Dauphin Receives Purchase Order From Danaos.Business/Technology Editors, Maritime Writers PALATINE, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 8, 2001 Dauphin Dauphin, town, Canada Dauphin (dô`fĭn), town (1991 pop. 8,453), SW Man., Canada, on the Vermilion River. It is the retail and distribution center for an agricultural, lumbering, and fishing area. Technology, Inc. (OTC OTC See: Over-the-counter. OTC See over-the-counter market (OTC). .BB:DNTK) Dauphin's participation in Danaos' Maritime Shipping Industry Symposium held May 21 thru May 23, 2001 in Pireaus, Greece has generated great interest in Dauphin's products. Danaos Peripherals Ltd, part of Danaos Group of Companies has placed its first order of Set Top Boxes (STB See set-top box. STB - set-top box ) and Orasis(R) PC Tablets for use on their clients' cruise ships This is a list of cruise ships, both those in service and those that have since ceased to operate. Both cruise ships and cruiseferries are included in this list. (Ocean liners are not included on this list, see List of ocean liners. . The order consists of 100 OraLynx(TM) STBs, 15 Orasis(R) PC Tablets and accessories for their pilot program combining satellite communications with wireless 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 services. "This initial launch of Danaos' software applications with Dauphin's technologies represents the first step towards modernizing communications in the cruise line A cruise line is a company that operates cruise ships. Cruise lines have a dual character; they are partly in the transportation business, and partly in the leisure entertainment business, a duality that carries down into the ships themselves, which have both a crew headed by the industry as well as other sectors of the shipping industry. Our clients' enthusiasm at the Danaos Users Forum was a strong expression of endorsement for our choice of solutions offered to them," commented Mr. Dimitris Theodossiou, Managing Director of Danaos. Danaos has selected the OraLynx(TM) model, an integrated high-end fully featured STB running on Windows which includes a Slim DVD DVD: see digital versatile disc. DVD in full digital video disc or digital versatile disc Type of optical disc. The DVD represents the second generation of compact-disc (CD) technology. ROM, 20GB HD, HW MPEG-2 Decoder, 10/100 Ethernet Lan, TV-Tuner, 128 MB RAM and Wireless Keyboard. The Orasis(R) Tablet PC devices will be used in conjunction with Info@GATE software to improve communications using mobile wireless applications for seagoing sea·go·ing adj. Made or used for ocean voyages. seagoing Adjective built for travelling on the sea Adj. 1. vessels. "Our engagement with Danaos in the maritime arena provides the opportunity for both companies to capitalize on the vast opportunities inherit with an industry in need of breakthrough technology solutions. This revenue stream will reflect added sales and global exposure of our combined technologies," commented Anthony Vitucci, Dauphin's V.P. of Sales. The OraLynx(TM) installed in Cruise Ships will offer Video on Demand, Internet Access and other onboard services including promotional and entertainment content available for the first time to the cruise line industry. The Orasis(R) Tablet PC will provide services to mobile personnel while connected wirelessly to the STB. Shipment of the order is scheduled to occur within 60 days. Payment terms are in accordance with industry standards. Ship owners and users in attendance at the Symposium represented over 15,000 vessels serving various businesses including freight, oil tankers, naval, ferries, cruise lines etc. E-commerce maritime provider, Infobricks Technology, and satellite provider, GlobalStar Inc., also participated in the three-day event three-day event a competition in the pleasure horse sport comprising usually one day each for dressage, cross country and show jumping. . Dauphin Technology, Inc. a Palatine, Illinois based technology company with manufacturing facilities in McHenry, IL and engineering facilities in Schaumburg, Illinois, develops and markets hand-held tablet PC's and broadband communications products. Certain matters discussed in this news release are forward-looking statements involving certain risks and uncertainties including, without limitations, changes in product demand, the availability of products, change in competition, economic conditions, various risks due to changes in market conditions and other risks detailed in the Company's Securities and Exchange Commission filings and reports. |
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