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Director, Marketing Communications Aeris.net
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SAN JOSE, Calif. September 27, 2004 —Aeris.net, the leading network provider for wireless machine-to-machine (M2M) communications services, announced today it has signed a new commercial service provider agreement with Preco Electronics, a leader in vehicle warning systems and customer electronic products.
Preco will use Aeris.net's MicroBurst® network, the largest M2M wireless network in the western hemisphere, as a key element of its new PreCise infoCELL ™ wireless vehicle tracking and management system targeted at the long-haul, commercial fleet, and heavy equipment markets. The PreCise infoCELL ™ system is designed to transmit such information as location, speed, direction, hours of operation and previous loss of power while the asset is on the road, using Aeris.net's MicroBurst network to carry the information.
"Adding an industry leader like Preco Electronics to our customer base further establishes Aeris.net as the industry leader in providing M2M network solutions to both the fleet management and asset tracking markets," said Robert Schoenfield, Senior Vice President of Business Development and Marketing for Aeris.net. "Preco brings Aeris additional visibility into the major trucking and heavy equipment manufacturing segments, which hold great potential for the continued growth of M2M technology.
"Aeris.net's MicroBurst network provides the core connectivity powering our new PreCise infoCELL ™ wireless vehicle tracking and management system," said Russ Fulcher, Preco Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Preco. "The ubiquitous coverage, reliable capacity and low cost of the MicroBurst network made it the perfect vehicle to transmit asset tracking data throughout the broad coverage area our customers demand."
As an industry leader in vehicle warning systems and custom electronic products, Preco Electronics has extensive experience in the product design, supply chain management and distribution of products to the heavy equipment sector, including: vehicle monitors, sensors, back-up alarms and controls for the off road construction equipment, heavy duty trucking, and the industrial equipment industries. For more information, please visit the company's web site at http://www.preco.com E-mail: sales@preco.com or call 1-800-453-1141.
Aeris.net is the leading provider of machine-to-machine wireless network services. Aeris.net has integrated all of the critical elements necessary - carriers, existing wireless and wireline infrastructures, applications, and proprietary two-way technologies - to create the MicroBurst network: the largest M2M wireless network in the western hemisphere. The MicroBurst network is deployed over the aggregated infrastructure of 30 North American wireless carriers, covers over 350 million people, and seamlessly operates anywhere there is cellular coverage within the United States, Canada, and Mexico. Today, Aeris.net provides service to over half a million devices ranging from security and alarm panels to trailer tracking products. For more information, please visit the company's web site at http:// www.aeris.net or call 888-Go-Aeris.
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