@Track Communications, Inc. Signs T&M Express, Inc. For HighwayMaster Series 5000, Five-Year Platinum Service Contract.Business Editors RICHARDSON, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 26, 2000 @Track Communications, Inc. (Nasdaq:ATRK), a leading provider of wireless-based vehicle fleet management and intelligent mobile asset-tracking solutions, today announced that T&M Express, Inc. has implemented the HighwayMaster(R) Series 5000 Solution across its fleet and signed a five-year contract for @Track's exclusive Platinum Service. Platinum Service is @Track's full-service fleet management solution that enables trucking companies to reap the benefits of state-of-the-art fleet management software and systems on a variable cost basis. The Platinum Service system utilizes an integrated database to provide dispatching, driver recruiting, rating and billing, accounts receivable, customer service, driver settlement/payroll, DOT compliance/driver logs, Rolling ETA(R), electronic data interchange (EDI), fuel management, vehicle maintenance, driver personnel management, safety/claims, and marketing modules. "In today's transportation industry, it is difficult to compete without a fully integrated fleet management system," said Bob LaMere, senior vice president of Transportation Systems for @Track Communications. "By combining mobile communications with Platinum Service, T&M Express is able to benefit from the latest technologies without significant start-up costs and unpredictable on-going maintenance and operational expenses. @Track's total solution enables them to concentrate on running their business more effectively." "We invested in the HighwayMaster-Platinum system to eliminate multiple data entries, reduce the amount of paperwork, increase internal and external communications, achieve maximum utilization of our equipment, and provide reports to better manage and continue to grow our company," said Melinda Morrison, co-owner/vice president of T&M Express, Inc. "We believe it meets our objectives and will be adaptable as our organization and the industry continue to evolve. Knowing that fully staffed customer support is available 24x7 to resolve arising issues helps us to run our business without costly downtime." @Track provides intelligent wireless mobile communications, emergency dispatch, fleet management and mobile-asset-tracking solutions. Its technology, currently covered by 38 issued U.S. and foreign patents and additional U.S. and international patents pending, combines wireless data and voice technologies with GPS satellite location capabilities for vehicle fleet management. The company's mobile asset product, TrackWare(TM), combines the technologies of GPS and wireless control channel messaging to track mobile assets. Tracy and Melinda Morrison started T&M Express, Inc. with one truck in 1991. The company has grown to 90 trucks, plus several owner operators, by exceeding the expectations of its customers and treating their drivers like people and not just numbers. T&M Express operates long-haul, local, flatbed and brokerage divisions from its base in Washington Court House Washington Court House, city (1990 pop. 12,983), seat of Fayette co., SW Ohio, on Paint Creek, in a productive farm, dairy, and poultry area; laid out and founded c.1810, inc. 1831. Its many manufactures include shoes, gloves, dairy products, and automobile and aircraft parts., Ohio, along with a terminal in Austin, Texas. The primary service area is the Mid-South and Southwest United States. Legal notice to investors: Certain matters discussed in this press release are "forward-looking statements" intended to qualify for the safe harbors from liability established by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements can generally be identified as such because the context of the statement will include words such as the Company "expects," "anticipates" or words of similar import. Similarly, statements that describe the Company's future plans, objectives or goals are also forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements generally involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other facts, which may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of the Company to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Such factors include, among others, the following: acceptance of product offerings and competition. For a listing of risks applicable to the future prospects of the Company, please refer to the reports filed with the SEC, such as recent 10-K and 10-Q Reports. "@Track Communications," and the red orb logotype are trademarks and service marks of @Track Communications, Inc. "HighwayMaster" and "Rolling ETA" are federally registered trademarks and service marks of @Track Communications, Inc. |
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