Leuven, Belgium – July 31, 2006 – Option N.V. (Euronext: OPTI; ADR OPNVY), the wireless technology company, today announced participation in the Avondale Partner’s 2006 Small Cap Internet, Tech & Communications Conference in San Francisco:
tWhen: Thursday 10th of August 2006
tWhere: Omni Hotel – San Francisco
Option: Presentation at 12.40pm represented by Frederic Convent – Chief Financial Officer
This highly focused forum is designed to bring together institutional investors and industry executives from 26 companies participating in the eCommerce, Communications and Internet Security / Data Analytics industries.
Interested institutional parties can register for the group meeting or the one-on-one cessions on-line via www.avondalepartnersllc.com/about/conference_techComm20060810.asp .
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, amongst which PC data cards, residential gateways, wireless routers and laptop embedded modules. Option, with its global market leadership of 32% as per recent industry research, has built up an enviable reputation for creating exciting products that enhance the performance and functionality of wireless communications with partners such as Vodafone, Orange, T Mobile, Telefonica, Cingular Wireless and Acer. The company posted fourteen quarters in row positive earnings. Option’s headquarters are in Leuven, Belgium. The company has Research & Development in Leuven, a Software and Applications development centre in Adelsried (Germany), a Wireless Router development centre in Stockholm (Sweden) and an ISO 9002 production engineering and logistics facility in Cork, Ireland.
Hyperlink with last week’s Q2 + 1H 2006 earnings release: www.option.com/MFiles/20060727_EarningsQ2_2006_UK.pdf
For more information please contact:
Frederic Convent, CFO Option Tel + 32 (0) 16 317 411, E-mail: investor@option.com
Avondale Partners is an institutional investment banking firm; more information can be found on avondalepartnersllc.com