Aether Systems Completes Sale of Enterprise Mobility Solutions Division.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers OWINGS MILLS, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 13, 2004 Aether aether: see ether, in physics and astronomy. Aether god of whole atmosphere. [Gk. Myth.: Jobes, 42] See : Air Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:AETH), today announced the closing of the sale of its Enterprise Mobility Solutions division to TeleCommunication Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:TSYS TSYS Total System Services, Inc. ). TeleCommunication Systems, Inc. (TCS (Transportation Control System) A widely used integrated information system for railroad transportation developed by the Missouri Pacific Railroad Company in the late 1960s and early 1970s. It was later implemented by Union Pacific when the companies merged. ) acquired the portion of Aether's business that focuses on wireless data solutions for large enterprise customers, including the Aether Systems Ltd. business in Europe. Aether continues to own and operate its Transportation and Mobile Government divisions. As previously announced, the purchase price was $19 million. The assets that TCS acquired include the Aether Fusion(TM) wireless development platform; the BlackBerry blackberry, name for several species of thorny plants of the genus Rubus of the family Rosaceae (rose family). See bramble. blackberry (TM) by Aether(R) product suite and customer base; Aether's 20/20 Delivery(TM) wireless logistics solution and customer base; and Aether's field service and financial services The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. applications and associated customers. As part of the agreement, a total of 112 Aether employees have become TCS employees and continue to work from their current locations in Owings Mills, Md., the U.K., Spain, Sweden and the Netherlands. |
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