DENVER, August 28 /PRNewswire/ --

CEDIA EXPO 2007 -- Mitsubishi International Corporation and Firecomms
today announce that the companies are collaborating to provide a live
demonstration of a home network using Polymer Optical Fiber (POF) at CEDIA
Expo. Shown in a living room setting to emphasize the use of POF in the home,
the home network display will demonstrate the transmission of 100 Mb Ethernet
content across a network entirely comprised of POF.

"POF is an established medium in industrial and automobile networks due
to its high reliability in even the most rugged environments," says Hugh
Hennessy, Firecomms vice president of worldwide sales and marketing. "With
data rates of up to one Gigabit, and assured quality of service to every
device in the residence, POF is the most robust technology for 100 Mbps
Optical Ethernet and 250 Mbps Optical FireWire in the home. These features of
POF are especially advantageous for emerging IPTV implementations and other
triple play services."

POF provides numerous advantages to home builders, installers, content
providers, and consumers alike. With "garden hose" connectivity, POF is quick
and easy to terminate enabling it to be easily installed in the wall cavity,
along baseboards, under carpet, and -- due to its immunity to interference --
even next to electrical cabling, making its installation quicker and more
flexible and cost-effective than CAT5/CAT6.

Because it's optical, polymer fiber is completely immune to electrical
noise. That means existing copper wiring will not interfere with data passing
through POF, so it can even be installed next to electrical cabling. Even
other existing networks or wireless systems in the house cannot interfere
with data passing through the POF cable. This is very important for
multimedia data transmission, in which the quality of the signal could be
negatively impacted by external noise.

Troubleshooting is quick and easy as POF uses an eye-safe visible red
light. In fact, it's the only interconnect technology where the signal can be
seen at both ends.

Mitsubishi and Firecomms will demonstrate a POF home network using POF
cable provided by Mitsubishi Rayon Limited, a POF-enabled home gateway
provided by Motorola, an IP set-top box provided by Motorola, and Motorola
POF adapters that take advantage of Firecomms fiber optic transceivers.

Mitsubishi and Firecomms will present the demonstration on booth #872 at
CEDIA Expo in Denver, Colorado on September 6-9. Additional information about
POF can be found at http://www.POFNetworks.com.

About Mitsubishi International Corporation

Mitsubishi International Corporation (MIC), a wholly owned subsidiary of
Mitsubishi Corporation and a global leader in plastic optical fiber
technology, is a multi-industry trading and investment company with 13
locations across the United States. Leveraging a worldwide network of
international trading partners, the trading company conducts transactions in
a comprehensive range of businesses, including chemicals, information
technology, energy, metals, machinery and living essentials. MIC adds value
through the ability to finance and invest in the development of companies and
projects, as well as through expertise in providing the marketing, sourcing
and logistics services needed for businesses to succeed. Headquartered in New
York City, the company may be found on the web at
http://www.fiberoptic-plastic.com.

About Firecomms Ltd.

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.

The Ireland-based company leverages its ten years of photonics research
experience, optical expertise, and extensive IP portfolio to develop
cost-effective solutions for applications in which the use of glass fiber
optics is prohibitively expensive. Additional information about Firecomms is
available at http://www.firecomms.com.

Web site: http://www.fiberoptic-plastic.com
              http://www.POFNetworks.com
              http://www.firecomms.com