The handset’s standard batteries let users call family and friends for up to 25 hours and can go up to 240 hours without being recharged. The phonebook has room for 150 entries for people with a lot of friends, and handsfree calling is a snap: The user just plugs a standard headset into the 2.5 millimeter jack on the handset. The Siemens Gigaset C385, with an answering machine that can record up to 25 minutes of messages, ensures that no call is lost.

Thanks to the ECO DECT technology, the Siemens Gigaset C380 and C385 cut power consumption by up to 60 percent compared with conventional Siemens Gigaset phones. They slash the transmitting power needed by nearly 100 percent when the handset is idle or being charged.

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Under ARQUES management, SHC is expected to expand its position as best in class and market leader in the premium price segment. In this connection, the company’s product portfolio will be focused on high-margin business. A large number of product innovations – in the area of Voice over IP, for example – and an expansion of the company’s international business are expected to generate targeted growth. ARQUES also intends to intensify R&D investment at research locations in Germany and Poland . To continue placing innovative SHC products successfully on the market, ARQUES can continue to use the Siemens brand name for the next two years.

SHC Gigaset No. 1 in Europe ’s cordless phone market
Siemens carved out SHC as a stand-alone company in October 2005. The company’s business focuses on cordless phones as well as broadband and home entertainment devices. Revenue in fiscal 2007 totaled €792 million. Two-thirds of SHC sales are generated by Gigaset cordless phones. In the cordless market, SHC is No. 1 in Europe and a leading supplier worldwide. In Germany alone, every second household boasts a Gigaset phone. In Europe , the figure is one in five. SHC products are manufactured primarily in Germany and meet the highest quality and environmental standards. With 2,100 employees, the company has locations in 17 countries and sells its products in around 70 countries. With 1,400 employees, SHC’s ultra-modern production facility in Bocholt, Germany is its largest location.

ARQUES, headquartered in Starnberg near Munich, Germany, specializes in acquiring non-core activities from companies in order to develop them into businesses with sustainable profitability.

ARQUES Industries AG , Starnberg, Germany, ( http://www.ARQUES.de) is a business partner of conglomerates regarding company spin-offs and a turnaround specialist who focuses on the acquisition and the active restructuring of companies in transitional situations, in order to develop these, with its own team and own resources, to competitive enterprises with a positive yield. ARQUES revitalizes its subsidiaries' potential for creating value for the benefit of all its stakeholders, taking on the relevant social responsibility. The shares of ARQUES Industries AG are traded in the regulated market (Prime Standard) of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange under the symbol "AQU" (ISIN: DE0005156004) and are listed in the SDAX.

Siemens AG (Berlin and Munich, Germany) is a global powerhouse in electronics and electrical engineering, operating in the industry, energy and healthcare sectors. The company has around 400,000 employees (in continuing operations) working to develop and manufacture products, design and install complex systems and projects, and tailor a wide range of solutions for individual requirements. For over 160 years, Siemens has stood for technological excellence, innovation, quality, reliability and internationality. In fiscal 2007, Siemens had revenue of €72.4 billion and income from continuing operations of €3.9 billion (IFRS). Further information is available on the Internet at: http://www.siemens.com.

This document contains forward-looking statements and information – that is, statements related to future, not past, events. These statements may be identified by words such as “expects,” “looks forward to,” “anticipates,” “intends,” “plans,” “believes,” “seeks,” “estimates,” “will,” “project” or words of similar meaning. Such statements are based on our current expectations and certain assumptions, and are, therefore, subject to certain risks and uncertainties. A variety of factors, many of which are beyond Siemens’ control, affect our operations, performance, business strategy and results and could cause the actual results, performance or achievements of Siemens to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements that may be expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. For us, particular uncertainties arise, among others, from changes in general economic and business conditions (including margin developments in major business areas); the challenges of integrating major acquisitions and implementing joint ventures and other significant portfolio measures; changes in currency exchange rates and interest rates; introduction of competing products or technologies by other companies; lack of acceptance of new products or services by customers targeted by Siemens; changes in business strategy; the outcome of pending investigations and legal proceedings, especially the corruption investigation we are currently subject to in Germany, the United States and elsewhere; the potential impact of such investigations and proceedings on our ongoing business including our relationships with governments and other customers; the potential impact of such matters on our financial statements; as well as various other factors. More detailed information about certain of these factors is contained throughout this report and in our other filings with the SEC, which are available on the Siemens website, http://www.siemens.com, and on the SEC's website, http://www.sec.gov. Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may vary materially from those described in the relevant forward-looking statement as expected, anticipated, intended, planned, believed, sought, estimated or projected. Siemens does not intend or assume any obligation to update or revise these forward-looking statements in light of developments which differ from those anticipated.

Jochen Eickholt, Member of the Executive Management, SHC
Jochen Eickholt (44) is member of the executive management team of the global business Siemens Home and Office Communication Devices as of 1 st May 2006. Eickholt’s career at Siemens started in 1999, when he became CEO and Managing Director of Siemens Elektropristroje Trutnov in the Czech Republic . He was in charge of various functions for Infineon, Siemens A&D and Siemens Electromechanical Components. Following this he took up the position of Head of Supply Chain Management at Siemens ICM Cordless Products with additional responsibilities for marketing and sales. After his position as Head of Supply Chain Management Devices at Siemens Com Jochen Eickholt became Member of the Board of BenQ Mobile in October 2005 and took charge of the BenQ Mobile Product House. From May 2006 to July 2008 Eickholt was CEO of SHC. Eickholt studied Communications Engineering and holds a Doctorate in Production Technology from Fraunhofer Institute, Aachen (Germany)

One has to admit: This is creative recycling: In Thiruneermalai (India) the street lights are run on human waste. National Geographic reports, that trash from an area housing complex is collected in a sump, where the methane gas produced by the "sludge" is used to run a generator. The obtained biogas provides 3,000 watts of electricity each day, which is enough to keep the city lighted during the night. So let's go: Come on baby light my Siemens Gigaset ECO DECT phones.

SHC is active in more than 69 countries and employs 2.100 people worldwide. The majority of products sold are developed and manufactured at the production site in Bocholt, Germany. Here the Siemens Gigaset products are produced under the highest quality and environmental standards. In 2007 SHC’s environmental management system received the DIN EN ISO 14001 certification. In this context the company specified its environmental policy and changed the Siemens Gigaset portfolios for both cordless phones and broadband devices to incorporate ECO DECT and ECO Broadband – an important contribution to environmental and climate protection: These products are particularly energy-efficient and enable a variable reduction of transmission power.

This year, the Siemens Gigaset phones are celebrating their 15th anniversary. Since the introduction of the first DECT telephone in 1993, Siemens consistently reaffirmed its leadership in innovation with cordless phones. For instance, the integrated answering machine , hands-free speaker phone systems, SMS in the landline, VoIP solutions for DECT phones and new standards like CAT-iq were first to be found in Siemens Gigaset products.