoto AB was founded in Lund, Sweden in late 1999 as a subsidiary of C Technologies, which is listed on the Stockholm Stock Exchange (O-List). The company currently has about one hundred employees working in offices in Lund, Stockholm, Boston and Tokyo. Ericsson Mobile Communications holds an important minority stake in the company and is also represented on the board. Anoto focuses on research, development, and marketing for the various aspects of Anoto-technology and in creating a de facto standard for digital paper. Anoto-technology comprises a combination of a so-called smart-pen, proprietary patterns, advanced image processing, Bluetooth wireless technology, and an information infrastructure. Handwritten notes can be stored, graphic emails sent and electronic orders placed using nothing other than pen and paper. Users can communicate with anyone who has a cell phone, PC, hand-held computer, or PDA.

www.anoto.com

C Technologies AB (publ) is a young, Swedish IT-company with cutting-edge expertise within the fields of digital camera technology, image processing, and digital pens. The company's primary product is the C-Pen scanning pen, which has received several important international awards for best IT product. The C-Pen scans, stores, processes, and wirelessly transmits test to a PC using IR or Bluetooth. The pen can also translate, send e-mail, SMS, and facsimiles, and read barcodes. Today, the C Technologies Group with its head office in Lund, Sweden, employs about 200 people. Major shareholders include company founder Christer Fahraeus, Ericsson Mobile Communications, SEB Fonder, and Metallindustriarbetarforbundet. C Technologies is listed under O-Listan on the Stockholm Stock Exchange (O-List).

www.cpen.com