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ORBCOMM Announces Partnerships with Innovative Technology Companies; ORBCOMM Partners Offer Satellite Services to New Customers Around the World.


DULLES, Va. -- ORBCOMM, a global satellite telecommunications company See telecom company. , today announced it has signed agreements with seven innovative technology companies that will offer their customers ORBCOMM satellite 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.  services with their mobile and fixed asset applications and services. These new value added resellers (VARs) join the 84 VARs that already offer ORBCOMM services to customers around the world:

--Hunt Power is offering its customers a daily meter-reading package using the ORBCOMM satellite network. The meter data collected via satellite gives Hunt Power customers a cost effective and reliable way to pinpoint how, when and where they are using energy. With that information, they are able to implement cost-saving programs, identify potential equipment failures and safety hazards, and more. For more information call (800) 520-7773.

--Intelek is partnering with ORBCOMM to enhance its services by offering customers a reliable global data solution for widely dispersed fixed assets fixed assets nplactivo sg fijo

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 both within and beyond North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. . Intelek delivers end-to-end web to wireless solutions for collecting data from remote equipment and properties. These remote assets include gas compressors, oil & gas production equipment, water and wastewater utility plants and farming applications. Intelek's M2M M2M Machine-to-Machine (communication, mainly mobile)
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 solutions provide customers with near real time application specific data and remote control via the Internet including instant messaging for critical events or out of limit conditions. For more information visit www.intelek.biz.

--Lat-Lon is now offering customers, using its RailRider asset monitoring tracking system, the ability to use ORBCOMM satellite data communications services. Lat-Lon's rugged, solar-powered systems are used to monitor and track railcars, containers, trailers, refrigerated re·frig·er·ate  
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 freight and industrial machinery. By using ORBCOMM, Lat-Lon is expanding to the worldwide rail and industrial equipment marketplace. Lat-Lon specializes in solutions for rail industry monitoring, hazmat tank cars, refrigerated box cars, commuter passenger trains, locomotives and specialized non-rail solutions. For more information visit www.Lat-Lon.com.

--High Tide Technologies, LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol.

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 has partnered with ORBCOMM to offer satellite communications services as part of its wireless data solutions for the water, wastewater and environmental monitoring industries. High Tide Technologies offers its customers complete end-to-end solutions using the ORBCOMM network, remote field hardware and web-based or stand alone PC software. High Tide Technologies SCADA (Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition) A process control application that collects data from sensors and machines on the shop floor or in remote locations and sends them to a central computer for management and control.  products and data acquisition services are used for monitoring and controlling environmental, water and sanitary sewer systems and deliver information and alarms from the field directly to the office. For more information visit www.hightidetechnologies.com.

--SecurShield Technologies (STI STI systolic time intervals. ) is partnering with ORBCOMM to track and monitor buses and taxis via satellite. The use of vehicle impact sensors and proprietary software applications along with the ORBCOMM network allows STI to offer their customers a cost-effective security solution for monitoring accidents and vehicle damage. STI also plans to offer in-vehicle satellite messaging for drivers and dispatchers to communicate via satellite. STI uses its proprietary software, wireless technology and communications networks to implement and deploy specific security solutions for clients. STI is an ORBCOMM value added reseller (VAR) in Mexico, Central America, South America, Canada and the United States The United States and Canada share a unique legal relationship. U.S. law looks northward with a mixture of optimism and cooperation, viewing Canada as an integral part of U.S. economic and environmental policy.  (including Puerto Rico and Guam). For more information visit www.securshield.com.

--American Innovations (AI) is offering its oil and gas, water and wastewater, and industrial customers the option to use ORBCOMM satellite data communications services for its Bullhorn(R) Remote monitoring system. This system remotely monitors pipeline rectifiers and test points, compressors, tanks, city gates, gas meters and more. As a leading company serving the oil, gas and water industries, AI provides web-based remote monitoring and equipment control, total survey solutions for corrosion monitoring, automatic meter reading Automatic meter reading, or AMR, is the technology of automatically collecting data from water meter or energy metering devices (water, gas, electric) and transferring that data to a central database for billing and/or analyzing.  and alarm point monitoring. For more information visit www.aimonitoring.com.

--Atlantic Electronics Limited has partnered with ORBCOMM to offer customers satellite data communications services with its Vessel Monitoring System Vessel monitoring systems (VMS) are used in commercial fishing to allow environmental and fisheries regulatory organizations to monitor, minimally, the position, time at a position, and course and speed of fishing vessels.  (VMS (1) (Virtual Memory System) A multiuser, multitasking, virtual memory operating system for the VAX series from Digital. VMS applications run on any VAX from the MicroVAX to the largest unit. See OpenVMS. ). Canada's division of fisheries and ocean requires fishing vessels Customary International Law provides that coastal fishing boats and small boats engaged in trade, as distinguished from seagoing fishing boats and large traders, are immune from attack and seizure during war. This Immunity is lost if fishing vessels take part in the hostilities.  operate an onboard VMS system to comply with regulations that protect marine fisheries. Atlantic Electronics' VMS system allows remote monitoring of activities, locations and fishing boundaries to ensure compliance. The system also can issue an immediate distress call in an emergency that allows rescuers to pinpoint a vessel's exact location. Atlantic Electronics, based in Canada, is a leading marine electronics company that offers customers their own ISO (1) See ISO speed.

(2) (International Organization for Standardization, Geneva, Switzerland, www.iso.ch) An organization that sets international standards, founded in 1946. The U.S. member body is ANSI.
 certified onboard technology products including charting systems, marine radars, autopilots and depth sounders. For more information visit www.ael.ca.

About ORBCOMM

ORBCOMM is a wireless telecommunications company that provides reliable, cost effective data communications services to customers around the world through its unique low-earth orbit (LEO) satellite network and global ground infrastructure. A diverse customer base, including industry leaders General Electric, Caterpillar Inc., Volvo Group, XATA, and AirIQ, uses ORBCOMM services to track, monitor and control mobile and fixed assets including trucks, containers, marine vessels, locomotives, heavy machinery, pipelines, oil wells, utility meters and storage tanks anywhere in the world. For more information call 1-800-ORBCOMM or visit its Web site at www.orbcomm.com.

This release contains forward-looking statements, including statements regarding ORBCOMM's expected commercial operations. These forward-looking statements are based on a number of assumptions and ORBCOMM's actual results and operations may be materially different from those expressed or implied by such statements.
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