RF Monolithics has signed a worldwide franchise distribution agreement with Future Electronics Under the new agreement, Future Electronics will provide global sales, design support and fulfillment services for RFM certified RF modules, short-range IC radios, and RF components products. "RFM's extensive product portfolio targets the burgeoning demand for RF products in the M2M industry that consume very little power and are highly reliable. As a result, RFM's products give Future Electronics a broader horizon of customers than ever before," said Todd Fiske, vice president, RF & Wireless Solutions of Future Electronics. "Many of RFM products operate in the 2.4 GHz band in a broad assortment of technologies, plus a wide range of ISM bands. Adding all these products into our product mix increases our ability to create design solutions across a wide range of applications and markets for our global customers." Duane Covell, RFM's director of worldwide distribution, commented "With their world-class web platform and distribution capabilities, Future Electronics is effective at serving both the small volume market space and the very large production market. As a result, RFM customers can competitively source R&D, prototyping and production quantities from the same global distributor. In addition to their state-of-the-art web capabilities and distribution facilities, Future Electronics also offers designers advanced engineers and System Design Centres to assist with new product development, product design evaluation, reference design validation and proof-of-concepts." Added Covell, "A key benefit for RFM customers will be the use of our developer kits in the Future Electronics Tool Loaner Programme during initial platform evaluation, verification and design process conducted with customers." RFM's broad line of standards-based certified modules and short-range IC radios, in addition to RFM proprietary certified modules and short-range IC radios and RF components can be integrated into a long list of common M2M and communications applications. Those applications include medical and healthcare, building automation and control, smart grid and advanced metering infrastructure.
