Glenayre, PhoneOnline.com Announce Strategic Relationship to Bridge BlueMoon Technology to the @ctiveLink Module.Business Editors CHARLOTTE, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 16, 2000 Glenayre Building Alliances to Bring Unique Solutions to the Mobile Community Glenayre Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : GEMS) today announced a strategic relationship with PhoneOnline.com, a leading wireless software development and professional services (job) professional services - A department of a supplier providing consultancy and programming manpower for the supplier's products. firm, to support interoperability between PhoneOnline.com's BlueMoon(TM) mobile software technology application framework and Glenayre's @ctiveLink(TM) two-way wireless messaging module. PhoneOnline.com offers professional 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" and customized solutions to businesses -- assisting the companies in building wireless solutions so that their employees or customers can access business data and other information from a wireless device at any time and at any location. The company's BlueMoon technology is an application framework and engine that can be used to develop wireless data solutions for a variety of businesses -- including health care, insurance, logistics and transportation industries -- allowing for business information to be quickly and easily accessed by employees or customers through a mobile device. With interoperability between Vast Solutions' BlueMoon technology and Glenayre's @ctiveLink module, access to business data will be available via the Handspring(TM) Visor An electronic PDA originally from Handspring, Mountain View, CA (www.handspring.com) that was introduced in 1999 by the people who invented and marketed the PalmPilot. Based on the Palm OS, it was the first handheld to use the USB interface. (TM) Deluxe 8MB handheld computer 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. . Glenayre is currently offering the @ctiveLink module and Handspring Visor Deluxe The Handspring Visor Deluxe is one of the Visor family of PDAs produced by Handspring, Inc. between 1999 and 2004. Visor Deluxe used Palm OS 3.1H running on a 16MHz DragonBall processor, a modified version of the OS from Palm that included an enhanced datebook, a city time 8MB handheld computer as a bundled solution. The @ctiveLink two-way wireless messaging module snaps seamlessly into the Springboard(TM) expansion slot A receptacle inside a computer or other electronic system that accepts a printed circuit board. The number of slots determines future expansion. See PC data buses. (hardware) expansion slot - A connector in a computer into which an expansion card can be plugged. of the Handspring Visor to wirelessly enable the powerful personal information management utilities of the handheld computer. The module has Always @ctive(TM), constant connectivity to the ReFLEX network. This means that the user does not have to "log on" to the network to receive their messages and the @ctiveLink continues to receive messages even when it is not connected to the Visor. ReFLEX-based networks are wireless data networks that allow for two-way interactive messaging between wireless devices. Unlike other wireless networks, ReFLEX-based networks have broad nationwide coverage and superior in-building penetration, as well as allow for ReFLEX-based devices to have long battery life to ensure that subscribers will receive their messages at any time, in almost any location. With the features of the @ctiveLink module and ReFLEX networks, businesses utilizing the Glenayre @ctiveLink module with PhoneOnline.com's BlueMoon technology can be assured that employees or customers using the Handspring Visor Deluxe 8MB handheld computer will be able to receive important messages or information at any time in almost any location. Glenayre is establishing strategic relationships with application developers and Application Service Providers (ASPs), including PhoneOnline.com, to build unique solutions for the mobile community. Through the company's new website, www.glenayre.net, developers and ASPs are provided with the tools necessary to develop applications that work with Glenayre's wireless devices, such as the @ctiveLink module, and ReFLEX networks. "Glenayre is forming strategic relationships with solution developers and ASPs, such as PhoneOnline.com, to build Solutions for an @ctive World(TM) for businesses and consumers and bring these solutions quickly to the marketplace. By working with PhoneOnline.com to achieve interoperability between their BlueMoon technology and the Glenayre @ctiveLink module, we can rapidly build a wireless data solution that will allow businesses to make their data available to employees and consumers via the Handspring Visor Deluxe handheld computer," said Jim Kelly For other persons named Jim Kelly, see Jim Kelly (disambiguation). James Edward Kelly (born February 14, 1960 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is a former American football quarterback in the NFL for the Buffalo Bills. , Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer for Glenayre. "This strategic relationship with Glenayre will allow PhoneOnline.com to offer our customers an additional wireless data solution via the @ctiveLink module. Combining the strengths of our BlueMoon technology with the unique features of the @ctiveLink module, such as its constant connectivity to the network, we can provide businesses a unique wireless solution that provides their employees or consumers with a powerful way to access important business data and messages," said Terry Marsh There have been a number of people named Terry Marsh:
In a recent news release, PhoneOnline.com announced that they will use the @ctiveLink module and BlueMoon technology, to create a low-cost wireless data solution for DRIVERNet, Inc. The solution will allow truck operators to access mission critical data and other time sensitive information. With the @ctiveLink module, working with the BlueMoon technology, fleet drivers will be able to receive the most up-to-date dispatch and routing information and be able to manage their e-mail messages at any time and almost any location. DRIVERNet plans to market this solution to mid-sized and small fleet operators as well as private fleets -- a market segment estimated to include over 1.5 million company drivers and owner-operators. About PhoneOnline.com: Headquartered in Knoxville, Tennessee “Knoxville” redirects here. For other uses, see Knoxville (disambiguation). Founded in 1786, Knoxville is the third-largest city in the state of Tennessee, behind Memphis and Nashville, and is the county seat of Knox CountyGR6. , PhoneOnline.com is Making Information Mobile(TM) with enabling software such as BlueMoon, professional services and customized solutions for the wireless mobile Internet Refers to gaining access to the Internet using a lightweight, handheld device. See Mobile IP, PDA, smartphone and mobile TV. . The company's product applications enable corporations to better leverage their existing information assets and allow consumers to manage personal and business information over the wireless Internet from the convenience of their browser-enabled wireless devices. For more information about PhoneOnline.com, please visit their Web site at www.PhoneOnline.com. About Glenayre: For more than 35 years, Glenayre has developed and provided leading-edge personal communication systems for the global market. We are focused on delivering our Solutions for an @ctive World(TM) portfolio, leveraging core competencies A core competency is something that a firm can do well and that meets the following three conditions specified by Hamel and Prahalad (1990):
Charlotte is the largest city in the state of North Carolina and the 20th largest city in the United States. , has 1,300 employees located in 14 countries with 1999 net sales Net Sales The amount a seller receives from the buyer after costs associated with the sale are deducted. Notes: This amount is calculated by subtracting the following items from gross sales: merchandise returned for credit, allowances for damaged or missing goods, freight exceeding $238 million. For more information on Glenayre, its products, and services, visit www.glenayre.com. Glenayre, the Glenayre logo, Solutions for an @ctive World, the Solutions for an @ctive World logo and Always @ctive are trademarks of Glenayre Electronics, Inc. PhoneOnline.com, BlueMoon, and Making Information Mobile are trademarks of PhoneOnline.com, Inc. |
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