@Road Announces Commercial Deployment of Mobile Resource Management Solution for Waste Management.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers FREMONT, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 19, 2002 @Road(R) (Nasdaq:ARDI ARDI Association Rwandaise pour la Promotion du Développement Intégré (French) ARDI Accounts Receivable Dollar Inventory ARDI Action Rwandaise pour le Developpement Integre ARDI Annually Renewable Disability Income ), a leading provider of location-enhanced wireless Internet solutions for mobile resource management (MRM MRM Marketing Resource Management MRM Mobile Resource Management MRM Metabolic Response Modifiers MRM Multiple Reaction Monitoring (mass spectrometry) MRM Mormonism Research Ministry MRM Mechanically Recovered Meat ), today announced that Waste Management has selected @Road as its preferred supplier partner for the deployment of an enterprise-wide mobile resource management solution. Under the deployment plan, Waste Management districts across the country are authorized to purchase @Road MRM services. Waste Management evaluated a number of alternatives prior to selecting @Road as its primary mobile resource management services provider. During the evaluation process, @Road and Waste Management collaborated to conduct a detailed pilot program, which currently includes over 1,000 @Road subscribers. The @Road solution is built on the same LocationSmart(SM) technology platform that currently services the company's 77,000 North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. subscribers. The platform delivers subscriber productivity data and operations-level business intelligence through the seamless integration An addition of a new application, routine or device that works smoothly with the existing system. It implies that the new feature or program can be installed and used without problems. Contrast with "transparent," which implies that there is no discernible change after installation. of global positioning systems, wireless data communications data communications, application of telecommunications technology to the problem of transmitting data, especially to, from, or between computers. In popular usage, it is said that data communications make it possible for one computer to "talk" with another. , internet technologies and a highly reliable application hosting infrastructure. With the platform's application programming interfaces, customer applications can communicate easily with @Road databases, yielding integrated data reports and business metrics on demand. Waste Management and @Road also successfully tested the @Road two-way text messaging Sending short messages to a smartphone, pager, PDA or other handheld device. Text messaging implies sending short messages generally no more than a couple of hundred characters in length. service option. As incorporated into the deployment program, the text messaging service enables two-way communications between any authorized user authorized user Radiation physics A person who, having satisfied the applicable training and experience requirements, is granted authority to order radioactive material and accepts responsibility for its safe receipt, storage, use, transfer and disposal of the service and any mobile worker, such as for dynamic routing The ability for a router to forward data via a different route based on the current conditions of the communications circuits. For example, it can adjust for overloaded traffic or failing lines and is much more flexible than static routing, which uses a fixed forwarding path. due to schedule changes or to facilitate emergency roadside assistance. "This selection by Waste Management enhances the position of @Road as one of the leading service providers in a market that is poised for accelerated growth," said Dr. Alfonso Corredor, industry analyst at Frost & Sullivan. Frost & Sullivan is currently researching the commercial telematics market and has found that addressing the needs of customers in a number of vertical markets is an important competitive factor for the industry. "Increased penetration of a market segment like waste management services provides a challenge to the competitors of @Road," concluded Dr. Corredor. "We are very pleased to announce the successful transition of Waste Management from the pilot phase to commercial deployment of our services," said Krish Panu, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of @Road. "This relationship further supports our belief that the @Road LocationSmart technology platform is a critical tool for improving the efficiency of mobile service organizations in a number of different industries," concluded Mr. Panu. About Waste Management Inc. Waste Management Inc. is its industry's leading provider of comprehensive waste management services. Based in Houston, Texas “Houston” redirects here. For other uses, see Houston (disambiguation). Houston (pronounced /'hjuːstən/) is the largest city in the state of Texas and the , the company serves municipal, commercial, industrial and residential customers throughout North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. . About @Road Based in Fremont, Calif., @Road is a publicly held company that provides location-enhanced wireless Internet solutions for mobile resource management. Its patented LocationSmart technology platform combines wireless communications, positioning and XML XML in full Extensible Markup Language. Markup language developed to be a simplified and more structural version of SGML. It incorporates features of HTML (e.g., hypertext linking), but is designed to overcome some of HTML's limitations. technologies with the Internet into a fully integrated network that supports the delivery of location-enhanced wireless Internet services for businesses and mobile professionals. For more information, please visit the company Web site at www.atroad.com. About Frost & Sullivan Founded in 1961, Frost & Sullivan is recognized as a global leader in strategic growth consulting, with offices located worldwide. This ongoing growth opportunity analysis can be found through further research provided by Frost & Sullivan's Transportation group. For further information, visit www.frost.com or contact Cynthia Cabral at 210/247-2440. Except for the historical information contained herein, the matters discussed in this press release are forward-looking statements involving risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in such forward-looking statements. Potential risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, the ability of @Road to successfully deploy and support the services described in this press release, dependence of @Road on mobile data systems technology, wireless networks, network infrastructure and positioning systems owned and controlled by others, and general economic and political conditions. Further information regarding these and other risks is included in the @Road Report on Form 10-K Form 10-K A report required by the SEC from exchange-listed companies that provides for annual disclosure of certain financial information. Form 10-K See 10-K. dated March 28, 2002 and in its other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. @Road undertakes no obligation to update the forward-looking statements contained in this press release. Note to Editors: @Road is a registered trademark of At Road, Inc. The @Road logo and LocationSmart are trademarks and/or service marks of At Road, Inc. All other trademarks and service marks are the property of their respective owners. |
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