Close WindowSAN JOSE, Calif. | Febuary 22, 2001 —Aeris.net, a dominant provider of web-to-wireless, machine-to-machine communications services, and PeopleNet Communications Corp.©, a leader in Internet-based vehicle location and mobile communications solutions to the transportation industry today announced an agreement that will provide PeopleNet customers with hourly updates to GPS location data via Aeris.net's MicroBurst® wireless telemetry network
"PeopleNet is excited to be using Aeris.net's telemetry network with our Internet-based communications architecture", said Ron Konezny, chief technology officer at PeopleNet. "After exhaustive testing, we conclude that Aeris's MicroBurst network service provides the most robust and dependable communications services fleets demand. By leveraging Aeris.net technology with our solutions, trucking companies will gain a new and powerful tool in hourly updates—a tool that will allow them to reduce costs and better manage their fleets."
Aeris.net's network will provide back-end connectivity and telemetry support to PeopleNet's base of trucking customers throughout the United States and Canada. By using Aeris's data messaging infrastructure, PeopleNet's customers gain the ability to receive frequent, affordable and real-time updates on their fleets' locations.
"By combining Aeris.net technologies with the power of the Internet and existing cellular networks, companies that need to manage mobile assets have an extremely powerful, yet low-cost solution at their fingertips," said Wade Vesey, vice president of marketing at Aeris.net. "PeopleNet's utilization of the MicroBurst network is an exciting innovation that will help fleet managers increase efficiency and improve their bottom lines."
Headquartered in Minneapolis, MN, PeopleNet Communications Corporation is a leading provider of advanced, Internet-based vehicle locating and mobile communications systems for the transportation industry. Today, PeopleNet provides services for hundreds of fleets throughout the United States and Canada through its Intouch Fleet Management' solutions. The company's unique over-the-air-programming (OTAP) technology allows customers to receive system updates without taking vehicles off the road, wasting precious time and money. For more information about PeopleNet, call 888-346-3486, e-mail info@peoplenetonline.com or visit www.PeopleNetOnline.com.
Aeris.net, headquartered in San Jose, Calif., provides web-to-wireless connectivity and control for a broad array of short-packet signaling and messaging services using its proprietary MicroBurst utility. MicroBurst technology employs the control channel infrastructure of the cellular network as a transmission medium to achieve low cost of service and ubiquitous coverage. Aeris.net currently has contracts deploying MicroBurst technology in cellular service areas in the United States, Mexico and Canada. Initial applications include vehicle position and condition reporting, security and equipment monitoring and utility meter reading. For more information on Aeris.net, please visit the company's Web site at www.aeris.net or call 888-Go-Aeris.
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. Intouch Fleet Management and OTAP are trademarks of PeopleNet Communications Corp.
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