Sierra Wireless and AT&T Wireless Services Provide Wireless Access to Data Broadcasting's Real-Time Financial Data.SAN MATEO San Mateo (săn mətā`ō), city (1990 pop. 85,486), San Mateo co., W Calif., on San Francisco Bay; inc. 1894. It is a commercial and retail center with some high-technology manufacturing. San Mateo, Spanish for St. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 25, 1998-- Sierra Wireless Sierra Wireless (NASDAQ: SWIR, TSX: SW) is a wireless communications equipment designer and manufacturer, founded in 1993 and currently headquartered in Richmond, BC, Canada. Sierra's products are sold through indirect channels, such as wireless operators (e.g. To Connect Traders To DBC's Signal Online and StockEdge Services With Its Award Winning AirCard(R) Wireless Modem A modem and antenna that transmits and receives over the air. Wireless modems support several technologies, including 802.11, Bluetooth, CDPD, DataTAC, Mobitex and Ricochet. There are wireless modems for laptops, handhelds and cellphones. Sierra Wireless Inc. and AT&T Wireless Services today announced they will provide wireless data access via the Internet to Data Broadcasting Corp.'s real-time financial data to the laptops of investors and traders in the continental U.S. The service is available through MicroAge Inc., an integrator and distributor, and consists of Sierra Wireless' wireless AirCard modem and AT&T's wireless Internet Protocol 'Wireless Internet Protocols' are the suite of wireless protocols after Wireless Application Protocol 2.0 (WAP). It includes XHTML Basic, Nokia's XHTML Mobile Profile, and future developments of WAP by the Open Mobile Alliance. (IP) service. DBC See dBA. (language, parallel) DBC - A data-parallel bit-serial C based on MPL. SRC, Bowie MD. E-mail: <maya@super.org>. customers can subscribe to Verb 1. subscribe to - receive or obtain regularly; "We take the Times every day" subscribe, take buy, purchase - obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction; "The family purchased a new car"; "The conglomerate acquired a new company"; the AT&T wireless IP service and purchase an AirCard modem through MicroAge. The AT&T wireless IP network is available in AT&T markets for $49 per month for customers who sign an annual service contract. DBC's Signal Online and StockEdge Online customers are offered unlimited access to real-time streaming quotes and financial information utilizing DBC's Active Push(TM) technology for as low as $79 per month. This service offers flexibility to mobile traders who require access to quotes, news, e-mail and even the ability to place trades online. "Unlimited wireless access to essential financial information will change the way DBC customers measure their success," said Kendra VanderMeulen, senior vice president and general manager of AT&T Wireless Data Division. "Our network requires no dial-up connection, so users can be online in an instant and they can stay connected for as long as they need without worrying about mounting airtime costs. Combine this with our robust coverage around the U.S. and you have a wireless solution that can significantly eliminate downtime for the busy trader or investor." "Sierra Wireless' innovative product designs continue to deliver effective solutions to mobile users in new emerging markets like financial services and sales automation," according to David Sutcliffe, president 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 Sierra Wireless. "This alliance is consistent with our strategy to partner with industry leading providers to bring complete wireless data solutions to a variety of wireless data customers." "This new service provides an unprecedented wireless Internet access solution to our customers for a low, fixed cost," said Mark Imperiale, DBC president. "Using leading edge technology developed by Sierra Wireless and AT&T, we are able to successfully deliver continuous real-time information which is vital to the mobile trader." Real-time quote services will begin immediately and orders for the Sierra Wireless AirCard modem and AT&T wireless IP service will be available through MicroAge. In addition to providing the wireless modem and IP service, Signal Online and StockEdge Online subscribers can order computer laptop systems and complete integration through MicroAge. MicroAge has two New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. metropolitan locations fully capable of demonstrating this cutting edge technology, one in the heart of Wall Street and a second in Hauppauge, Long Island. For more information call 800/837-7662, ext. 451. For more information about this marketing partnership or to order wireless access to Signal Online or StockEdge Online, visit DBC's website at http://www.dbc.com/wireless. About Sierra Wireless Inc. Sierra Wireless is a world leader in cellular data modems and enabling software. The company brings together a world class team that sets new standards in wireless modems. Award winning modems include AirCard, the world's first cellular data radio in a true Type II PC card, the 1997 winner of Mobile Insights' Best PC Card Award and Wireless and Mobility 1997 Top Product Awards, the MP200 family of ruggedized modems, the SB220 cellular OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and module; the DART line of CDPD (Cellular Digital Packet Data) A low-speed, digital, wireless data network that is an enhancement to an existing analog cellular network. Based on IBM's CelluPlan II, CDPD provides a packet overlay onto the AMPS network and moves data at 19. 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 transaction modems and Watcher & WirelessExpert PC-based software utilities. For more information about Sierra Wireless visit the website at http://www.sierrawireless.com CONTACT: Sierra Wireless Inc. Phoebe Yong, 604/231-1100 yong@sierrawireless.com or MorseMcFadden Communications Lisa Geschke, 425/889-0528 lisag@morsepr.com |
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