Montreal, Quebec and Sunnyvale, Calif.,—October 8th, 2009— ZeroG Wireless, an innovator in low-power embedded Wi-Fi, and Future Electronics today announced a worldwide franchise distribution partnership. Under the terms of the agreement, Future Electronics will distribute ZeroG Wireless’ full line of Wi-Fi chips and modules, worldwide.
“We are very excited about this new global partnership with ZeroG Wireless,” said Frantz Saintellemy, corporate vice president, Future Electronics. “ZeroG’s Wi-Fi I/O will allow Future’s Advanced Engineering Group to solve our customers’ Wi-Fi design challenges and get them to market faster. ZeroG is tightly integrated with major microcontroller suppliers on the Future Electronics’ line card, making them an extremely attractive Wi-Fi solution for our customers”.
“Future Electronics is well known for delivering top-notch sales and technical support for microcontroller customers,” said Tim Colleran, vice president of marketing, ZeroG Wireless. “We are looking forward to having the full force of the Future Electronics sales team focused on helping customers successfully create new products with ZeroG technology.”
About ZeroG Wireless, Inc.
ZeroG Wireless is a fabless semiconductor company focused on creating a world of connected devices. With ZeroG low-power Wi-Fi chips and modules, there is no limit to the type of appliance that can finally leverage the massive and rapidly growing Wi-Fi infrastructure. ZeroG products are designed to provide, low-cost connectivity for nearly any system, regardless of architecture. The result: faster time to market and significantly lower overall system cost.
Privately held, ZeroG Wireless is headquartered in Sunnyvale, Calif. Investors include Battery Ventures, Greylock Partners, Morgenthaler Ventures, and Miven. Visit www.zerogwireless.com for additional information.
About Future Electronics
Headquartered in Montreal and operating in 41 countries around the world, Future Electronics has earned an impressive reputation for the strength of its commercial and technical competencies through all stages of the design-production cycle, and for developing efficient, comprehensive global supply chain solutions. Future Electronics is globally integrated, with one worldwide IT infrastructure providing real time inventory availability and access, while enabling full integration of operations, sales and marketing worldwide. Offering the highest level of service, the most advanced engineering/design capabilities and technical solutions, and the largest available-to-sell inventory in the world, the company’s mission is always to Delight the Customer. For more information, visit http://www.futureelectronics.com
Information:
FUTURE ELECTRONICS
Martin H. Gordon
Director, Corporate Communications
514-694-7710 x 2236
Martin.gordon@future.ca
ZeroG Wireless
Lien Nguyen
Product Marketing
408-738-7546
lnguyen@zerogwireless.com
