In fact, the company has been quietly working with a number of well-known brands to develop devices and the Puma phone was the first example of this. It was manufactured by Sagem Wireless, which has been divested to venture capital firm Sofinnova in August 2008. Sagem Wireless was majority owned by Sofinnova Partners, with minority stakes owned by SAFRAN and Sagem Wireless founders and staff. i used to have that trouble with an older version of the software, but it seems to work now with version 7.

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SAGEM rapidly became one of the world's leading manufacturers of GSM telephones, as well as the leader of the French market, at one point holding roughly 50% of the market. The appointment of Faurre coincided with the launch of first Sagem-made fax machine and followed by the launch of a new generation fax machine in 1990. Operator branded devices included the Vodafone 533 Crystal – a device developed exclusively for Vodafone together with Crystallized by Swarovski Elements. In June 1996, SAGEM was selected to upgrade the electronic systems of some France-built Mirage aircraft of the Pakistan Air Force, under the ROSE upgrade (Retrofit of Strike Element) program.Sagem Wireless partnered with innovative technology companies to integrate third party technology into its devices. In all the Sagem MC920 would be more suited to the business side of the market as it does the basics but is also cheap to replace if lost or stolen. The Puma Phone was announced at the annual Mobile World Congress event in Spain in February 2010 and was one of the unexpected highlights of the show. At the Mobile World Congress 2010, Sagem Wireless unveiled two new devices – the PUMA PHONE [6] and the CosyPhone.

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Under Buffenoir’s leadership, by 2004 Sagem Mobile had grown to become a top 5 European handset manufacturer and market leader in France, its home market. Over the traditional defense sector, such products accounted for a growing share of SAGEM's revenues. The Société d’Applications Téléphoniques was created in 1932 and taken over by Sagem in 1939, as the Société Anonyme de Télécommunications (SAT), making it a major player in telephony and telecom business. The communications and mobile telephony businesses were spun off as two independent entities: Sagemcom [ fr] and MobiWire.Seeing the potential of the telecommunications sector, Faurre reshaped SAGEM into one of Europe's leading high-technology specialists. Despite appearances that it might be a smartphone, the device used a proprietary software platform which was powered by Myriad (another Sofinnova-backed firm) and it delivered an extremely compelling user experience. Robert Labarre took over the leadership role from Môme as SAGEM's second president, remaining in this role until 1987. In 2009 the first connected lifestyle devices were launched by Sagem Wireless, including branded devices for Porsche Design and Hello Kitty.

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This product marked the company's move toward a larger involvement in the telecommunications sector. This limited sales once it was commercially available and the poor sell-out led to the project's demise. The company was engaged in the designing and manufacturing of customised connected lifestyle devices and services for mobile network operators and global consumer brands. In 2001, Buffenoir became chairman and chief executive officer of Sagem Mobile, the mobile phone operating division of Sagem.In 1942, following a request from the French Ministry of Telecommunications, SAGEM developed a new communication system, the telex printer. After this investment, Sagem Wireless shifted in strategy to begin designing phones for third parties.