On-Ramp Wireless Expands Regional Focus to Meet Smart Grid Infrastructure Demands in Asia

  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.

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