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Nu Horizons Editorial Contact:
Rita Megling
631-396-5000
rmegling@nuhorizons.com

 

 
 

RF Monolithics Expands Sales Channels in Asia with Nu Horizons Electronics

Dallas, TX - October 2, 2007 - RF Monolithics, Inc. (Nasdaq:RFMI - News), announced it has expanded its distribution capability and increased product availability across all of Asia with the appointment of Nu Horizons Electronics Corp. (Nu Horizons) (Nasdaq:NUHC - News) as an authorized Asian distributor for its component products and its Cirronet ZigBee(TM) and proprietary wireless sensor networking modules and devices. Nu Horizons currently distributes the Company's full line of products throughout North / South America, Germany, and the United Kingdom.

"Nu Horizons has proven to be a very valuable part of the RFM / Cirronet sales strategy. Our expectation is for Nu Horizons to continue providing the same unparalleled service, from design to production, in the Asian markets from which many leading-edge M2M wireless solutions are being generated," said Duane Covell, Director of World Wide Distribution for RFM.

"RFM and Cirronet provide a broad range of enabling wireless connectivity for M2M applications," said Wendell Boyd, President of Nu Horizons Electronics Asia Pte Ltd. "OEMs desiring to develop their RF-enabled product can choose from a wide variety of RFM components, while OEMs that prefer to buy ready-made RF modules for embedded applications can choose from a broad range of technologies provided by Cirronet."

An array of Development Kits is available to accelerate the customer's implementation. These kits start at $199 and are available through Nu Horizons.

About RFM

RFM, 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 websites at www.rfm.com.

About Cirronet

Cirronet supplies wireless modules and box products for the industrial market to device OEM manufacturers, integrators, and end users. Its products enable customers to wirelessly monitor and control electronic devices by establishing wireless connection between machines and the internet. Its OEM modules are incorporated into custom wireless solutions ranging from portable heart monitors to overhead crane controls, and its industrial box products provide wireless connections in harsh industrial environments. Cirronet's products are based on proprietary and industry standard protocols that include ZigBee(TM), Bluetooth(TM), and WI-FI; and they operate in the license-free 900 MHz, 2.4 GHz and 5.8 GHz ISM bands. Please visit Cirronet's web site at www.cirronet.com. Cirronet is a wholly-owned subsidiary of RF Monolithics, Inc.

About Nu Horizons Electronics Corp.

Nu Horizons Electronics Corp. is a leading global distributor of advanced technology semiconductor, display, illumination, power and system solutions to a wide variety of commercial original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and Electronic Manufacturing Services providers (EMS). With sales facilities in 51 locations across North America, Europe and Asia and regional logistics centers throughout the globe, Nu Horizons partners with a limited number of best-in-class suppliers to provide in-depth product development, custom logistics and life-cycle support to its customers. Information on Nu Horizons and its services is available at http://www.nuhorizons.com.

Forward-Looking Statements:

This news release contains forward-looking statements, made pursuant to the Safe Harbor Provision of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, that involve risks and uncertainties. Statements of the plans, objectives, expectations and intentions of RFM and/or its wholly-owned subsidiaries (collectively, the "Company" or "we") involve risks and uncertainties. Statements containing terms such as "believe," "expect," "plan," "anticipate," "may" or similar terms are considered to contain uncertainty and are forward-looking statements. Such statements are based on information available to management as of the time of such statements and relate to, among other things, expectations of the business environment in which we operate, projections of future performance, perceived opportunities in the market and statements regarding our mission and vision, future financial and operating results, and benefits of our acquisitions. Such statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve certain risks, uncertainties and assumptions, the highly competitive market in which we operate, rapid changes in technologies that may displace products and services sold by us, declining prices of products, our reliance on distributors, delays in product development efforts, uncertainty in consumer acceptance of our products, and changes in our level of revenue or profitability, as well as the other risks detailed from time to time in our SEC reports, including the report on Form 10-K for the year ended August 31, 2006. We do not assume any obligation to update any information contained in this release.

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