@Road Launches Voice-Enabled Solution for Mobile Resource Management; New Voice Solutions Interface Provides Subscriber Access to @Road LocationSmart Services from Any Phone.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers FREMONT, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 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 launch of @Road Voice Solutions, a voice portal An interactive voice response (IVR) front end to a data retrieval system. This does not differ in core technology from traditional IVR; rather, the difference is in the application presented. Where old-style IVR was mostly a routing application (press 1 for sales, 2 for service, etc. technology that enables subscribers to use any phone -- wired or wireless -- to access @Road LocationSmart(SM) services. With Voice Solutions, subscribers can now execute simple voice commands over the telephone to link to the @Road LocationSmart network in order to manage their mobile resources. To access the Voice Solutions interface, subscribers dial a 10-digit number, and then enter their PIN, which connects them to their @Road account information including the location of their mobile workers. Voice Solutions provides these location-enhanced services: -- Voice-enabled vehicle location, which allows subscribers to access location data on each mobile worker and obtain their location, speed and stops. -- Messaging capabilities, including the ability for subscribers to access mobile worker location information; voice-to-text and text-to-speech messaging functionality; and the ability to broadcast messages to the entire workforce that can easily be retrieved by mobile workers while on the road. "We have integrated voice technology into the @Road platform so that we may offer our subscribers yet another innovative, cost-effective tool for more efficient management of their mobile workforces," said Krish Panu, @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. . "The ability to use Voice Solutions to access mission-critical information from any phone, regardless of location, will free @Road subscribers from having to be tied to a computer and Web browser The program that serves as your front end to the Web on the Internet. In order to view a site, you type its address (URL) into the browser's Location field; for example, www.computerlanguage.com, and the home page of that site is downloaded to you. , giving them greater control and flexibility in managing field operations." @Road developed this solution in conjunction with Blue Wireless, a provider of voice and mobile data application software. "We are very excited to help @Road add this enhanced functionality to the @Road FleetASAP(SM) application," said Linda Standen, CEO at Blue Wireless. Monthly service fees for Voice Solutions begins at $3 per subscriber, in addition to the monthly subscription fee (ranging from $39.95 to $69.95) to access the @Road FleetASAP application. For more information on Voice Solutions and other FleetASAP services, please call @Road at 877-4AtRoad or visit the Web site at www.atroad.com. About @Road Based in Fremont, Calif., @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. 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 A network that supports both data and voice and/or different networking protocols. See converged network and new public network. that supports the delivery of location-enhanced wireless Internet services for businesses and mobile professionals. About Blue Wireless Based in Burlingame, Calif., Blue Wireless develops software for voice and mobile data applications that help service providers create and launch highly personalized per·son·al·ize tr.v. per·son·al·ized, per·son·al·iz·ing, per·son·al·iz·es 1. To take (a general remark or characterization) in a personal manner. 2. To attribute human or personal qualities to; personify. and differentiated services Offerings that can be classified by type, or quality, of service. For example, a differentiated services network could prioritize real time traffic for a higher fee. -- services that people will adopt, use, enjoy, and value. Blue Wireless helps service providers gain a critical competitive advantage in the increasingly competitive enhanced services marketplace. Except for the historical information contained herein, the matters discussed in this press release are forward-looking statements forward-looking statement A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections. 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 market and sell Voice Solutions, the market acceptance of the Voice Solutions services offered by @Road, the infancy of the wireless data industry where there is no established market for @Road products and services, and dependence of @Road on voice portal technology, 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. @Road undertakes no obligation to update the forward-looking statements contained in this press release. Note to Editors: @Road, the @Road logo, LocationSmart and FleetASAP 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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