Close WindowSan Jose, Calif. | June 19, 2000 —Aeris.net announces an agreement with cellular carrier, Triton PCS, Inc., to deploy its patented MicroBurst™ service over the analog control channel of Triton's cellular network for machine-to-machine communications. The partnership will extend Aeris's wireless messaging service to new regions in South Carolina, Alabama, Kansas, Missouri, Oregon and Washington. Now Triton and Aeris customers will be able to develop and deploy wireless telemetry solutions throughout these territories. MicroBurst service enables web-to-wireless connectivity and control of intelligent devices for alarm and security, automated meter reading and asset management applications such as QUALCOMM's untethered TrailerTRAC.
Separately, Aeris announced additional commercial coverage in markets including Buffalo, New York; Albany, Georgia; Durango, Colorado; Reno and Sparks, Nevada; and Sacramento and Los Angeles California.
"Our mission is to provide our customers with the highest quality service possible," said Greg Jones, Triton's manager of Intercarrier Services. "By partnering with Aeris, we are able to offer our customers access to the most efficient and low-cost wireless data messaging service on the market."
"We selected Aeris.net's MicroBurst network for its low-cost structure and its use of the widespread cellular footprint," commented Dave Brandos, vice president of marketing for QUALCOMM's Wireless Business Solutions. "By adding the new markets provided by Triton and the commercial launch of critical markets such as Los Angeles, Reno and Sacramento, Aeris.net continues to provide us with a low-cost, high data integrity North American-wide network which is critical to the success of our terrestrial-based TrailerTRACS product."
"Our partnership with Triton reflects our commitment to provide MicroBurst developers with the most extensive coverage available," said Wade Vesey, vice president of sales and marketing for Aeris.net. "This agreement, combined with the commercial roll-out of important markets such as Los Angeles, truly makes Aeris.net's MicroBurst network the most complete wireless data service in North America."
Triton PCS is licensed to build and operate a digital wireless network in a contiguous area covering 13 million people in Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, northern Georgia and northeastern Tennessee. Since January, the company has launched service in 15 markets covering a population of 8.7 million people and plans to begin service in 18 additional markets by the end of the year.
QUALCOMM Incorporated (www.qualcomm.com) is a leader in developing and delivering innovative digital wireless communications products and services based on the Company's CDMA digital technology. The Company's business areas include integrated CDMA chipsets and system software; technology licensing; Eudora?email software for Windows?and Macintosh?computing platforms; and satellite-based systems including OmniTRACS?and portions of the Globalstar?system. QUALCOMM owns patents, which are essential to all of the CDMA wireless telecommunications standards that have been adopted or proposed for adoption by standards-setting bodies worldwide. QUALCOMM has licensed its essential CDMA patent portfolio to more than 75 telecommunications equipment manufacturers worldwide. Headquartered in San Diego, Calif., QUALCOMM is included in the S&P 500 Index and is a 1999 FORTUNE 500?company traded on the Nasdaq under the ticker symbol QCOM.
Except for the historical information contained herein, this news release contains forward-looking statements that are subject to risks and uncertainties, including timely product development, the Company's ability to successfully manufacture significant quantities of CDMA or other equipment on a timely and profitable basis, and those related to performance guarantees, change in economic conditions of the various markets the Company serves, as well as the other risks detailed from time to time in the Company's SEC reports, including the report on Form 10-K for the year ended September 26, 1999, and most recent Form 10-Q.
Aeris.net, headquarted in San Jose, California, develops and implements technologies that enable the wireless connectivity and control of remote intelligent devices. Aeris.net leverages the ubiquity of existing cellular networks, the tremendous power of the Internet, and the manufacturing might of the cellular handset industry to provide a cost-effective, wireless data link to an expanding host of fixed and mobile telemetry applications. Aeris.net's mission is to unlock the potential of the embedded intelligence in countless devices by providing the leading global network solution for Web-accessible, wireless, machine-to-machine communications.
Aeris currently has contracts to deploy MicroBurst technology in over 97 percent of cellular service areas in the United States and 100 percent of Canada and Mexico. Initial applications include vehicle position and condition reporting, security and equipment monitoring, and utility meter reading. For more information on Aeris.net, call 408/557-1900 or visit the Aeris.net Web site at www.aeris.net.
MicroBurst™ is a trademark of Aeris.net, Inc. Aeris is a registered trademark of Aeris.net. All other company or product names are trademarks of their respective holders.
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