Firecomms, Ltd. CEO Declan O'Mahoney Re-elected to 1394 Trade Association 2005 Board of Directors

CORK, Ireland, Feb. 3, 2005 -- Declan O'Mahoney, the chief executive officer of Firecomms, Ltd., has been re-elected to the 1394 Trade Association's 2005 board of directors.

O'Mahoney was re-elected for the second time, and will serve along with eight other industry representatives on the board. He first joined the 1394 TA board in 2003.

Other members include Eric Anderson of Apple Computer, who is chairman, and Max Bassler of Molex Inc., who is vice chair. Dave Thompson of Agere Systems was re-elected secretary, and Jalil Oraee of Oxford Semiconductor (Britain) will continue as financial officer. Other re-elected members are Sam Liu of Newnex and Jong-Wook Park of Samsung Electronics (Korea). Elected to the board for the first time in 2005 are Michael Scholles of Fraunhofer IPMS (Germany), and Peter Johansson, Congruent Software. Johansson will serve as editor and chief technology officer.

O'Mahoney has been active on various 1394 Trade Association committees, serving as the first chair of the Residential Networking Work Group, which was formed in late 2003, and as a member of the 1394 Automotive Work Group and the Cables/Connectors Work Group. He also has been an active participant in the Trade Association's marketing programs, and has served as a primary speaker at various trade events including POF World and Net@Home, the prestigious European home networking conference.

"I'm looking forward to working hard to move the 1394 technology forward in 2005," he said. "There is significant momentum in the consumer electronics sector, with new 1394-equipped HDTVs, DVD recorders, and many other exciting products. I also expect major steps forward in automotive applications using 1394."

Firecomms, a compound semiconductor company, develops high-speed light sources in visible range wavelengths. Firecomms' lasers and LEDs provide the groundwork that will revolutionize optical data communications for small area networks, such as in-car networks and home networks. Firecomms' low power visible lasers unleash the potential for advances in medical devices, barcode scanners, and optical storage devices. For more information www.firecomms.com