DECEMBER 15, 2003

Owasys Advanced Wireless Devices (Owasys), a company which designs wireless communication devices for market sectors with specific needs, and Fonexion, a leading company in the mobile telephone accessory sector, have signed a contract that will enable blind people, or those who have severe sight disorders, to enjoy all mobile phone accessories by means of made-to-measure terminals.

The agreement, which represents the coming-together of two areas of know-how in two related fields of development, is aimed at affording Owasys products with all of the accessories needed for the use of adapted mobile telephony.

The debut of this association will become a reality with the latest novelty from the telecommunications firm, the owasys22C mobile, a telephone which speaks and obeys the user in the carrying-out of tasks, and for which Fonexion will provide a full range of accessories. Fonexion, will provide a complete range of accessories for the different models that have been especially designed for this type of adapted telephony, accessories such as covers, batteries, recharging wires, chargers for travelling, data cables for the connection of the terminal to the computer and earphones for the hands-free function. Fonexion will market said products directly, both on-line, and at its retail outlets.

The widely acknowledged status of these two telephony sector businesses represents the main endorsement of this offer. Owasys Advanced Wireless Devices, a company with its head offices at the Parque Tecnológico de Bizkaia, possesses an in-depth knowledge of the communications market, both with respect to the machine-to-machine and M2M fields, as well as regards the needs of groups with special requirements. This explains why it designs, manufactures and sells wireless communications devices for those markets with needs that are not covered by what other manufactures have on offer. It deals in the automotive (fleet management, AVL-automatic vehicle localisation and on-board telematic nodes) and industrial (integrated devices for interconnection in industrial environments) sectors, as well as the consumer sector (terminals for consumers with special needs).

Fonexion, a Spanish company with over ten year’s experience in the mobile phone accessory sector, has distinguished itself by the quality criteria that prevail in its products and services, a characteristic which has made it a worthy holder of the highest quality certificate: UNE-EN-ISO 9001:2000. Moreover, its constant and secure growth has given rise to a widening of the range of goods and services it has to offer, which, at present, also includes the marketing of multimedia products.
Owasys

Owasys (www.owasys.com) was founded in July, 2002 by engineers who had previously worked for the Swedish firm Ericsson, and who have been responsible for a constant string of achievements from the outset. In October, 2002 the company was acknowledged as a member of the BluetoothTM Car Working Group – BluetoothTM Interest Group, an important international standards forum. In December, 2002 it acquired a ten per cent share of P4Q Electronics, one of the main board and electronic products’ manufacturers in Spain. In addition to Spain and Portugal, it has entered into collaboration agreements with distributors in the UK, the Republic of Ireland, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Italy and France, and has signed trade representation agreements in The Netherlands and Belgium.

Among its latest achievements, both the collaboration contract signed with the Organización Nacional de Ciegos de España (ONCE) – the Spanish National Blindpersons’ Association – for the launch of mobile telephones especially designed for people with sight disorders, as well as being granted the UNE-EN ISO 9001:2000 standard Quality Management System Certificate, deserve special mention.
Fonexion.

Fonexion (www.fonexion.com) is a national leader in the mobile telephony accessory sector with an international vocation, given the fact that it is present in both the European and American markets. On the basis of its wide range of top quality innovative products, the company has become a mobile telephone accessory supplier with its own trademark, as well as a distributor of original products manufactured by the main brand names.

Profesionality, innovation and vitality are the essential qualities on which the Fonexion philosophy is founded, qualities genuinely reflected by the company’s commitment to constant technological development capable of meeting the needs of an increasingly demanding market. The awarding of the UNE-EN-ISO 9001-2000 quality certificate, and the fact of having achieved market leadership as a supplier of hands-free systems for the major car manufacturers are clear examples of Fonexion’s business acumen.