Arch Communications Group Inc. and Silverlake Communications Inc. Announce New Line of Wireless Messaging Software.ORLANDO, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 22, 1998-- 1998 Personal Communications Showcase Arch Communications Group Inc. Partners With Silverlake Communications Inc. to Sell and Promote the Silverlake Suite of Wireless Messaging Software Silverlake Communications Inc., the leading provider of high-quality, wireless messaging software, Tuesday announced at the 1998 Personal Communications Showcase (PCS (1) (Personal Communications Services) Refers to wireless services that emerged after the U.S. government auctioned commercial licenses in 1994 and 1995. This radio spectrum in the 1. '98) that it has reached a reseller agreement with Arch Communications (Nasdaq:APGR APGR Ann Arbor AP-42 Program ). Arch selected Silverlake Communications as its primary alpha-numeric software provider and will market and promote the AIRSOURCE wireless messaging software suite branded under the Arch Communications name. Arch will distribute the software throughout its entire national direct and indirect channels. "Establishing this relationship with Arch Communications was a significant step for Silverlake," said Alan Gould Alan Gould (born 22 March 1949) is a contemporary Australian novelist and poet. Born in London Alan Gould's family lived in Northern Ireland, Germany and Singapore before arriving in Australia in 1966. , executive vice president for Silverlake Communications. "Silverlake now has one of the largest alpha-numeric subscriber bases to market to and is now paired with the second-largest wireless messaging provider in the Unites States. This relationship will instantly give Silverlake access into a new market for alpha-numeric services and software." The main products include customized versions of both AIRSOURCE Lite and AIRSOURCE Pro. These two products are designed to enable Windows, Windows 95/98 and Windows NT (Windows New Technology) A 32-bit operating system from Microsoft for Intel x86 CPUs. NT is the core technology in Windows 2000 and Windows XP (see Windows). Available in separate client and server versions, it includes built-in networking and preemptive multitasking. users to send wireless text messages via Arch alpha-numeric gateways. With headquarters in Calabasas, Calif., Silverlake Communications is the worldwide premier provider of wireless messaging software for digital PCS, digital cellular, alpha-numeric paging, TDMA (Time Division Multiple Access) A satellite and cellular phone technology that interleaves multiple digital signals onto a single high-speed channel. For cellular, TDMA triples the capacity of the original analog method (FDMA). , CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access) A method for transmitting simultaneous signals over a shared portion of the spectrum. The foremost application of CDMA is the digital cellular phone technology from QUALCOMM that operates in the 800 MHz band and 1.9 GHz PCS band. and GSM currently servicing more than 350,000 customers worldwide in four languages. Its software is sold by the largest providers of wireless service including Paging Network Inc. (PAGE), PageMart Wireless (PMWI PMWI Pagemart Wireless Incorporated ), and AT&T Wireless Services (T). The company's wireless communications suite of products, AIRSOURCE, provides businesses and consumers with high-performance, easy-to-use wireless messaging software solutions. For more information, call 818/224-5650, or visit the company's Web site at www.silverlake2000.com. Arch Communications Group, of Westborough, Mass., is the third- largest paging company in the United States based on paging units in service and the second-largest based on operating cash flow Operating cash flow Earnings before depreciation minus taxes. Measures the cash generated from operations, not counting capital spending or working capital requirements. . Founded in 1986, it provides narrowband wireless messaging services, principally paging, to more than 4 million subscribers nationwide. Arch's 2,700 employees operate from approximately 200 offices and company-owned stores in 42 states. Additional information on Arch is available on the Internet at www.arch.com. |
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