@Road Selected by Verizon to Provide Mobile Resource Management Services to Assist Management of Field Operations.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers @Road (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 ), has been selected by Verizon to provide mobile resource management services to help manage Verizon field operations. Under the deployment plan, @Road will host and deliver a suite of MRM services to Verizon using the patented @Road LocationSmart(SM) technology platform. Using 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) satellite network, wireless communications wireless communications System using radio-frequency, infrared, microwave, or other types of electromagnetic or acoustic waves in place of wires, cables, or fibre optics to transmit signals or data. and the Internet, the Internet, the, international computer network linking together thousands of individual networks at military and government agencies, educational institutions, nonprofit organizations, industrial and financial corporations of all sizes, and commercial enterprises LocationSmart technology platform provides mobile service organizations with a suite of management services, including activity and workflow reporting, mapping, location-on-demand and maintenance scheduling. Additionally, Verizon will use the new @Road DirectData service, which feeds business-critical data from the field directly to Verizon's computer systems. The technology is designed to increase the effective utilization of mobile workers, control operations costs and improve the delivery of customer service. Verizon evaluated a number of alternatives prior to selecting @Road as its primary mobile resource management services provider. During the evaluation process, @Road and Verizon collaborated on several pilot programs, which currently include over 2,500 @Road subscribers. Verizon employs over 20,000 mobile workers across a number of lines of business. "We are very pleased to announce this deployment plan with the leading provider of telecommunications services in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. ," 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 contract with Verizon further supports our belief that the @Road LocationSmart platform is a critical tool for improving the efficiency of mobile service organizations in today's competitive telecommunications environment," concluded Mr. Panu. 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, 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. For more information, please visit the company Web site at www.atroad.com. 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. 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