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February 2001
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Aeris.net and PeopleNet Communications make GPS location hourly updates possible
San Jose, Calif., Feb. 21, 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.
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."
About PeopleNet
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(TM) solutions. The company's unique over-the-air-programming (OTAP(TM)) technology allows customers to receive system updates without taking vehicles off the road, wasting precious time and money.
About Aeris.net
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 98% of the United States and all of Mexico and
Canada. Initial applications include vehicle position and condition reporting,
security and equipment monitoring and utility meter reading.
For details visit http://www.peoplenetonline.com/.
http://www.aeris.net/
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