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Avnet RF & Microwave Signs Distribution 
Agreement with Universal Microwave Corp.

    Universal Microwave is a world leader in VCO technology specializing in the development and manufacture of high-performance signal sources for wireless handsets and infrastructure applications. Universal Microwave's VCO modules support a wide range of wireless markets from 10MHz to over 6GHz including: ISM bands, Spread Spectrum, GSM, AMPS, TDMA, CDMA, PCS, MMDS and WLL.

    "Its wide product offering combined with its ability to move fast on customer-specific opportunities is what makes Universal Microwave attractive to us," said Joel Levine, president of Avnet RF & Microwave.

    "Additionally, Universal's broad product offering and responsiveness will support our mission to support a customer base that addresses many diverse applications. Our experienced field sales engineering team, plus Avnet Microwave Technical Solutions value-added capabilities, will make this a winning combination for Avnet RF & Microwave, Universal Microwave, and more importantly, our customers." 

    "In today's market, you can't rely on technology leadership alone to sustain strong market presence," according to Universal Microwave President David Lyle. "We believe that customer service is just as important, if not more critical. It doesn't matter how great your technology is, if it's hard to buy and not in stock then people will look elsewhere for options.

    "We are determined to give our customers every advantage, with outstanding performance, competitive prices and on-time deliveries. Our alliance with Avnet RF is a tremendous step in providing this kind of service to our customers."

    Avnet RF & Microwave is a specialized business unit of Avnet Electronics Marketing and is currently the distribution market leader in the sale of components to the wireless electronics industry.

    Avnet RF & Microwave offers a technical selling organization, value-added services including parametric testing, hybrid assembly and design, cable assembly, evaluation boards, die handling, thin film assembly services, hi-rel processing and wireless design services through Avnet Design Services' Bluetooth lab. The Avnet RF & Microwave Web site is located at www.avnetRF.com

    Avnet Electronics Marketing is the largest operating group of Phoenix-based Avnet Inc. (NYSE: AVT), a Fortune 500 company and one of the world's largest technology marketing and services companies. Avnet Electronics Marketing distributes semiconductors, interconnect, passive and electromechanical components from leading manufacturers.

    The company markets, inventories and adds value to these products and provides world-class supply-chain management and engineering design services. Avnet EM serves customers in 63 countries. The company's Web site is located at www.avnet.com.

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              Avnet Inc., Phoenix
            Jan Jurcy, Public Relations Director
            480/643-7642