@Road Announces Customer Win With Leading Locating and Utility Services Company; ELM Locating and Utility Services Signs Agreement for @Road MRM Solution Designed to Improve the Productivity of up to Approximately 900 ELM Field Technicians.FREMONT, Calif. -- @Road(R), Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :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 global provider of next-generation 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 ELM Locating and Utility Services has selected @Road as its MRM solutions provider. ELM is expected to use the @Road GeoManager(SM) on-demand MRM solution that includes the powerful combination of advanced @Road location intelligence technology with integrated Wi-Fi and EV-DO (EVolution-Data Only) A 3G high-speed digital data service provided by cellular carriers worldwide that use the CDMA technology, including Verizon and Sprint in the U.S. EV-DO works on EV-DO cellphones as well as laptops and portable devices that have EV-DO modems. high-speed 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. capabilities and on-demand MRM tools and field service reports. The @Road GeoManager solution, designed to leverage the Verizon Wireless Cellco Partnership, doing business as Verizon Wireless, owns and operates the second largest wireless telecommunications network in the United States, based on total wireless customers. EV-DO broadband network, is intended to give ELM the manageability and real-time visibility into the work of up to approximately 900 ELM Underground Utility Locating Field Technicians. "ELM is another example of the market traction we're experiencing within the utilities vertical," said Leo Leo, in astronomy Leo [Lat.,=the lion], northern constellation lying S of Ursa Major and on the ecliptic (apparent path of the sun through the heavens) between Cancer and Virgo; it is one of the constellations of the zodiac. Jolicoeur, @Road chief marketing officer. "We're not just delivering ELM an innovative MRM solution; we're delivering ELM a competitive advantage designed to help it meet the customer's unique requirements for quick response times, accuracy in marking of underground utility cables for safety and confirmation of completed work." With the @Road GeoManager integrated Wi-Fi and EV-DO functionality, ELM field technicians can use any Wi-Fi enabled device to access back-office business applications through a secure broadband wireless See wireless broadband. data connection. The Wi-Fi connection can also enable ELM field technicians to quickly and easily download job and other information, which can lead to quicker initial response times and improved technician productivity in the field. "We chose @Road because of its industry leadership and solution offerings that have been proven in the utility industry," said Matt Quinn, president of ELM Locating and Utility Services. "We also like that the @Road GeoManager on-demand solution is easy to use and deploy while giving us a sophisticated capability that can help us better manage our field technicians and their work." ELM Locating & Utility Services is headquartered in Missoula, Montana Missoula is a city in and the county seat of Missoula CountyGR6 in western Montana, United States. As of the United States 2000 Census, the population was 57,053, with more than 100,000 in the metropolitan area making it the second-largest city in and is part of the ELM Group of Companies, a privately-held, nationwide consulting & liability management group headquartered in Peoria, Illinois Peoria, Illinois (named after the Peoria tribe) is the largest city on the Illinois River and the county seat of Peoria County,GR6 Illinois, in the United States. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 112,936. serving clients primarily in the utility, oil and gas, and mining industries. With more than 95 utility customers, ELM Locating & Utility Services covers 14 western and central states. The company's Underground Utility Locating Field Technicians complete more than 25,000 locates every day while maintaining continuous attention to quality. About @Road @Road, Inc. is a leading global provider of solutions designed to automate the management of mobile resources and to optimize the service delivery process for customers across a variety of industries. @Road delivers Mobile Resource Management solutions in three key areas: Field Force Management, Field Service Management and Field Asset Management. By providing real-time Mobile Resource Management infrastructure integrating wireless communications, location-based technologies, transaction processing and the Internet, @Road solutions are designed to provide a secure, scalable, upgradeable, enterprise-class platform, and are offered in on-demand software delivery, on-premise or hybrid environments that can seamlessly connect mobile workers in the field to real-time corporate data. @Road is headquartered in Fremont, Calif., and has a global presence with offices in North America, Europe and Asia. For more information on @Road solutions, visit www.road.com. Except for the historical information contained herein, the matters discussed in this news release are forward-looking statements involving risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in such forward-looking statements. These factors, risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, the implementation of @Road MRM solutions by ELM; ability of @Road to comply with the terms of the agreement with ELM; the ability of @Road MRM solutions improve the productivity and manageability of mobile workers and service delivery; competition; 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 15, 2005, in the @Road Report on Form 10-Q Form 10-Q See 10-Q. dated November 8, 2005 and in its other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. @Road, the @Road logo and GeoManager are trademarks, registered trademarks or service marks of @Road, Inc. All other trademarks or service marks used herein are the property of their respective owners. |
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