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Leading Asian technical distributors will carry On-Ramp’s wireless connectivity solutions for green infrastructure
San Diego, Calif.
– March 2, 2010 – On-Ramp Wireless today announced distribution
agreements for its wireless communication systems to Uniquest
Corporation (KSE: 077500.KS), a leading Korean technical distributor,
and MetaTech Inc., a leading Taiwanese technical distributor. The
agreements signify another step in On-Ramp’s regional expansion plans
and meet the demand in Asia for investment in green infrastructure.
A channel partnership with Uniquest allows
On-Ramp to comprehensively penetrate the Korean market and begin
developing new market segments in green and Smart Grid infrastructure.
On-Ramp will utilize Uniquest’s comprehensive customer and segment
knowledge, as well as its award-winning dedicated technical field
applications support group, comprised of the top technical talent in
Korea.
On-Ramp’s technology has demonstrated
superior coverage and seemingly impossible penetration in places where
no other solution can reach,” said Don Cho, vice president of sales at
Uniquest. “We are proud to be working with one of today’s leading
wireless network solution providers and eager to bring a proven green
infrastructure solution to the Korean market.”
MetaTech has existing market
penetration in several complementary green market segments like metering
and street lighting in countries such as Taiwan, China, Malaysia,
Philippines, Vietnam and India. The distributor agreement includes sales
and technical support in each of these regions, allowing On-Ramp to
provide direct real-time and local language support.
“The partnership with On-Ramp strengthens
our ongoing commitment to green infrastructure in the Asia region and
beyond,” said Steve Shyr, CEO of MetaTech. “Its wireless products
provide unparalleled connectivity that will offer our customers
significant network coverage and capacity advantage.”
“Teaming with the best technical channel partners in Asia will allow us
to build upon our existing business efforts, thus accelerating our
development in the region,” said Jeff Gray, senior vice president of
sales and marketing at On-Ramp. “It is exciting for us to be a part of
the green infrastructure growth in Asia, as it will drive energy
conservation over the next decade.”
About On-Ramp Wireless
On-Ramp is a provider of the first wireless system purpose-built to
efficiently connect billions of hard-to-reach devices in metro scale and
other challenging environments. On-Ramp’s field-proven Ultra-Link
Processing™ system enables low-power monitoring and control applications
within Smart Grid, industrial sensing, and location tracking. Operating
in un-licensed spectrum, our signal processing innovation finds weak
signals even in high noise environments, yielding extreme coverage,
immunity to high interference, and significantly lowers cost. For more
information, visit
www.onrampwireless.com.
About Uniquest Corporation
Established in 1993, Uniquest Corporation is a leading-edge
semiconductor solutions provider in Korea. Focused on creating demands
and providing innovative solutions to the market, the current line
includes IDT, Altera, Intel, Microsoft and Sigma Designs For more
information, visit
http://www.uniquest.co.kr/html_eng/.
About MetaTech
MetaTech, is an electronic component distributor and representative
operating in Asia Pacific Rim and India. MetaTech has a strong sales
network of 29 offices in Asia: Taiwan, Hong Kong, China, Singapore,
Malaysia, Thailand, Philippines, Vietnam, and India. It also maintains
four strategic inventory locations in Taiwan, Hong Kong, Shenzhen of
China and Singapore. For more information, visit
http://www.metatech.com.tw/en/index/index.asp.
Press Contact
Tory Patrick
Vantage Communications for On-Ramp
+1 202-558-9826
tpatrick@pr-vantage.com |
