DecisionLink and Inepar Join Forces With Iridium.Business Editors LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 26, 2001 DecisionLink, Inc. (OTCBB OTCBB See OTC Bulletin Board (OTCBB). :DLNK DLNK Digital Link DLNK Destination Link ), announced today that it has formed a new joint-venture company with Inepar S.A. of Brazil to market DecisionLink's wide range of end-to-end monitoring solutions for the global industrial, commercial and environmental industries utilizing the Iridium iridium (ĭrĭd`ēəm), metallic chemical element; symbol Ir; at. no. 77; at. wt. 192.22; m.p. about 2,410°C;; b.p. about 4,130°C;; sp. gr. 22.55 at 20°C;; valence +3 or +4. Satellite service. The new company, named Inepar DecisionLink Corp. (IDL (1) (Interface Definition Language) A language used to describe the interface to a routine or function. For example, objects in the CORBA distributed object environment are defined by an IDL, which describes the services performed by the object and how the data ), has entered into an agreement with Iridium Satellite LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control and has become a Global Top-Tier Service Provider for the new Iridium group. IDL is owned 51% by DecisionLink, Inc. and is to be headquartered in DecisionLink's Carrollton, Texas Carrollton is a city in Texas, partially in Dallas County, partially in Denton County, and partially in Collin County. As of 2005, census estimates the city's total population to be 122,699.[1] Carrollton is a suburb of Dallas. facilities. Inepar is one of the owners of Iridium Satellite LLC. Inepar was a licensee of the old Iridium in South America South America, fourth largest continent (1991 est. pop. 299,150,000), c.6,880,000 sq mi (17,819,000 sq km), the southern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. . Inepar is contributing its substantial infrastructure and existing business for the South American Iridium market as assets to the joint venture. This will allow IDL to produce immediate cash flow to the company. Inepar and DecisionLink have a previous agreement to market Orbcomm satellite services in parts of South America and that business will also be transferred to the joint venture and expanded to include all of South America. DecisionLink will contribute its technology, monitoring and reporting applications and technical resources to IDL. Dan Colussy, Chairman of Iridium, said, "Iridium has a very targeted focus on industrial and government markets with operations in remote areas, and recognizes the need to secure experienced distributors to reach these customers. IDL is actively involved with providing satellite services, and will be an integral and important member of our distribution channel." Geoff Hewitt, Chairman and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of DecisionLink, said, "This is a very significant development for the Company. It dramatically expands our reach and allows us to offer global solutions to global enterprises. We have aligned ourselves with whom we believe to be key players in the global development of satellite 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 have positioned ourselves to play a key role in its development." Peter Lagergren, President of IDL, said, "We see that by combining Iridium's service with our products it will take us into global market areas with very large installed bases. Markets include monitoring and control of storage tanks, compressors and pipelines, vendor managed inventories Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI) is a family of business models in which the buyer of a product provides certain information to a supplier of that product and the supplier takes full responsibility for maintaining an agreed inventory of the material, usually at the buyer's , environmental monitoring and private voice networks for global industries such as oil and gas and petrochemicals. We expect that the combination of our proven data transfer products and the new marketing emphasis of Iridium with its superior service provider support, its commitment to customer service and its lower cost structure, will allow us to see significant market penetration Noun 1. market penetration - the extent to which a product is recognized and bought by customers in a particular market penetration - the act of entering into or through something; "the penetration of upper management by women" ." Helcio Gaertner, Director of Inepar S.A., said, "Inepar's projects, services and experience in developing countries, combined with DecisionLink's cutting edge technology made possible the creation of a company capable of offering efficient and quick 'Truly Mobile, Truly Global' solutions for private network systems, environmental control and 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 . Our ongoing projects are very exciting." David Peachey David "The Peach" Peachey (born January 21 1974 in Dubbo, New South Wales) was an Australian rugby league fullback. In his career he played for the Cronulla Sharks and the South Sydney Rabbitohs in the National Rugby League (NRL) and the Widnes Vikings in the English League One. , President of DecisionLink, Inc., said, "The Iridium service is complementary to our Orbcomm capabilities and gives us global coverage for both data and voice for large industrial customers. I am particularly excited that we can offer those customers secure and private communications from anywhere in the world through our Satellite Data Control Center and the Internet." IDL will supply secure private satellite networks for data and voice for large multinational and regional industrial or commercial customers. DecisionLink has developed a Satellite Data Control Center for IDL. It is designed for installation at a customer's local or regional office at a cost that is substantially below normal earth station installations. It integrates IDL's real-time asset monitoring with Iridium satellite telephone services without having to be routed through a public telephone network. For data collection and machine control IDL's clients will have independent global access to field or mobile installations. The IDL Satellite Data Control Centers ("SatDacc(SM)") provide an IP portal so that customers can connect through the Internet to assets anywhere in the world without the need for existing ground infrastructure. IDL's software allows our clients to dynamically configure and operate their remote assets and Web pages regardless of location. IDL is introducing a variety of inexpensive Iridium based products that form the "front end" of our LeoLink(TM) data gathering and machine control system. The SatDacc(SM) also provides our customers with the ability to easily and inexpensively field a private voice network on a global basis. This voice capability is seamlessly integrated with the clients existing telephony networks and provides global roaming The ability to use a communications device such as a cellphone or PDA and be able to move from one cell or access point to another without losing the connection. capabilities to field personnel. About DecisionLink: DecisionLink's Communications Group has developed a wide range of products for monitoring of propane propane, CH3CH2CH3, colorless, gaseous alkane. It is readily liquefied by compression and cooling. It melts at −189.9°C; and boils at −42.2°C;. and fuel oil tank levels, pipeline compressors, and many other multi-user remote asset monitoring applications for low-cost volume use of satellite communication pathways and the Internet. DecisionLink's environmental group has introduced small, low-cost sensor and communication products that use satellite communications and the Internet as the backbone for data transfer and control in the pipeline leak detection, aboveground storage tank monitoring, oil production, water quality monitoring and industrial wastewater compliance monitoring and control markets. For more on DecisionLink, visit www.decisionlinkinc.com. About Inepar: The Inepar Group's principal business activities are in the areas of services and equipment for infrastructure, energy and telecommunications. Inepar participates in several energy projects, such as concessions and operations of generation plants, power transmission lines, distribution and energy commercialization. The telecommunications segment of its business presently focuses on satellite communication, cellular telephony, paging, and access to the Internet. Visit www.inepar.com.br. This release includes forward-looking statements forward-looking statement A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections. relating to relating to relate prep → concernant relating to relate prep → bezüglich +gen, mit Bezug auf +acc DecisionLink's operations that are based on Management's and third parties' current expectations, estimates and projections. These statements include: IDL's ability to market its services using the Company's technologies throughout the world, and IDL's ability to achieve significant market penetration and play a key role in the global development of the wireless/telemetry space. These statements are not guarantees of future performance and actual results could differ materially. These statements involve risks and uncertainties including, but not limited to, the timely development and acceptance of new products, the ability to manufacture new products in commercial quantities at reasonable cost, the impact of competitive products and pricing, final promulgation PROMULGATION. The order given to cause a law to be executed, and to make it public it differs from publication. (q.v.) 1 Bl. Com. 45; Stat. 6 H. VI., c. 4. 2. and enforcement of regulations, the timely funding of customer's projects, the ability to generate sufficient working capital from operations and/or attract investment or place debt in sufficient amounts to fund the financial obligations of the Company's business model and other risks detailed from time to time in the Company's SEC reports. The Company undertakes no obligation to update or revise forward-looking statements to reflect changed assumptions, the occurrence of unanticipated events or changes to future operating results over time. |
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