SemiconductorStore.com to distribute Bluegiga’s Bluetooth Devices

September 16, 2005, Embedded Systems Conference, Boston, MA - Hawthorne CA, - Espoo, Finland - SemiconductorStore.com, the online destination for new and emerging technology, and Bluegiga Technologies, Inc., a leading provider of Bluetooth systems platform to system integrators and original equipment manufacturers, announced today signing of an agreement to include Bluegiga’s Bluetooth solutions to the fast growing list of products SemiconductorStore.com features on its online store. Under the terms of the agreement, SemiconductorStore.com is authorized to promote and sell Bluegiga’s WRAP Access Server and WRAP THOR Bluetooth module products online to its worldwide market of design engineers, buyers and engineering students.

“We are excited to add Bluegiga’s Bluetooth communication solutions to our line card,” said Richard Judy, Manager of SemiconductorStore.com. “Their family of Bluetooth servers and modules will help us serve our customer base more effectively and add another set of innovative solutions to our product offering.” SemiconductorStore.com has made a name for itself over the past year, growing by more than 1800% and helping thousands of design engineers get the components and research tools they need to add value to their applications.

“Having our Bluetooth solutions offered through the SemiconductorStore.com will significantly improve our market reach and the online availability of our products - especially on the US market”, states Tom Nordman, Bluegiga’s Vice President of Marketing and Sales. “With SemiconductorStore.com’s impressive track record on generating new sales for their vendors, our decision to partner with them was very natural.”

Bluegiga is a leading provider of Bluetooth platforms to system integrators and original equipment manufacturers creating wireless medical, Point-of-Sale and logistic systems, or just looking to replace costly cable-driven systems with a reliable embedded Bluetooth solution. Bluegiga’s Bluetooth access solutions significantly reduce costs when developing wireless networks by enabling up to 21 simultaneous Bluetooth devices to access Bluetooth, Ethernet, WiFi, GPRS and GSM networks. Bluegiga’s family of Bluetooth products includes the WRAP Access Server, WRAP THOR face-souderable and Board-to-Board Modules and Development Tools to help anyone easily design and integrate Bluegiga’s products into their own applications.


About Bluegiga Technologies, Inc

Bluegiga Technologies, Inc. is a provider of cutting-edge Bluetooth-based wireless communication platforms. Founded in 2000 and headquartered in Finland, the European hotbed of wireless technology, Bluegiga is strategically positioned to deliver its products globally through the extensive network of qualified distributors and value added resellers to original equipment manufacturers and system integrator. Bluegiga is the innovator of Bluetooth multi-radio access server products having seamless co-existence with other wired and wireless technologies, BluRoamTM, the unique roaming technology for Bluetooth devices and iWRAPTM, the easy-to-use Bluetooth control interface. Bluegiga, with its expertise in the Bluetooth technology, has been a contributing member of the Bluetooth Special Interest Group since the company inception. For more information, please visit http://www.bluegiga.com.

About SemiconductorStore.com
SemiconductorStore.com is changing the way that design engineers, buyers and engineering students research and buy components online. Providing the most detailed product and industry information on the web, SemiconductorStore.com quickly established itself within the industry by focusing on getting new and emerging technology into the hands of engineers. Launched in 2004, SemiconductorStore.com is the eCommerce division of Symmetry Electronics, a design-oriented franchised distributor of electronic components with offices around the globe. By utilizing Symmetry’s experience and capabilities, SemiconductorStore.com can easily provide outstanding service and support, in addition to great products, to all of its customers.


Contact:

Bluegiga Technologies, Inc.
Tom Nordman
Vice President of Sales and Marketing
Tel. +358 (0)9 435 5060
E-mail: tom.nordman@bluegiga.com

SemiconductorStore.com
Richard Judy
Manager
Tel. +1 (310) 536-6190 x152
E-mail: richardj@semiconductorstore.com