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Agreement with Taiwan’s apmComm secures range of highly miniaturised, competitively priced modules for future mobile innovations

Poing, Germany, January 10th, 2011

Avnet Memec has announced a pan-European distribution agreement with wireless System-in-Package (SiP) specialist apm Communication (apmComm) of Taiwan.  Under the agreement Avnet Memec will provide customers throughout the region with apmComm’s competitively priced, highly miniaturised modules for mobile applications.

The apmComm portfolio includes Bluetooth®, Wi-Fi™, GPS, RDS-TMC and GPS/RDS-TMC modules. The company has in-house competencies including proprietary Integrated Passive Device (IPD) technology and RF MMIC design capability, which enable it to deliver extremely compact, price-competitive and high-performing solutions.

Mark Liu, sales manager at apmComm, commented, “Avnet Memec will help apm Communication to further strengthen our position in the European market. With its excellent know-how concerning wireless communications markets and its extensive team of technical sales and field application engineers, Avnet Memec is well suited to deliver apmComm technology to customers in Europe.”

“We are excited to secure this agreement with apmComm, which will give us an important competitive edge as the wireless space continues to grow and evolve throughout Europe,” said John Jones, technical marketing manager, Avnet Memec, Europe Middle East and Africa.

Avnet Memec, a business unit of Avnet Electronics Marketing EMEA, is a highly specialised semiconductor distributor, operating on a pan‐European basis and employing a significant number of engineers to support customers’ design efforts. Avnet Memec specialises in highly innovative suppliers and technologies, which will help a variety of customers to differentiate their designs. Its area of specialisation extends from Analog and Microcontrollers to RF, Datacom and Networking. The business unit operates out of 31 offices in 19 European countries and represents major semiconductor franchises on a pan‐European basis.
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