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Option N.V. (Euronext: OPTI, OPIN.BR), the wireless technology company, today announced that Mobitel, has chosen Option's GlobeTrotter FUSION as the new data card to further extend their broadband wireless data solutions to the corporate market. The data card will be supplied and supported by Option's partner for Slovenia Xenya.

Mobitel is the national mobile telecommunications carrier in Slovenia. The total number of Mobitel networks users in 2004 was 1,476,499; 700,012 being Mobitel GSM/UMTS subscribers, 647,827 Mobi prepaid users, 40,762 Mobitel NMT subscribers and 87,898 Debitel subscribers. The company operates 2.5 G, 3G and Wi-Fi networks. In selecting Option's GlobeTrotter FUSION data card they can provide the corporate market with a fast, simple and secure mobile data solution across all mobile networks.

Xenya is distributor and system integrator of communications and high end computing systems and equipment, including wireless G3/GSM terminal equipment, wired, wireless and optical computer networking equipment, servers and server clusters and storage solutions. For all distributed products, Xenya provides user level support and maintenance services.

On a 3G network the GlobeTrotter Fusion enables broadband connection to the internet at data speeds of up to 384kbps. Move into a range of public WiFi hotspot, the corporate WLAN or your home wireless network and the GlobeTrotter Fusion provides connection at speeds up to 54Mbps. In areas where 3G or WiFi services are not available GlobeTrotter Fusion still ensures reliable and secure data connection over the widely available GPRS services. Option's GlobeTrotter Mobility Manager software enables users of the card to have fast, simple and easy access to wireless data whilst hiding from the user the complexity of underlying wireless 3G UMTS, GPRS and WLAN technologies. In conjunction with Option's mobile IP solution the mobile user will be able to seamlessly roam between access technologies 3G/WLAN/2G with automatic authentication using GlobeTrotter Fusion's inbuilt support for PC Smart Card and EAP-SIM.