Close WindowCES Booths 5526 and 200, Las Vegas, NV | January 8, 2004 PRNewswire —Telcontar, the leading supplier of software and related services for location-based services (LBS), today announced its partnership with Aircept, a leading manufacturer and service provider for automatic vehicle location devices using the Aeris.net MicroBurst® network. The Telcontar and Aircept partnership combines the Aircept Mobile Location UnitT (MLU) hardware with the power of the Telcontar Universal Telematics ServerT (UTS), an automated Web and telephony service platform that enables consumers and enterprises to track and control their vehicles. Together, the integrated solution represents a breakthrough level of price, functionality and reliability that promises to greatly expand the overall market for telematics devices for the consumer aftermarket.
Clem Driscoll, Founder and Partner of Driscoll Wolfe Associates, commented on the announcement saying, "This partnering of two of the leading vendors confirms the telematics market by creating sustainable product solutions supported by clear market leaders. This is a strong sign that this market is maturing and ready for accelerated growth."
Said Ken Wiesner, CEO of Aircept, "Aircept is the market leader in the business segment of the telematics aftermarket, and this is the first time we have unbundled our hardware from our own services offering. We took this step because the match up of our hardware with Telcontar's UTS creates the compelling combination of price, functionality, reliability, convenience and scalability that is required to drive a mass consumer aftermarket for telematics systems. We are excited about this opportunity and look forward to working with a company of Telcontar's stature for the long term."
"Reliable, low-cost devices are one of the key enablers for our market," said Eric Carlson, President and CEO of Telcontar. "The Aircept MLU has been proven to be reliable and effective in over 80,000 installations to date using the Aeris.net network, and Telcontar is proud to support this device and network for our customers. In an emerging industry such as vehicle telematics, it is critical for leading vendors to find common ground and work together to build the overall market and provide the very best solutions possible for consumers. Telcontar and Aircept have both earned such leadership roles and we look forward to working with Aircept to grow this industry."
"As our market matures consumers and enterprises are demanding more reliable, cost effective and better solutions," said Dick Gossen, President of Aeris.net. "This combination of two of the strongest MicroBurst partners promises to expand our MicroBurst market further into vehicle tracking, notification and control applications."
The Aircept MLU is a control channel device that allows real-time location information including alarm data, speed information, direction of travel, starter disable and door unlock. Aircept's multi-capacity harness allows the user to capture additional information such as temperature, hours used, compartment openings and other customer critical information.
The Telcontar UTS "connects people to things", enabling users to be notified about, control or track the things that are important to them by providing an automated Web and telephony service platform. Businesses and their customers can be proactively notified via phone, pager or e-mail when a fixed or mobile asset is at risk. The fully automated system readily scales to support millions of users while maintaining speed and reliability.
The Aeris MicroBurst network combines the existing wireless and wireline infrastructures of wireless carriers with proprietary control channel technology to create a North American data network specifically optimized for M2M applications. MicroBurst compliant wireless modems provide reliable wireless data connectivity to remote devices. All data is routed through carrier SS7 networks to the Aeris.net Network Operations Center (NOC) where it is exchanged with the appropriate application solution provider.
The Telcontar and Aircept combined system can be seen at CES in the Telcontar booth, # 5526, and the Aircept booth, # 200.
Telcontar is a worldwide provider of the premier spatial software platform and services for LBS. Telcontar clients such as Yahoo!, Hutchison 3G, Criticom, Satronics, Rand McNally and ATX Technologies use its Televoke Universal Telematics Server, Drill Down Server, Rich Map Engine and Traffic Manager products to offer users asset or resource management, MSSC, real-time navigation and traffic, driving directions, roadside or emergency assistance and maps. Telcontar is privately held and headquartered in San Jose, California with field offices in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Houston, Detroit, Denver, Massachusetts and the United Kingdom. For more information, please visit www.telcontar.com
Founded in 1998 as Location Systems Technology, Aircept is a pioneer in the development of wireless asset management products and services. The combined power of GPS, the Internet, advanced IT infrastructure and its accessibility through any standard Web browser allows Aircept to provide highly accurate and cost effective services for tracking and monitoring throughout most of North America. Aircept is privately held and headquartered in Irvine, California. For more information, please visit http://www.aircept.com
Aeris Communications is 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 deploys MicroBurst technology across cellular service areas in the United States, Mexico, and Canada. 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 http://www.aeris.net or call 1-888-GO-AERIS within the United States.
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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