CellPort Names Wireless Networking Leader Paul Heller VP of Network Technologies Division.BOULDER, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 20, 1999-- Former UPS Executive Brings More Than 15 Years of Wireless and Mobile Computing Expertise to CellPort's Growing Network Division CellPort Labs, Inc., a leading provider of vehicle-based voice and data connectivity systems, today announced that Paul Heller has joined the company as vice president of marketing and sales for CellPort's Network Technologies Division. Heller's extensive mobile computing Using a computing device while in transit. Mobile computing implies wireless transmission, but wireless transmission does not necessarily imply mobile computing. Fixed wireless applications use satellites, radio systems and lasers to transmit between permanent objects such as buildings experience, including creation of the original cellular-based wireless data network for United Parcel Service United Parcel Service, Inc. (NYSE: UPS), commonly referred to as UPS, is the world's largest package delivery company, delivering more than 15 million packages[1] a day to 6.1 million customers in over 200 countries and territories around the world. (UPS), strengthens CellPort's expertise and senior management experience. "Our customers are developing cutting-edge systems to connect vehicles to corporate networks via wireless links. Paul Heller's experience planning and implementing major fleet data communication programs will provide our customers a valuable resource for the development of successful wireless internet solutions," said Pat Kennedy
Heller began his wireless career in 1984 as a consultant with Hatfield Associates where he helped clients design mobile workforce solutions. As a director of business development with Burlington Northern, he helped plan innovative mobile voice and data services. As a UPS division manager, he helped spearhead the company's wireless network that supported 55,000 handheld computers A computing device that can be easily held in one hand while the other hand is used to operate it. The Palm devices are a popular example. See Palm, smartphone and palmtop. . He founded Heller Consulting in 1993 to provide business consulting services Noun 1. consulting service - service provided by a professional advisor (e.g., a lawyer or doctor or CPA etc.) service - work done by one person or group that benefits another; "budget separately for goods and services" to wireless carrier, semiconductor, equipment manufacturer and automotive clients. At CellPort, Heller will be in charge of all sales and marketing activities for the new Network Technologies Division. The company recently launched its new CP2100, a mobile network server that provides real-time, wireless connectivity between vehicles and remote applications. "The integration of the Internet with wireless and vehicle systems is extremely exciting, and I look forward to playing a major role in the continued growth and success of CellPort," says Heller. ABOUT CELLPORT LABS CellPort Labs, Inc. is a Boulder, Colo.-based company that develops and markets mobile, wireless connectivity products for cellular phones, Telematics, Intelligent Transport Systems and mobile infotainment (INFOrmation enterTAINMENT) Refers to all the information and entertainment services delivered to the home, which are essentially telephone, TV and Internet access. systems. The company provides technical solutions for voice applications through its Handset Connectivity System. For vehicle-based data network and wireless connectivity, the company's CP2100 represents the industry's first off-the-shelf product to provide an open technical architecture that combines an Internet server, router and wireless gateway functionality. CellPort has received investments from AT&T Wireless and the Flanders Language Valley Fund, and is a member of the IDB (ITS Data Bus) An interface between devices in an automobile endorsed by the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE). Designed to fulfill the goal of Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS), the ITS Data Bus enables engine diagnostic equipment, GPS navigation systems, Forum and Telematics Supplier Consortium. The company has provided technical solutions for organizations like DaimlerChrysler, US Army, and the Society of Automotive Engineers SAE International (SAE) is a professional organization for mobility engineering professionals in aerospace, automotive and the commercial vehicle industries. The Society is a standards development organization for the engineering of powered vehicles of all kinds, including . For more information about CellPort and its products, call (303) 541-0722, email the company at info@cellport.com or visit the CellPort's Web site at www.cellport.com. |
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