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Sirit Signs NFC Contract with BenQ Corporation
Sirit Signs NFC Contract with BenQ Corporation.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n\n\nSirit to be multi-year supplier of embedded NFC software and services\n\n\nfor mobile handsets\n\n\nTORONTO, June 5 /CNW/ - Sirit Inc. ("Sirit") (TSX: SI), a leading\nprovider of radio frequency identification (RFID) technology, announced today\nthat it has secured a Near Field Communications (NFC) contract with BenQ\nCorporation ("BenQ"), one of the world's largest consumer electronics original\nequipment manufacturers (OEM).\n\n\nThe contract calls for Sirit to serve as BenQ's supplier of embedded NFC\nsoftware and technology engineering services for BenQ's forthcoming NFC mobile\nsmartphones and handsets. This design win further validates the value\nproposition and expertise of Sirit's NFC team in helping OEMs shorten their\ndevelopment cycles and time to market for NFC-enabled devices.\n\n\n"Given the significant and immediate opportunity for NFC handsets in the\nAsia Pacific region and globally, time to market is critical to our success,"\nsaid Dr. SS Chen, the Associated Vice President of Mobile Communication\nBusiness Group of BenQ Corporation. "We chose Sirit's NFC team to help us in\nour development of NFC handsets based on their early involvement in the NFC\nmarket. Leveraging their demonstrated expertise with embedded NFC software and\nsuccesses working with OEMs, we are confident in the Sirit's NFC team's\nability to help accelerate our time to market."\n\n\n"BenQ is a multi-billion dollar Taiwan-based technology innovation\nleader, supplying mass-market consumer devices including smartphones,\ndisplays, and digital home peripherals," commented Chris Leong, Vice\nPresident, NFC and Contactless at Sirit Inc. "We are honoured that BenQ has\nchosen Sirit's NFC team as its supplier of embedded NFC software and services.\nWe look forward to helping BenQ capitalize on the NFC opportunity in the Asia\nPacific region and beyond."\n\n\nAbout Sirit Inc.\n\n\nSirit Inc. (TSX: SI) is a leading provider of Radio Frequency\nIdentification (RFID) solutions worldwide. Harnessing the power of Sirit's\nenabling-RFID technology, customers are able to more rapidly bring high\nquality RFID solutions to the market with reduced initial engineering costs.\nSirit's products are built on more than 13 years of RF domain expertise\naddressing multiple frequencies (LF/HF/UHF), m...