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Published Date: Dec. 6, 1996
Company Name: Geotek Communications, Inc.
Address: 20 Craig Rd.
Montvale, N.J. 07645
Main Telephone
Number: 201/930-9305
Chief Executive
Officer: Yaron Eitan
Investor Relations
Contact: Randy Miller/Elysa Gonzalez
Business number: 201/930-9305
Public Relations
Contact: Randy Miller/Elysa Gonzalez
Business number: 201/930-9305
URL Address: www.geotek.com
Trading Symbol: GOTK (NASDAQ)
Industry: Telecommunications
Company description: Geotek Communications Inc., based in Montvale, New Jersey Montvale is a borough in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2000 Census, the borough population was 7,034. Montvale was incorporated as a borough on August 31, 1894, from portions of both Orvil Township and Washington Township, at the height , is an international provider of wireless services to businesses. Through private network radio operations and related interests in North America, Asia and Europe, the company focuses on communication intensive small- and medium-sized businesses that require real-time wireless solutions to better manage their mobile workers. While other carriers simply provide a means for communication, leaving customers to develop their own systems, Geotek provides wireless communications solutions including dispatch, telephony (interconnect), two-way messaging, automatic vehicle location See mobile positioning. and data dispatch to mobile workers and fleet managers. A combination of Windows(R)-based office solutions creates a command and control center that enables the dispatcher Software that determines what pending tasks should be done next and assigns the available resources to accomplish it. It may execute other programs or generate a list for human operators to follow. See scheduler. to know where any vehicle in the fleet is at any given time, communicate directly with one or all vehicles, assign jobs, track job status and generate reports. Geotek is the largest owner of 900 MHZ SMR (Specialized Mobile Radio) The communications services used by police, ambulances, taxicabs, trucks and other delivery vehicles. Throughout the U.S., approximately 3,000 independent operators are licensed by the FCC to offer this service, which provides always-on spectrum in the United States and has licenses to operate networks in 42 Metropolitan Trading Areas. Internationally, Geotek plans to deploy digital networks in Korea, Germany, Canada and the United Kingdom. Digital voice services are currently available in eight major U.S. markets: New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , Philadelphia, Washington DC, Baltimore, Boston, Miami, Orlando and Dallas. The company also provides analog voice and mobile data services to over 80,000 businesses around the world. CONTACT: Geotek Communications, Inc. |
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