@Road and Blue Wireless Announce Collaboration to Voice-Enable LocationSmart Mobile Resource Management Solutions.Business Editors & High-Tech Writers FREMONT, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 15, 2001 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. To Provide Access to @Road(SM) LocationSmart(TM) Services from Any Phone @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 ), today announced its collaboration with Blue Wireless to develop voice-enabled solutions for the @Road LocationSmart technology platform. By integrating voice portal technology developed by Blue Wireless into its patented LocationSmart platform, @Road expects to offer its customers voice-based access to LocationSmart mobile resource management applications, such as FleetASAP(SM), from any wired or wireless phone. "Through our collaboration with Blue Wireless, @Road can expand the functionality of its MRM services and applications by offering businesses and their mobile workers the ability to execute simple voice commands from a phone to access location-enhanced, mission-critical business applications," 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. . "We plan to offer this voice portal so that businesses of all sizes can use any phone, whether it is wired or wireless, to link to the @Road LocationSmart network, thereby improving the management of mobile resources and enhancing the productivity and effectiveness of mobile workforces." The first voice-enabled services expected to be offered by @Road include: -- Voice-enabled vehicle location, which is expected to allow customers to access vehicle location information and receive reports on location, speed and stops, using voice commands over any telephone. -- A voice-messaging interface, which is expected to 1) enable drivers to access customer location information while en route; 2) enable voice-to-text and text-to-voice messaging between the office and employees in the field; and 3) provide for easy broadcast of voice messages to mobile employees. -- A voice-alert system, which can alert consumers to the ETA of their deliveries. -- Voice-activated navigation and mobile yellow pages. "We are pleased to be partnering with @Road, a leader in the provision of innovative location-relevant and time-sensitive solutions for mobile professionals," said Amir Ben-Efraim, Blue Wireless CEO and co-founder. "Our voice-based 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. content management platform is expected to allow @Road customers to quickly customize and access LocationSmart services using simple voice commands, making it easy to retrieve mission-critical information from the road." "With advances in speech technology, voice is emerging as a simple and productive medium for accessing and capturing data, especially for mobile workers," said Tom Allen For other persons of the same name, see Thomas Allen. Thomas H. (Tom) Allen (April 16 1945– ) is a member of the United States House of Representatives representing Maine's At-large congressional district (map). He is a Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate in 2008. , @Road chief information officer. "We are very pleased to be working with Blue Wireless to develop solutions that integrate this emerging technology." 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. 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, visit the @Road Web site at www.atroad.com. About Blue Wireless Blue Wireless, a privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. based in Burlingame, Calif., develops personalization Custom tailoring information to the individual. On the Web, personalization means returning a page that has been customized for the user, taking into consideration that person's habits and preferences. technologies and voice applications for the emerging voice Internet market. At the core of the Blue Wireless solution is a patent-pending personalization and profiling technology that learns users' behavior and can dynamically tailor content, transactions, information requests and even interfaces based on each user's preferences. The result creates valuable mobile applications that increase the adoption rate and usage of voice-based wireless services. Except for the historical information contained herein, the matters discussed in this news 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, @Road historical and future losses, limited operating history, the infancy infancy, stage of human development lasting from birth to approximately two years of age. The hallmarks of infancy are physical growth, motor development, vocal development, and cognitive and social development. 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 prospectus dated Sept. 28, 2000 and in its other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. 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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