@Road, PinPoint Sign Exclusive Canadian Distribution Agreement; PinPoint to Sell @Road Internet-Based Fleet Management Service in Canada.FREMONT, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 11, 1999-- @Road(TM) Inc. Thursday announced it has signed an exclusive distribution agreement with PinPoint Fleet Services Ltd. to market the @Road FleetASAP(SM) fleet management service in Canada. @Road is a leading Internet information services See IIS. company that delivers location-specific e-commerce solutions to the mobile workforce and the communities they serve. PinPoint will sell the @Road fleet management service through its network of independent wireless data communications dealers based in key CDPD (Cellular Digital Packet Data) A low-speed, digital, wireless data network that is an enhancement to an existing analog cellular network. Based on IBM's CelluPlan II, CDPD provides a packet overlay onto the AMPS network and moves data at 19. markets within the Canadian provinces of British Columbia, Alberta and Saskatchewan. A privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. based in Calgary, Alberta, PinPoint specializes in providing automatic vehicle location See mobile positioning. (AVL (Automatic Vehicle Location) See mobile positioning. ) solutions for the small-to-large-size fleet operator. "This agreement enables both @Road and PinPoint to capitalize on the fleet industry's pent-up demand for Web- and wireless-enabled services in Canada. "Our fleet management service, FleetASAP, is already providing thousands of U.S. subscribers a cost-effective way to manage their mobile assets, and we're confident the service will be embraced with the same enthusiam by fleet owners around the world as we expand our service offering into international CDPD markets," said Krish Panu, @Road president and chief executive officer. Using the @Road patented technology that integrates the Global Positioning System Global Positioning System: see navigation satellite. Global Positioning System (GPS) Precise satellite-based navigation and location system originally developed for U.S. military use. (GPS), wireless data networks and the Internet, FleetASAP affords businesses of all sizes a cost-effective, complete turnkey solution for fleet location, monitoring, dispatch and messaging. A Web-based service, FleetASAP requires no expensive systems to buy or complex software to learn. All subscribers need is a PC with Internet access, plus FleetASAP's pre-programmed in-vehicle equipment. "We are excited about the early response we are getting for @Road's service from our customer and dealer base, and from the Canadian wireless data carriers such as TELUS TELUS Telemetric Universal Sensor Mobility," said PinPoint President Jan Burwell. "FleetASAP is a great example of a business-critical application that can be provided over wireless data networks and the Internet and we're delighted to provide this valuable service to Canadian fleet operators." About @Road Inc. @Road is a leading Internet information services company that delivers location-specific e-commerce solutions to the mobile workforce and the communities they serve. FleetASAP(SM), powered by @Road, is the first of these solutions, offering fleet management through the Internet -- anywhere, anytime. @Road is a privately held corporation Noun 1. privately held corporation - a corporation owned by a few people; shares have no public market close corporation, closed corporation, private corporation with headquarters in Fremont. For more information, visit the @Road Web site at www.atroad.com. Not to editors: @Road, the @Road logo, FleetASAP, iLM1000 and iDT2000 are trademarks and/or service marks of @Road Inc. |
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