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NEWS RELEASE Dacy Yee REDSonic, Inc. Tel: (949) 833-9679 ext. 133 E-mail: dyee@redsonic.com FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE REDSonic Aligns with New Level Telecom to Meet Embedded Linux Demands in Korea SANTA ANA, Calif., - November 12, 2001 - REDSonic, Inc., a leader in real-time Linux solutions for the embedded market, today announced its strategic partnership with New Level Telecom (NL Telecom) for the distribution and support of REDSonic's real-time embedded Linux solutions. Under the terms of the agreement, NL Telecom will be a licensed distributor of REDICE-Linux™, RED-Builder™, RED-Probe™, secure gateway, thin-client, set-top-box, and IA solutions, in South Korea. NL Telecom's engineering team will provide technical support, training, and product installation for REDSonic's real-time embedded Linux solutions. NL Telecom and REDSonic will begin hosting embedded Linux training seminars in Seoul beginning early next year. These training sessions will focus on the technical aspects of creating and deploying solutions utilizing real-time embedded Linux and development tools. For NL Telecom, the partnership will allow the company to expand its role in the quickly evolving embedded Linux market. "The development of embedded Linux IA solutions is expanding at an exponential rate in the Korean marketplace and we see ourselves as key players within this market," said Jin Yu, international business manager at NL Telecom. "The flexibility of REDSonic's real-time Linux technology, REDICE-Linux, and its powerful embedded Linux development tool, RED-Builder, will enable us to expand our leadership role. By collaborating with REDSonic, we can offer embedded software solutions that significantly decrease time-to-market and lower total development costs for embedded developers in South Korea." >From REDSonic's point-of-view, the partnership further solidifies its market share in Asia while also fulfilling the growing demand for powerful embedded Linux solutions in Asia. "Our newly established relationship with NL Telecom complements REDSonic's comprehensive Asia-Pacific sales strategy. REDSonic now has a presence in all major Asia-Pacific countries, including China, Korea, Japan, Taiwan, and Singapore," said Kevin Tobin, REDSonic's director of sales. "REDSonic welcomes NL Telecom as a valued strategic partner and distributor to meet the rapidly growing embedded Linux market in South Korea." About New Level Telecom New Level Telecom provides total development solutions for South Korea's communications industry. With a comprehensive portfolio of specific vertical market software-integrated hardware expertise, NL Telecom is the leading provider of emulation and debugging tools in South Korea. The company offers development tools, technical support, and consultation for the 68K, CPU32, ColdFire, M.CORE, MPC8xx, 82xx, 5xx, 6xx, 7xx, 4xx, MIPS, Hitachi, ARM, and Intel XScale microprocessor families. For more information, call +82-2-813-7474 or visit www.nltelecom.com. About REDSonic, Inc. REDSonic, Inc. is a leader in total real-time Linux solutions for both embedded and server systems markets. With its headquarters in Santa Ana, Calif., and offices in Taiwan, China, and Singapore, REDSonic offers a complete integrated development environment (IDE) that includes REDICE-Linux, a real-time Linux kernel, and builder tools to develop embedded systems. The company also provides professional services, including training, support, porting, and custom-application development. For more information, please visit www.redsonic.com or call 949-833-9679. ###