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San Jose, Calif. PRNewswire | April 29, 2003 —Sony Ericsson today announced that it will be working together with Aeris Communications, Inc. of San Jose - California, and Skybility of Carlsbad - California in an effort to promote the Aeris Digital MicroBurst® Technology and add this key functionality to its Rugged Module product family. The companies will jointly develop market programs for these Digital MicroBurst-enhanced products and provide an innovative migration solution for the Americas.
The focus of the collaboration is to bring to market products that will enable customers in the wide line-up of segments already using the Analog MicroBurst Technology to move to Digital Technologies such as CDMA, GSM, or TDMA, in a transparent fashion. From that point, and taking advantage of the inherent strengths in 2 and 2.5 G wireless digital communication, the three companies envision continued cooperation to develop service and product offerings targeted at enhancing the business value of wireless data communications to their customers.
"The cooperation with these market leaders, Aeris and Skybility, is initiated to address the migration needs from analog to digital technology for the vast customer base of the tremendously successful MicroBurst Standard in North America and parts of Latin America" says Anders Franzen, Corporate Vice President and Head of Sony Ericsson Machine-to-Machine (M2M) Communications Unit.
"Aeris MicroBurst Technology has become universally embraced as the lowest cost and most spectrum efficient network standard for the rapidly growing M2M market," said Dick Gossen, CEO of Aeris. "This collaboration brings together world class design, manufacturing, and industry expertise to help the market realize its full potential."
"This three way strategic cooperation leverages the technical and market strengths of each firm. From this agreement we will bring market driven M2M data communication technology that provides the migration path from Analog to Digital Control Channel Technology (CCT)," says Jan Vesseur, President and CEO of Skybility.
Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB offers mobile communications products for people who appreciate the possibilities of powerful technology. Established in 2001 by Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson and Sony Corporation, the joint venture continues to build on the success of its two innovative parent companies. Sony Ericsson creates value for its operator customers by bringing new ways of using multimedia communications while mobile. The company's management is based in London, and has 4,000 employees across the globe working on research, development, design, sales, marketing, distribution and support. For further information, please visit: www.SonyEricsson.com
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.
Skybility is a leading provider of embedded wireless data transceivers / modems for machine to machine communications since 1995. Skybility manufactures modules that support the following platforms; Control Channel (CCT), AMPS, GSM and TDMA-AMPS. The company will launch a CDMA-AMPS module in Q3, 2003. These modules are used in a wide variety of applications including asset tracking, automatic vehicle location, wireless back-up for security systems, and remote equipment monitoring. Skybility is located in Carlsbad, CA. part of southern California's dynamic Telecomm Valley. For more information visit www.skybility.biz
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