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FIRECOMMS SIGNS REPRESENTATIVE AGREEMENT WITH PROHUBS TO EXPAND BUSINESS IN TAIWAN

Cork, Ireland - June 25, 2007 - Firecomms Ltd., a leading developer of high speed Plastic Optical Fiber (POF) transceivers and Surface Emitting Lasers (VCSELs), today announces that it has signed a representative agreement with Prohubs International Corp. of Taipei, Taiwan (www.prohubs.com.tw). Prohubs will market and sell Firecomms' full range of fiber optic transceiver products which are rapidly being adopted by developers of equipment for the consumer electronics, industrial and automotive networks worldwide.

"Firecomms is delighted to begin working with Prohubs in Taiwan," says Firecomms' General Manager, Asia Pacific, Niall Keegan. "Its strong presence in the Taiwanese communications market coupled with its synergistic line-card made Prohubs a natural fit for us. Prohubs' experienced product marketing and technical support teams also will be of tremendous importance to Firecomms as we look to further expand our business in Taiwan."

"Firecomms is a world-leader in the development of fiber optic transceivers for POF," says Vincent Wang, president of Prohubs. "Firecomms will strengthen our line-card to allow us to offer a much more complete solution to many of our customers who are looking to develop new products for the POF market."

Firecomms leads the development of devices to drive POF, a low-cost optical alternative to copper cabling. Due to its ease of use, large core tolerances, and low costs, POF is enjoying significant growth in a wide range of applications. Created for consumer, industrial, and automotive applications in which plastic fiber can be used more easily and at lower cost than copper or glass fiber, POF is now used in millions of small area networks, such as those in use in many car models, and is rapidly gaining ground in home network and point-to-point interconnection. The POF market is estimated to be worth over $1 billion per year by the end of 2008.

About Firecomms Ltd.

Firecomms, a compound semiconductor company, develops high-speed light sources in visible range wavelengths. Firecomms' lasers and LEDs provide the groundwork that will revolutionize optical data communications for small area networks, such as in-car networks and home networks. Firecomms' low power visible lasers unleash the potential for advances in medical devices, barcode scanners, and optical storage devices.

The Ireland-based company leverages its ten years of photonics research experience, optical expertise, and extensive IP portfolio to develop cost-effective solutions for applications in which the use of glass fiber optics is prohibitively expensive. Additional information about Firecomms is available at www.firecomms.com.

About Prohubs International

Prohubs provides semiconductor and optical components to equipment developers in Taiwan. Its customers include Taiwan’s major suppliers of routers, switches, wireless access points, set-top-boxes, VoIP phones and IP cameras. Prohubs has existing representative agreements with IC-Plus (Ethernet Switch/PHY), Akros Silicon (Powerover- Ethernet), Entropic (MoCA), RDC (NPU), Sipex (Power, Interface LSIs), and others.

Further Information:

Rene' Williams
Firecomms Ltd.
Tel. 949.360.7770
rene@firecomms.com

 
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Firecomms North America
+1 949 360 7770
rene@firecomms.com

 

 

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