Cellenium and Coca-Cola Beverages in Switzerland Launch Wireless Intelligent Vending Test.Business Editors ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS, N.J. & ZURICH, Switzerland--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 4, 2002--Cellenium, a mobile commerce technology provider, and Coca-Cola Beverages (CCB CCB Calcium channel blocker, see there ) AG in Switzerland are launching a test of wireless intelligent vending that will communicate real-time data Real-time data denotes information that is delivered immediately after collection. There is no delay in the timeliness of the information provided. Some uses of this term confuse it with the term dynamic data. to allow remote monitoring (protocol) remote monitoring - (RMON) A network management protocol that allows network information to be gathered at a single computer. Whereas SNMP gathers network data from a single type of Management Information Base (MIB), RMON 1 defines nine additional MIBs that provide a of machine functions and inventory. The project includes the online monitoring of 100 Coca-Cola Beverages vending machines using Conex, Cellenium's online vending solution. Based on Cellenium's proprietary messaging technology, Conex offers vending operators a means of optimizing the monitoring and control of their vending operations. Cellenium's system will be responsible for retrieving data from the vending machines over cellular networks as well as through hand-held devices carried by field crews. The wireless transmission optimizes routing and priorities and provides detailed online reports on all aspects of the vending operation. Inventory, cash levels and vending machine status are monitored, and time-sensitive information such as the imminent emptying of the machines is received. "Cellenium offers us the means for significantly improving our vending operations by enabling complete remote monitoring and control of our vending operations," said Thorsten Weber, Technical Equipment Service Manager of CCB Switzerland. The vending machines will also be equipped to accept mobile payments (m-payments) from consumers using their cell phones to purchase drinks. Cellenium will provide both the telemetry telemetry Highly automated communications process by which data are collected from instruments located at remote or inaccessible points and transmitted to receiving equipment for measurement, monitoring, display, and recording. and the m-payment technologies combined in one solution. CCB owns around 9,000 machines in Switzerland. About Coca-Cola Beverages AG CCB is the Swiss subsidiary of Coca-Cola HBC Despite its plainly American name (the company's full name is Coca-Cola Hellenic Bottling Company), this Athens, Greece corporation is owned by three Greek-Cypriot families and has the exclusive right to produce under the Coca-Cola brand name in 27 countries. , the world's second largest Coca-Cola bottler, and sells product under the license of The Coca-Cola Company. Its product range contain beverages of the brands Coca-Cola, Fanta, Sprite, Nestea, Kinley, Minute Maid Minute Maid is a product line of beverages, usually associated with orange juice, but now extends to soft drinks of many kinds, including Hi-C. Minute Maid was the first company to market orange juice concentrate, allowing it to be distributed nationwide and served , Valser Mineral water and Mickey's Adventures. For more information, visit the company's Web site at www.coca-cola.ch. About Cellenium Cellenium is 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. with its U.S. headquarters in Englewood Cliffs, N.J., R&D facilities in Israel and additional sales offices in the U.K. As a provider of m-commerce solutions including platforms and applications, Cellenium enables merchants in a variety of industries, including gas/service stations, parking, vending, ticketing, fast food and taxi services, to accept mobile payments from consumers. For more information, visit the company's Web site at www.cellenium.com. This press release is available on the Cellenium Web site at www.cellenium.com and the KCSA KCSA Krannert Center Student Association KCSA Kentucky Crushed Stone Association (Frankfort, KY) KCSA Kyiv City State Administration KCSA Kalamazoo Christian School Association KCSA Kentucky-Canadian Studies Association Web site at www.kcsa.com. |
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