FCI Recognized for Excellence with Award from Huawei

ETTERS, P.A. (November 12, 2008)- FCI, a leading manufacturer of connectors and interconnect systems, was named by Huawei as the 2008 Excellent Core Partner award recipient. Huawei is a world-leading telecom solutions provider focused on building long-term partnerships with telecom operators.Pierre Vareille, CEO of FCI and Pete Curwen (VP & GM FCI Electronics

Huawei recognized the connector supplier for its successful relationship with FCI's multi-level and multi-functional team. Huawei and FCI

collaborated on several projects in the past year including the developmentof a 10Gb/ps backplane connector using FCI's popular Airmax® technology.The success of this project resulted in widespread use of Airmax in Huawei equipment.

Using more than 20 connectors from FCI's recently developed ZipLine high-density product line on one backplane, Huawei was able to complete a reliability assessment on daughter card connectors with increased insertion

force.

Other projects included the development of E1/T1 and VDSL I/O connectors and a fiber- optic backplane connector.

For more information about FCI and its products, contact FCI at 825 Old Trail Road, Etters, PA 17319-7883; call 800-237-2374, email at

electronics.us@fciconnect.com or visit FCI on the web at www.fci.com.