Ethertronics Awarded 'Red Herring 100 North America'

SAN DIEGO, May 19, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Ethertronics, a leading provider of
standard and customized embedded antenna solutions for wireless devices today
announced that it has been selected as a winner of the Red Herring 100 North
America Award. The Red Herring editorial team deploys a detailed process to
whittle down a pool of 1,000 eligible, promising companies to the 200 Finalists
and in a last round decided for the top 100 winners of this important North
American award. Evaluations are made on both quantitative and qualitative
criteria, such as financial performance, innovation, management, global
strategy, and ecosystem integration. The Winners, elite executives and venture
capital leaders from North America, celebrated the Top 100 Privately Held
Companies in San Diego last week.

"Being recognized as a Red Herring 100 winner is a great accomplishment for
Ethertronics and underscores our strong, proven track record in the global
wireless industry," said Laurent Desclos, Ethertronics' president and CEO. "Just
like we have done in the 3G marketplace, we are on track to deliver the same
high-quality embedded antenna solutions to the burgeoning global 4G market. On
behalf of our board and the entire global Ethertronics team, I would like to
thank Red Herring for this recognition."

About Red Herring

Red Herring is a global media company, which unites the world's best high
technology innovators, venture investors and business decision makers in a
variety of forums: a leading innovation magazine, an online daily technology
news service, technology newsletters and major events for technology leaders
around the globe. Red Herring provides an insider's access to the global
innovation economy, featuring unparalleled insights on the emerging technologies
driving the economy. More information about Red Herring is available online at
www.redherring.com.

About Ethertronics, Inc.

Ethertronics designs and manufactures high-performance embedded antenna
solutions for wideband and multi-band wireless devices. Ethertronics'
leading-edge product lines, including Prestta(tm) stamped metal, Savvi(tm)
ceramic, and Tavvel(tm) active antennas support a wide range of applications
including cellular, UMTS, WiFi, WiMAX, Bluetooth, GPS, FM, MediaFLO and DVB-H/T,
among others. The company's patented Isolated Magnetic Dipole(tm) (IMD)
technology enables smaller size, design implementation flexibility, shortened
design cycle and higher overall performance, while simultaneously meeting and
improving upon standard safety emission requirements. Ethertronics' antennas
have been selected by major customers worldwide garnering an installed base of
more than 150 million units. Ethertronics maintains a global network of design
centers and low-cost, high-volume manufacturing operations. For more
information, visit www.ethertronics.com.

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