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Empower Technologies Announces an Agreement with
Experience Wireless Fidelity
June 21st, 2004, Redmond, Washington - Empower Technologies, Inc. a wholly-owned subsidiary of Empower Technologies Corporation (TSX.V: EPT), an innovative company that brings the power and flexibility of their LinuxDA Embedded Operating System development platform to the consumer electronic industry, has entered into an agreement with Experience Wireless Fidelity (India), a Company incorporated in India.
This agreement grants Experience Wireless Fidelity (India) exclusive sales, distribution and service responsibility for marketing of Empower’s PowerPlay series of PDAs and future mobile smart communication devices through their distribution sales channels in India.
Experience Wireless Fidelity (India) deals in several non-proprietary products and devices which complement Empower’s product line. Those products include cell phones, lap top computers, cell-phone battery chargers and various ancillary products.
According to Dr. Edward Dennis, President of Empower, "This agreement sets in motion a team effort much greater than the sum of its parts." The continued sales of consumer electronic type products powered by Empower’s LinuxDA Embedded Operating System development platform have always been a critical success factor of the company’s strategic plan.
India is one of the global emerging market leaders in the hi-tech industry sector and consequently has a sophisticated information technology (IT) presence within large businesses and a middle income population of users who are requiring a steady stream of hi-tech consumer electronic gadgets at reasonable cost.
About Empower Technologies
Founded in 2000, Empower Technologies is a provider of Linux-based embedded system technologies and solutions for the consumer electronics industry and the intelligent appliance market.
Empower is an innovative company that introduced to the world Linux DA O/S, the first and only complete Palm® Handheld compatible Linux Operating System scaled down for the Motorola Dragonball CPU platform. By uniting top professionals from within the computer industry and developing quality partnerships and strategic alliances, Empower is committed to being the leading provider of Linux-based embedded system technologies and solutions for consumer electronics manufacturers.
Empower’s brands are “LinuxDA” (www.linuxda.com) a Linux-based embedded operating system and “PowerPlay” (www.powerplaydevices.com) smart consumer electronics.
Contact Information:
Media Enquiries:
Paul Leung - Chairman, President and CEO: pcleung@empowertechnologies.com
or via Tel @ (604) 278-3100
Investor Relation:
David Flynn - Principal: dflynn787@rogers.com or via Tel @ (416) 346-7725
More Information on Empower Technologies: www.empowertechnologies.com
LEOs ® Sales Enquiries:
sales@empowertechnologies.com or via Telephone @ 604-278-3100
Paul Leung
Chairman, President and CEO
Empower Technologies Corporation
The statements contained in this news release that are not historical facts are forward looking statements. Such statements are based on management's estimates, assumptions and projections using available information. The company cautions that actual financial results could differ materially from the current expectations due to a number of factors.
The TSX Venture Exchange has in no way passed upon the merits of the proposed transactions and has neither approved nor disapproved the contents of this press release.
LEOs , PowerPlay and LinuxDA are the trademarks of Empower Technologies, Inc. All other brands are trademarks of their respective owners. |