Leuven – Belgium, July 4 2005 – Option N.V. (Euronext: OPTI, OTC: OPNVY), the wireless technology company, today announced that ONE GmbH, serving about 1.5 million customers, has selected Option’s GlobeTrotter 3G QUAD™. Earlier this year One GmbH selected Option’s GlobeTrotter FUSION™ data card that combines 3G/UMTS/GPRS and Wi-Fi technologies.
ONE Austria, which covers 98% of the population, is offering GPRS, UMTS and WLAN services to its customers. ONE is member of the Starmap Mobile Alliance (www.starmapalliance.com) which is helping the company to improve its position in the Austrian market through giving all customers access to excellent services when being abroad and offering a network of partners where customers feel like at home. Turnover end of 2004 reached 705 million Euro’s with investments of up to 1.81 billion Euro’s. Shareholders include German E.ON (50.10%) Norway’s Telenor (17.45%), Orange France (17.45%) and Denmark’s TDC (15%).
In selecting this second data card from Option’s portfolio of wireless broadband products ONE is able to now offer its mobile users an entry level and price competitive 3G-only data card. ONE’s continued choice for Option’s products further demonstrates the confidence that it has in the company’s high quality leading edge wireless data solutions.
GlobeTrotter 3G QUAD™ is the perfect data card solution for the transatlantic user. The data card delivers broadband wireless capability to laptops and notebooks by combining 3G UMTS at 2100 MHz for EMEA markets and Quad band GPRS 850/900/1800/1900 MHz for worldwide markets in a single PC data card. On a 3G network, GlobeTrotter 3G QUAD™ enables connection to the Internet at data speeds of up to 384kbps. In areas where 3G services are not available, the GlobeTrotter 3G QUAD™ still enables reliable and secure data connections over GPRS.
For more information please contact:
Douglas Ros, Vice President Business Development & Marketing
Tel +32 (0)16 317 411
E-mail: d.ros@option.com
Frederic Convent, CFO
Tel + 32 (0) 16 317 411
E-mail: investor@option.com
About Option
Option NV (www.option.com), the wireless technology company, is a leading innovator in the design, development and manufacture of 3G WCDMA (HSDPA and UMTS), EDGE, GPRS, GSM and WLAN technology products for wireless connectivity solutions. Option has built up an enviable reputation for creating exciting products that enhance the performance and functionality of wireless communications. Option’s headquarters are in Leuven (Belgium). The company has an office in Atlanta (US), Research & Development in Leuven, a Software and Applications development centre in Adelsried (Germany), and an ISO 9002 production engineering and logistics facility in Cork (Ireland).