Company to leverage leading university's advanced wireless development IRVING, Texas, May 14
IRVING, Texas, May 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- EFJ, Inc. (Nasdaq: EFJI)
announced today that it has entered into a partnership with Virginia
Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech). The partnership
calls for the company to engage Virginia Tech to pursue advanced wireless
development.
"Virginia Tech is one of the finest engineering schools in the country,
and is well known for its Wireless@VT Center for Wireless Telecommunications,"
said Michael Jalbert, chairman and chief executive officer of EFJ, Inc. "We
expect Virginia Tech to help advance and accelerate our understanding of
software defined radio (SDR) and SDR based radio interoperability."
Added Dr. Charles W. Bostian, an alumni distinguished professor at
Virginia Tech and a member of its Bradley Department of Electrical and
Computer Engineering, "EFJ is one of the longest tenured and best known names
in the wireless industry, and we are pleased to be associated with them."
About Wireless@VT
Officially launched in June 2006, with seed money from the university's
Institute for Critical Technology and Applied Science (ICTAS), Wireless @
Virginia Tech (W@VT) brings together researchers, facilities, equipment, and
expertise from many disciplines throughout the university to create a
comprehensive solution for wireless challenges. One of the largest university
wireless research groups in the United States, W@VT encompasses numerous
centers, groups, and laboratories, including the world renowned Mobile and
Portable Radio Research Group (MPRG), DSP Research Lab, Wireless Microsystems
Lab, Center for Wireless Telecommunications (CWT), VLSI for Telecommunications
(VTVT), and Virginia Tech Antenna Group (VTAG). The research group consists of
over 30 faculty members whose technical expertise ranges from communications
to networks, and more than 100 graduate students focused on wireless.
About EFJ, Inc.
Headquartered in Irving, Texas, EFJ, Inc. focuses on innovating,
developing and marketing the highest quality secure communications solutions
to organizations whose mission is to protect and save lives. The Company's
customers include first responders in public safety and public service, the
federal government, and industrial organizations. The Company's products are
marketed under the EFJohnson, 3e Technologies International, and Transcrypt
International trade names. For more information, visit http://www.efji.com.
Safe Harbor
Certain matters discussed in this press release constitute forward-looking
statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act
of 1995. These forward-looking statements are subject to certain risks and
uncertainties that could cause the actual results, performance or achievements
to differ materially from those expressed, suggested or implied by the
forward-looking statements due to a number of risk factors including, but not
limited to, the level of demand for EFJ's products and services, reliance on
contract manufacturers, the timely procurement of necessary manufacturing
components, implementation of application software, successful integration of
the system components, dependence on continued funding of governmental agency
programs, general economic and business conditions, and other risks detailed
in EFJ's reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including
its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the period ended December 31, 2007 and in
the company's subsequent filings with the SEC. These forward-looking
statements are made as of the date of this press release and EFJ undertakes no
obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a
result of new information, future events, or otherwise. Readers are cautioned
not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements.
SOURCE EFJ, Inc.
