arm of Telit Communications PLC, announced today the appointment of six wireless industry leaders to guide the launch of the company’s operations and sales force in South America. Telit will begin manufacturing the company’s innovative M2M modules in São Paulo, Brazil, in August 2008.

“Brazil is one of the fastest-growing wireless markets,” said Oozi Cats, CEO Telit Communications PLC. “With the appointment of experienced leadership executives combined with the company’s innovative technology, Telit will quickly become a major player in the South American M2M industry.”

The Telit Brazil executive leadership team will be led by former Siemens Wireless Modules Customer Manager and Strategic Marketing Consultant Marcos Kinzkowski. As General Director of Telit Brazil, Kinzkowski will lead Telit’s regional sales force. His expert knowledge of the Brazilian wireless market and established operator and integrator relationships will play an integral role in introducing Telit’s M2M technology to the South American marketplace. Additional Telit Brazil team members who will report directly to Kinzkowski are listed below.

Ivan Braz - Serving as Regional Director of Manufacturing, Operations and Logistics, Braz recently served as Business Unit Manager at Jabil Circuit Inc. where he was responsible for directing the company’s mobile phone and telecommunication equipment manufacturing units. At Jabil, Braz oversaw over $30 million in company assets and operations across Brazil, and at Telit, he will play a vital role in establishing the company’s South American operations with the same high quality standards as Telit worldwide.

Wireless expert Hamilton Marques da Silva joins Telit Brazil as Head Field Applications Engineer. Previously, he was Senior Product and Test Engineer at Siemens where he was responsible for network interoperability tests of GSM products, meeting specifications and ensuring functionality and quality for Brazilian and other Latin American network operators. Marques da Silva has held similar high-level engineering posts at VTC Vitelcom América, Nortel Networks do Brazil and Ericsson, and will serve as an expert to speed Telit module’s through network certifications in South America.

Anderson Benino will serve as Regional Sales Manager for Telit Brazil, joining the company from his previous position as a Commercial Sales Manager at Siemens Wireless Modules. Benino has held executive sales posts at several major telecommunications companies in Brazil, including Embratel and Terra Networking. His understanding of the market and valuable relationships coupled with his expertise as a telecommunications engineer will assist in establishing Telit’s sales channels in Brazil.

Joining Telit Brazil from Siemens as Regional Finance Manager is Ricardo Stefanato Buranello. At Siemens, Buranello was a Finance Coordinator responsible for a $30 million business unit.

And serving as Regional Sales Director for Telit Brazil is Diogo Sae, an up-and-coming M2M communications expert. Sae was recruited and participated in Siemens’ Top Talent program in 2006; he then served as a Sales Engineer and Application Engineer prior to joining Telit’s team.

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