Econocom - 2020 annual report

02 group overview group positioning

Hardware: consumer and professional • devices and accessories; Software: off-the-shelfmobile applications, • development platforms, mobility management solutions such as EMM/UEM (Enterprise Mobility Management/Unified End-Point Management, etc .) and mobile security (MobileThreat Defence); Services: deployment and management • of a mobile business fleet, user services, mobile application development, EMM services, etc. The mobility market is a dynamic market driven particularly by the adoption by users in the private sphere. Thus, according to Gartner (1) , today the overall market share of mobile platforms is nearly three times larger than the share of the historic platform Windows (almost 5 billion mobile devices – Google Android and Apple iOS – compared with 7 billion for Windows). On a business scope, growth is largely driven by mobile phones with more than 200 million mobile handsets purchased by businesses in 2024, compared to 160 million in 2020, while traditional telephones are stagnant with around 144 million units sold per year (between 2020 and 2024). As a result, public and private organisations are arranging to take change of these new uses in their business line and supportstructures. Gartner (2) predicts annual growth of 7.5% in managed services related to mobility to $8.9 billion in 2024.

Six Satellites operate in this market: Alter Way (France) : see Chapter 3.4.3.2; • Asystel Italia (Italy) Asystel Italia designs, • builds, integrates and maintains network infrastructures and digital innovation solutions for mediumand large companies. The Data Center offering is focused on the On Demand approach, which allows the Client to entrust us with the design, activation,managementand provision of IT services with a scalable model (both for resources and services) that grows over the time, according to its real needs. The Asystel Italia proprietary architecture is built on Tier Level 3+ classified standards and has first-level certifications on data security and quality and energy efficiency (ISO27001: 2013, ISO 9001: 2015); Bizmatica (Italy) is able to support • companiesin an end to end approachin the digital transformation process. It provides from the initial consultancy (scope, assessment,changemanagement,business cases, scenarios), to the development and management of complex IoT & Service Assurance platforms leveraging on AI and Machine Learning solutions. In terms of infrastructure’s governance and data access, Bizmatica solutions are focused on Cloud Management, Back Up e Recovery, Data Virtualization and Consolidation; ASP Server (France) and Nexica (Spain): • see Chapter 3.4.3.2.; Exaprobe (France): see Chapter 3.4.1.2. • MOBILITY 3.4.5. A dynamic market driven 3.4.5.1. by the growth of software solutions and service The enterprise mobility market is divided into four main segments: Connectivity: 3/4/5G mobile networks • and WiFi;

Gartner, Forecast : IT Services, Worldwide, 2018-2024, 3Q20 Update (2) Gartner, Forecast : PCs, Ultramobiles and Mobile Phones, Worldwide, 2018-2024, 3Q20 Update. (1)

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