LEUVEN, BELGIUM--(Marketwire - Oct 25, 2012) - Option (EURONEXT Brussels: OPTI; OTC:
OPNVY), a global leader in wireless connectivity, security and experience,
today
announced that during the third quarter of 2012 the Company generated
revenue of
EUR 11.7 million compared to EUR 11.3 million in the third quarter of 2011.
Product related revenues represented 3.3 million EUR and software & license
revenues represented 8.4 million EUR of total third quarter 2012 revenues.
As
reported earlier, the license software agreement with Huawei runs till the
end
of October 2012, and as a result revenues from software & license are
expected
to be impacted as of next quarter.
The Company reports a positive EBITDA of EUR 3.8 million for the third
quarter
of 2012.
Business Update
During the quarter the Company continued to prepare the go-to-market
activities
for its new line of products and services focused on vertical markets such
as
automotive (WiFi in the car) and wireless security & surveillance. Early
October
the Company launched another new product, CloudGate, aimed at a third
vertical
market being the M2M (machine-to-machine) market.
In order to support these go-to-market activities the Company announced, at
the
beginning of October, that it is looking at different options to strengthen
its
working capital via a cash injection of a minimum amount of 5 million euro
(see
separate press release at www.option.com).
As part of the Company's ongoing efforts to reduce its cost-base it was
decided
to close the Augsburg (Germany) facility and to move the software
activities to
Leuven (Belgium).
ABOUT OPTION
Option, the wireless technology company, is a leading innovator in the
design,
development and manufacture of 3G HSUPA, HSDPA, UMTS, EDGE, and WLAN
technology
products for wireless connectivity solutions. Option has
established an
impressive reputation for creating exciting products that enhance
the
performance and functionality of wireless communications.
Option is
headquartered in Leuven, Belgium. The company also has Research &
Development in
Belgium (Leuven), Germany (Augsburg) and an ISO 9001 production
engineering and
logistics facility in Ireland (Cork). Option maintains offices in
Europe, US,
Greater China and Japan. For more information please visit www.option.com.
Copyright ©2012 OPTION. All rights reserved. All product and company
names
herein may be (registered) trademarks or trade names.
Option trading update - derde kwartaal 2012:
http://hugin.info/133962/R/1652180/533242.pdf
Option trading update - third quarter 2012:
http://hugin.info/133962/R/1652180/533240.pdf
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