@Road Introduces GarNet -- Assisted GPS Network Solution for Improved Location Accuracy; Company Plans to License Technology to E911 Providers.Business Editors & High-Tech Writers FREMONT, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 3, 2001 @Road(SM) (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 the availability of GarNet(TM) (GPS-assistance reference network), a terrestrial network of GPS receivers designed to provide enhanced data and time information to GPS-equipped wireless devices for high-speed information acquisition and improved location accuracy. GarNet is designed to provide the necessary data information, such as ephemeris ephemeris (ĭfĕm`ərĭs) (pl., ephemerides), table listing the position of one or more celestial bodies for each day of the year. and Doppler data, for assisted GPS GPS is a satellite based positioning system. Assisted GPS, or A-GPS was introduced to enhance performance. The development of A-GPS was accelerated by the U.S. FCC's E911 mandate requiring the position of a cell phone to be available to emergency call dispatchers. solutions throughout the continental United States United States territory, including the adjacent territorial waters, located within North America between Canada and Mexico. Also called CONUS. . For example, GarNet can provide the differential correction data that would allow GPS-enabled handsets to meet and exceed the location accuracy required under the E911 Phase II mandate. Additionally, GarNet is designed to improve the data acquisition time, sensitivity and accuracy of traditional GPS. A technical description of the GarNet technology platform is featured in the white paper titled, "Data and Time Assistance for Mobile Users of GPS from the @Road Reference Network," which can be found on the @Road Web site, www.atroad.com. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. @Road President and 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. Krish Panu: "@Road plans to incorporate GarNet into its LocationSmart(TM) platform to provide @Road customers enhanced location accuracy and reliability. We also expect to offer GarNet to E911 network operators and infrastructure manufacturers." GarNet also supports a vector differential correction solution that was originally developed by Stanford professors Per Enge and Dr. Todd Walter, along with other researchers at Stanford University. @Road acquired the license to the differential correction solution in its acquisition of Differential Corrections Inc. last year. "My colleagues and I are pleased that @Road has applied the precision vector correction algorithm we developed into its LocationSmart technology platform," said Enge. "We believe this technology offers numerous benefits to the wireless industry as it develops and implements location-based services." About @Road Based in Fremont, @Road is a publicly traded company publicly traded company A company whose shares of common stock are held by the public and are available for purchase by investors. The shares of publicly traded firms are bought and sold on the organized exchanges or in the over-the-counter market. that provides location-enhanced wireless Internet solutions for mobile resource management (MRM). Its patented LocationSmart technology platform combines wireless, 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, visit the @Road Web site at www.atroad.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. Potential risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, @Road historical and future losses, limited operating history, the infancy of the wireless data industry where there is no established market for @Road products and services, ability of @Road to adapt to rapid technological change, reliance by @Road on a limited number of customers and dependence of @Road on wireless networks, network infrastructure and positioning systems owned and controlled by others. 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 30, 2001 and in its other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Note to Editors: @Road, the @Road logo, GarNet 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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