RF MONOLITHICS AND CIRRONET EXPAND INTO INDIA THROUGH NEW DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT WITH WESTECH ELECTRONICS LIMITED
DALLAS, TEXAS, (November 8, 2007) RF Monolithics, Inc. [NASDAQ: RFMI] (RFM) today announced the appointment of WesTech Electronics Limited as the company’s authorized distributor in India. The addition of WesTech is yet another in the RFM distribution expansion plan to ensure worldwide availability of component products from RFM and wireless sensor networking modules and devices from Cirronet, an RFM subsidiary .
Duane Covell, Director of RFM Worldwide Distribution commented, “India has historically been a challenging market for RFM due to our lack of an India-based distribution partner. The addition of WesTech will immediately boost our coverage in the country to encompass all of the major markets with full design and customer service capabilities. We are already starting to see many opportunities in the M2M wireless arena, and have full confidence in WesTech’s ability to handle these opportunities, as well as uncover many more.”
WesTech operates both as a distributor and manufacturers’ representative of electronics components, test equipment for the disk drive industry, market leader for LCD-TV, acting as commission agents, provision of services, such as design-in engineering, system integration, computerized real-time inventory management and product design and development.
“WesTech is pleased to represent RFM and Cirronet through our sales offices in India, and we look forward to providing availability of RFM and Cirronet products as well as engineering support services to customers utilizing their M2M-enabling technologies in their designs,” Jeffery Tan, WesTech Chairman and CEO.
WesTech currently has stock available for the broad selection of RFM products and Cirronet developer kits and evaluation boards which help original equipment manufacturer (OEM) design engineers speed up development time for enabling ultra-low power wireless connectivity in OEM equipment. Highlights of kits and products include:
- Cirronet embedded modules operating from 434 MHz to 2.5 GHz with data ranges from 9600 bps to 1.2 Mbps that are based on ZigBee™, 802.15.4, 802.11, and Bluetooth and Cirronet proprietary FHSS, DSSS and mesh technologies.
- RFM short-range radio transceiver, transmitter and receiver products ranging from 300-1000 MHz with data rates up to 1Mpbs, including 3G and 2G Virtual Wire™ Transceivers and various RFICs including the new TRC103.
- RFM SAW-based components and frequency control products ranging from 6 MHz to 2.6 GHz that are small size and low cost with very low power consumption, including SAW resonators, SAW Narrow band Filters, SAW RF and IF Filters, Oscillators, Clocks & Crystals.
About RFM
RF Monolithics, Inc., headquartered in Dallas, Texas, is enabling the next generation of wireless applications with a solutions-driven, technology-enabled approach to wireless connectivity. RFM provides the connections to extend the edge of the Internet to communicate with the billions of unconnected machines through a broad range of low-power wireless solutions – from comprehensive industrial wireless sensor networks to high-performance RF components. RFM was named to M2M Magazine’s “2007 M2M 100,” a list of the most important and influential machine-to-machine technology providers. For more information on RF Monolithics, Inc., please visit the Company’s website at www.rfm.com.
About WesTech Electronics Limited
WesTech Electronics was first incorporated in Singapore in March 1986, starting out as a distributor and manufacturers representative for electronics products based in Singapore covering Southeast Asia and India. The company has since taken great strides to expand its business scope into systems integration, systems maintenance and technical supports, customer solutions for design-in capabilities, and business consultancy for turnkey electronics solutions for the Asia Pacific Rim. The company was publicly listed on the Singapore Exchange in May of 2002.
WesTech is a distributor and manufacturers' representative of active and passive electronics components, power management products, test systems and display technology solutions. For more information, please visit www.WesTechelectronics.com.