Avnet Electronics Marketing Americas Becomes Distributor for Quectel

Cellular connectivity. It’s no longer just a convenience; it’s essential in both business and personal communications. Avnet Electronics Marketing Americas, a business region of Avnet, Inc. (NYSE: AVT), is helping to bring cellular connectivity to devices through its distribution agreement with global manufacturer of wireless machine-to-machine (M2M) communications modules, Quectel Wireless Solutions. Avnet will now offer Quectel’s line of cellular communications solutions and GPS modules to customers in the Americas.

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Quectel is a leading global supplier of GSM/GPRS, UMTS/HSPA/LTE and GNSS modules for markets including automotive, smart metering, wireless POS and security. The company’s cellular modules allow remote devices to access the Internet or Cloud. Key features of the company’s products are small form factor, low power consumption, ease of integration, long-term availability and suitability for harsh environments.

“The three most dreaded words in the M2M connectivity world are ‘out of range,’” said Alex Iuorio, senior vice president, supplier management and business development for Avnet Electronics Marketing Americas. “Bringing Quectel’s innovative cellular modules to customers in the Americas will enable Avnet to support growing demand for sophisticated wireless devices, including advancing M2M and Internet of Things applications, and excise these words from the M2M user’s lexicon.”

“Working with Avnet Electronics Marketing Americas is a significant step for Quectel in its effort to better serve the Americas market,” said Patrick Qian, CEO of Quectel Wireless Solutions. “Avnet is ideally positioned to service the large and growing market of M2M solution providers as well as companies adding Internet of Things (IoT) capabilities to their products. Quectel is confident that this is the right partnership to help build on its already strong reputation as a leading M2M module supplier in the Americas.”

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About Quectel

Quectel Wireless Solutions is a leading global provider of GSM/GPRS, UMTS/HSPA and GNSS modules. Leveraging Quectel’s strong R&D capabilities, comprehensive expertise, wide variety of high quality products and consistent philosophy of putting the customer’s demands at the forefront, Quectel has established itself as a reliable and trusted provider of wireless modules since its establishment. Quectel modules can be ideally suitable for any M2M applications from VTS to Smart Metering, to Wireless POS, to Security, to AMR and other application fields. For more information, visit http://www.quectel.com/.

About Avnet Electronics Marketing

Avnet Electronics Marketing is an operating group of Phoenix-based Avnet, Inc. that serves electronic original equipment manufacturers (EOEMs) and electronic manufacturing services (EMS) providers in more than 80 countries, distributing electronic components and embedded systems from leading manufacturers and providing associated design-chain, supply-chain and value-added integration services. The group's website is located at www.em.avnet.com.

About Avnet, Inc.

Avnet, Inc. (NYSE: AVT), a Fortune 500 company, is one of the largest distributors of electronic components, computer products and embedded technology serving customers globally. Avnet accelerates its partners' success by connecting the world's leading technology suppliers with a broad base of customers by providing cost-effective, value-added services and solutions. For the fiscal year ended June 28, 2014, Avnet generated revenue of $27.5 billion. For more information, visit www.avnet.com.