Sanmina-SCI Partners With Uros to Deliver Goodspeed, the First Ever
10-Slot Sim Card Mobile Hotspot Device
SAN JOSE, Calif. and OULU,
Finland, Nov. 8, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Sanmina-SCI
Corporation (Nasdaq: SANM), a leading integrated manufacturing
solutions company making some of the worlds most complex and
innovative optical, electronic and mechanical products, and Uros, a
provider of roaming-free Internet, today announced that they have
collaborated to bring a new mobile hotspot device to market called
Goodspeed. Sanmina-SCI is providing engineering and manufacturing
services at its Haukipudas, Finland facility.
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The mobile device and service called Goodspeed gives travelers
practically unlimited data transfer abroad at a fixed low price. As
a result, international travelers will not see sky-high Internet
charges for data transfer when moving between countries. At launch,
Goodspeed service works in major European countries, including
Germany, the United Kingdom, France and Italy.
"We are pleased to be working with Sanmina-SCI and their
manufacturing center in Haukipudas, Finland. The proximity of their engineers to
our product development team has been essential in supporting our
rapid product development and ramp up of Goodspeed," said
Jerry Raatikainen, Vice President of
Operations for Uros, Ltd. "After comprehensive due diligence, we
selected Sanmina-SCI for their design and engineering,
manufacturing and global footprint. As we plan to expand
internationally, we are confident Sanmina-SCI can help us succeed
in any market around the world."
"At Sanmina-SCI, we look for opportunities to work with
innovative companies like Uros to bring complex new products to
market," said Robert O'Rourke, Sanmina-SCI's Senior Vice President
of Business Development in Europe.
"Designing a device this size with 10 SIM slots, multiband radio, a
large capacity battery and a high-performance antenna required
sophisticated design for manufacturability expertise, which
Sanmina-SCI was able to provide. Our team in Haukipudas worked in
close collaboration with Uros' product developers to determine the
right solutions for the design and rapid prototyping of Goodspeed
to get it to market on time and on budget."
The costs of heavy Internet use among active travelers in
Europe can be as much as a
hundreds of Euros per day because of high-data roaming fees, and
travel data bundles currently marketed by service providers reach
their service ceiling quickly when working actively on a laptop or
a tablet – not to mention loading videos or large files. In major
travel hubs the percentage of business travel is typically very
high (37 per cent of all air travel at London Heathrow in 2011).
According to recent surveys, 59 per cent of business travelers want
access to the kind of technology they enjoy at home. Uros'
Goodspeed service, which includes a smartphone-sized device of the
same name, solves the problem of expensive data transfer.
The device is a personal mobile hotspot that connects to a local
telecommunications operator's network when a person travels abroad.
While other mobile hotspot devices offer a single SIM slot,
Goodspeed is the first device that has slots for ten SIM cards to
accommodate multiple destination countries. The hotspot can
simultaneously connect up to five portable devices from laptops to
smartphones, allowing work teams to access the Internet at a
fixed-price fee.
Sanmina-SCI's array of design, engineering, manufacturing,
logistics and after-market services are being showcased at Booth
#C1.105, Hall C1 during electronica 2012 in Messe München,
Germany, November 13 – 16.
About Sanmina-SCI
Sanmina-SCI Sanmina-SCI Corporation
is a leading integrated manufacturing solutions provider serving
the fastest-growing segments of the global Electronics
Manufacturing Services (EMS) market. Recognized as a technology
leader, Sanmina-SCI provides end-to-end manufacturing solutions,
delivering superior quality and support to Original Equipment
Manufacturers (OEMs) primarily in the communications networks,
defense and aerospace, industrial and semiconductor systems,
medical, multimedia, computing and storage, automotive and clean
technology sectors. Sanmina-SCI has facilities strategically
located in key regions throughout the world. More information
regarding the company is available at
http://www.sanmina-sci.com.
About Uros, Ltd.
Uros Ltd, founded in
2011, is a provider of revolutionary roaming-free Internet. Uros
Ltd's Goodspeed service guarantees an easy and affordable Internet
use at home and abroad, free of roaming charges. The service
launched in Europe in September 2012 seeks to achieve global coverage
in the coming years. More information regarding the company is
available at http://www.uros.com.
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economic conditions in the electronics industry, particularly in
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acquired businesses and achieve the anticipated benefits of its
acquisitions, and competition and technological change. The
Company's actual results of operations may differ significantly
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