SAN DIEGO--BUSINESS WIRE--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.
“The partnership with On-Ramp strengthens our ongoing commitment to
green infrastructure in the Asia region and beyond”
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.