Close WindowSan Jose, Calif. | April 28, 2003 —At the invitation of the CTIA (Cellular Telecommunications and Internet Association), Aeris.net becomes the latest member of its Wireless Internet Caucus Leadership Council. The Leadership Council identifies, defines and prioritizes the impediments facing the wireless industry and assembles action teams of WIC members to address and remove them, setting the wireless Internet Industry's agenda and providing it with a roadmap. Aeris, a leading network services provider for fixed and mobile wireless M2M solutions, will represent that segment of the industry.
"Aeris has been serving the mobile telematics and fixed telemetry space for over four years," said Mark Desautels, CTIA's Vice President Wireless Internet Development. "Their customers include entrepreneurial and Fortune 500 companies with commercial wireless products, ranging from home and business security monitoring to stolen vehicle recovery. Aeris will provide the Council with insight to help expand the growth of wireless M2M solutions."
Representing Aeris will be Mark Chiarelli, Vice President Operations and Carrier Relations. Chiarelli has over twenty years of experience in information technology, networking, telecommunications and wireless, including strategic planning, design and implementation of cutting edge systems. Prior to joining Aeris, Chiarelli was CTO of Paradigm4 in charge of development and delivery of wireless applications and carrier network services. Before that, as Director, Data System Quality for AT&T's Wireless Data Division, he was responsible for the construction and system quality of AT&T's first wireless packet data service.
"Aeris is honored to be working with industry leading companies to help facilitate enterprise adoption of wireless data products and services," commented Mark Chiarelli. "We are looking forward to helping influence the roadmap for wireless machine-to-machine applications and solutions."
CTIA is the international association for the wireless telecommunications industry, representing carriers, manufacturers and wireless Internet providers. CTIA's Wireless Internet Caucus (WIC) was created to provide the wireless Internet industry with the unifying force it needs to foster wireless ecosystem development and, thus, accelerate market acceptance. The mission of the WIC is to drive the growth of the wireless Internet industry in the United States through the identification and removal of impediments to the marketplace by addressing the key business and technical issues facing it. It also serves as a rallying point for wireless Internet companies on public policy issues of importance to the wireless community.
For more information about CTIA's Wireless Internet Caucus, please visit http://www.wow-com.com/wic/.
Aeris.net, headquartered in San Jose, Calif., provides web-to-wireless connectivity and control for a broad array of fixed and mobile telemetry applications using its proprietary MicroBurst® technology. MicroBurst employs the control channel infrastructure of cellular networks as a robust transmission medium to achieve low cost and ubiquitous data coverage. Aeris.net deploys MicroBurst technology across cellular service areas in the United States, Mexico, Canada and much of South America. Initial applications include vehicle tracking and alarm reporting, security and equipment monitoring, and utility meter reading. For more information, please visit the company's web site at www.aeris.net or call 1-888-GO-AERIS within the United States.
MicroBurst® and VBurst™ are trademarks 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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