Network operators can offer subscribers access to the world’s largest grouping of free WiFi hotspots

Paris (France), 23 June 2010 - Technicolor (Euronext Paris: 18453; NYSE: TMS) today announced that its WiFi-enabled cable modems and broadband gateways are FON-ready. Commitment to FON means that users can join a community of more than two million subscribers worldwide able to share secure WiFi access.

The FON system depends on secure technology within the WiFi device. This enables the subscriber to open it up as a WiFi hotspot, sharing bandwidth with other users, while maintaining total security for the host’s traffic. In return, the subscriber has access to any other FON spot, anywhere in the world, for free WiFi access.

“A link with the FON system is a strong competitive advantage for the network operator, another compelling reason to attract and retain subscribers,” said Joel Hamon, Head of cable broadband product management at Technicolor. “Those subscribers need to be assured that offering their gateway as a FON spot will not impact on their own access speed and performance, which is why the enabling technology in the gateway is critical. Technicolor WiFi gateways offer this guarantee, which in turn helps our customers reap the benefits of this revenue opportunity.”

“As mobile internet becomes more and more mainstream, mobile content and applications require additional bandwidth. Users who have gadgets like the iPad or a Google Android phone seek WiFi to enjoy faster mobile internet, increasingly for entertainment. FON has built the world's largest WiFi network and collaborates with Telcos and ISPs who want to give their subscribers access to it,” said Alex Puregger, FON’s COO. “We are pleased to work with Technicolor to make their WiFi gateways FON-ready.”

FON established the concept of free shared WiFi access in 2006. Today leading broadband service providers and telco operators such as British Telecom, SFR, ZON Portugal, Time Warner and Comstar Russia offer FON-compatible services.

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Technicolor is a company listed on NYSE Euronext Paris and NYSE stock exchanges, and this press release contains certain statements that constitute "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the "safe harbor" of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements are based on management's current expectations and beliefs and are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from the future results expressed, forecasted or implied by such forward-looking statements. For a more complete list and description of such risks and uncertainties, refer to Technicolor’s filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and its filings with the French Autorité des marchés financiers.

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About Technicolor
With more than 95 years of experience in entertainment innovation, Technicolor serves an international base of entertainment, software, and gaming customers. The company is a leading provider of production, postproduction, and distribution services to content creators and distributors. Technicolor is one of the world’s largest film processors; one of the largest independent manufacturers and distributors of DVDs (including Blu-ray Disc); and a leading global supplier of set-top boxes and gateways. The company also operates an Intellectual Property and Licensing business.

For more information:  www.technicolor.com

About FON
FON started the free WiFi revolution in 2006 with the first Fonera router and the goal of free, ubiquitous WiFi for everyone. Today FON is the largest WiFi community in the world with over 2 million hotspots and over 4 million registered members. FON has a growing list of partners who build FON WiFi sharing functionality into their broadband routers or bundle FON products together with their own technology. British Telecom, Coral Group, eBay, Google, Index Ventures and Sequoia Capital are investors in FON.

For more information: www.fon.com

Technicolor
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FON France
Anthony Aubry
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