MCS Europe and DecisionLink to Jointly Market and Distribute DecisionLink Technologies in Europe.Business Editors LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 1, 2001 DecisionLink Inc. (OTCBB OTCBB See OTC Bulletin Board (OTCBB). :DLNK DLNK Digital Link DLNK Destination Link ) announced that it has signed a marketing, distribution and joint-venture agreement with MCS Europe (European Company for Mobile Communication Services B.V. of the Netherlands) to market DecisionLink's wide range of end-to-end monitoring solutions for the oil and gas and environmental industries in Europe. MCS Europe (www.mcseurope.com) is the joint venture uniting five European telecommunications companies and is led by Telespazio, which is part of the Telecom Italia Telecom Italia is formerly a partially state-owned Italian telco. It was once known as SIP, and it has the largest user base in Italy. Telecom Italia also owns shares in Telecom Argentina and Telecom Personal, fixed and cellular networks in Argentina. Group (www.telespazio.it). MCS' core business is that of providing systems and services via the ORBCOMM system and other satellite or terrestrial wireless telecommunication systems and marketing monitoring and tracking solutions in 40 countries in Western and Eastern Europe Eastern Europe The countries of eastern Europe, especially those that were allied with the USSR in the Warsaw Pact, which was established in 1955 and dissolved in 1991. . DecisionLink and MCS are collaborating to bring DecisionLink's technologies, solutions, and services to Europe. DecisionLink products were widely introduced to the MCS Pan-European network at the MCS Tracking and Monitoring Solutions Conference held in Rome, Italy, on January 30 and 31, 2001. The DecisionLink/MCS joint marketing will commence with DecisionLink's tank monitoring products for the propane and fuel oil tank businesses. DecisionLink's "TankSat" technology measures the liquid level of tanks and, through a secure Web site, delivers the corresponding tank data to the distributor using the satellite technology of ORBCOMM. TankSat technology can dramatically reduce the cost of delivery of propane, butane butane (by `tān), C4H10, gaseous alkane, a hydrocarbon that is obtained from natural gas or by refining petroleum. and other fuel oils by remotely monitoring the fuel storage tanks and enabling new levels of delivery efficiency and customer service. MCS Europe will provide the low-orbit satellite See LEO. (LEO) and wireless infrastructure able to support the monitoring systems of DecisionLink. MCS will market and distribute the solutions in accordance with European regulations throughout Europe through its Country Representatives and VAR/VAD Network. The North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. market potential for TankSat units is estimated at 15 million units while the international market is estimated to be in excess of 50 million units. "We are very pleased to join DecisionLink to implement and market TankSat in Europe," said Andrea Cendali Pignatelli, Managing Director of MCS Europe, "and we are confident this new technology will greatly benefit the European gas and fuel oil business, thanks to a more efficient 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 tank levels and control of inventory. Industry estimates put the European potential market to be in excess of 5 million units and the European market is forecast to steadily grow in the next few years." 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. , and Brian O'Neil Brian O'Neil (born 6 September 1972 in Paisley) is a former Scottish professional football defence midfielder. O'Neil was forced to retire from the playing staff of Preston North End in October 2006, due to long standing injury problems. , Executive VP of DecisionLink, introduced the DecisionLink product line at the conference in Rome. Hewitt said, "DecisionLink's TankSatautomated meter reading, and environmental products and services were very well received by the European VAR community. These VARs have already identified projects in both propane tank monitoring and leak detection that are of similar magnitude to the opportunities we are pursuing in the USA. Working with MCS opens up the European market for all our products, utilizing a variety of communications pathways including satellite." David S. Peachey, President of DecisionLink Inc., added: "We have been focusing on building our international distribution over the past year and our agreement with MCS is a major breakthrough for us. MCS Europe is the ideal telecommunications partner for us to work with in entering this large new market. MCS brings experience, management and credibility to DecisionLink and TankSat in Europe." DecisionLink's Communications Group has developed a wide range of products for monitoring of propane 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, above-ground storage tank monitoring, oil production, water quality monitoring and industrial wastewater compliance monitoring and control markets. For more on DecisionLink, visit www.decisionlinkinc.com. MCS Europe (European Company for Mobile Communications Services B.V.) is a joint venture established by a group of five leading European satellite communications companies led by Telespazio of the Telecom Italia Group with a 70% holding. Telespazio provides consultancy services for satellite systems, as well as designing and implementing mobile telecommunications services and multimedia applications. MCS Europe holds the exclusive license for the marketing and provision of ORBCOMM satellite services across an area comprising 40 countries in Western and Eastern Europe. Distribution and support of ORBCOMM-based applications in Europe is carried out by MCS Europe's partners (the "Country Representatives") who provide customized solutions to local market segments through networks of Value Added Resellers See VAR. (company) value added reseller - (VAR, or "value added retailer") A company which sells something (e.g. computers) made by another company (an OEM) with extra components added (e.g. specialist software). (VARs). 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, but are not limited to, the ability of TankSat technology to dramatically reduce the cost of delivery of propane, butane and other fuels and achieve new levels of delivery efficiency and customer service; estimates of the size of TankSat markets and the European market forecast to steadily grow in the next few years and TankSat technology greatly benefiting European gas and fuel oil business. Orbcomm is a provider of two-way monitoring, tracking and messaging services through the world's first commercial low-earth orbit See LEO. satellite-based data communications data communications, application of telecommunications technology to the problem of transmitting data, especially to, from, or between computers. In popular usage, it is said that data communications make it possible for one computer to "talk" with another. system and is currently operating under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Act Many statutes have been known as the Bankruptcy Act.
2. and enforcement of regulations, the timely funding of customers' 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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